Morning in America
John Carpenter's genre readings of the Reagan years
by Benjamin Strong
posted Sep 1, 2008
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KEYWORDS
John CarpenterFURTHER READING
Scott Tobias on They Live (The A.V. Club)Joshua Rothkopf's interview with John Carpenter (Time Out New York)
THE AUTHOR
Benjamin Strong is the film editor of Fanzine and has written about movies for Slate, The Village Voice, Chicago Reader, The L magazine, and other publications.
More articles by Benjamin StrongAuthor's Website: Fanzine
"The lowbrow Carpenter oeuvre will endure, ultimately, not just on the strength of its former cultural relevance, but because an artfully executed genre film is still something rare." This is a broad and rather untrue statement. You obviously don't watch much Hong Kong cinema, a modern-day bastion of the artful genre film. Catch up on the oeuvre of people like Johnny To before making such sweeping pronouncements.
Jason posted 02.09.08