tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post6852213556180889989..comments2024-03-17T07:11:44.454-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: The Tao of Michael Myers? Or The Hidden "Shapes" of John Carpenter's Halloween (1978)John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-35585579392329047712020-09-06T17:51:12.786-04:002020-09-06T17:51:12.786-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Falling Leaf Productionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06976396567886004092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-46365261751044200052017-10-10T14:35:08.400-04:002017-10-10T14:35:08.400-04:00Fantastic article.
To your thoughts about how the...Fantastic article.<br /><br />To your thoughts about how them explaining Michael in the later films, I think the game Alan Wake sums up the issue perfectly:<br /><br />“Stephen King once wrote, 'Nightmares exist outside of logic, and there’s little fun to be had in explanations; they’re antithetical to the poetry of fear.' In a horror story, the victim keeps asking why - but there can be no explanation, and there shouldn’t be one. The unanswered mystery is what stays with us the longest, and it’s what we’ll remember in the end.” Robhttp://www.krrobar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-82647536074541323332016-11-02T12:56:31.697-04:002016-11-02T12:56:31.697-04:00This is a wonderful article, although I'm a la...This is a wonderful article, although I'm a late comer to your site. I really appreciate the intellectual approach to such a classic and complex movie. Every time that I watch, I'm for one, scared, but also engrossed. <br /><br />I think the theory of Michael Myers as an agent of, or fate itself, is very astute. I hadn't considered the classroom scene before, but I really appreciate you fleshing that out. Obviously, it's a scary scene with Michael Myers staring into the classroom from a distance, but the exchange that you tied with that fear is another example of how John Carpenter added so much depth to the story. Even if you don't explicitly notice it, the viewer gets the sense of that depth and it makes the movie even more chilling. <br /><br />Thank you again!<br />Gene Genehttp://twitter.com/geneadriftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-64051954003655147712009-11-05T16:09:18.815-05:002009-11-05T16:09:18.815-05:00Thank you Wings, I appreciate the kind word!
bes...Thank you Wings, I appreciate the kind word! <br /><br />best,<br />JKMJohn Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-67183701820217209982009-11-05T09:53:39.796-05:002009-11-05T09:53:39.796-05:00Wow. Just ... Wow. You said more here than I ever ...Wow. Just ... Wow. You said more here than I ever could have.<br /><br />And you hit a lot I would have liked to have been able to say.<br /><br />Great post. Nothing more I can say.Wings1295https://www.blogger.com/profile/08045644215235749353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-89082465262558420692009-11-02T16:26:11.856-05:002009-11-02T16:26:11.856-05:00Hey Randal!
I probably shouldn't have been sn...Hey Randal!<br /><br />I probably shouldn't have been snarky about network TV -- you're right about Buffy (and there's also Millennium, The X-Files, etc.).<br /><br />But Halloween continues to stoke the imagination, even 31 years later. Wonder how the Zombie version will be viewed after 31 years?John Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-66404279599583563582009-10-31T15:10:36.612-04:002009-10-31T15:10:36.612-04:00Killer (ha!) article on probably my favorite flick...Killer (ha!) article on probably my favorite flick of all time. The ambiguity, the unknowable, natural force made flesh, almost some twisted Jungian archetype, is what makes the film so compelling. <br /><br />In network teevee's defense, it did give us Buffy. ;-)Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-29613490377997178412009-10-31T10:15:25.530-04:002009-10-31T10:15:25.530-04:00Pax Romano,
Thank you for the comment and Happy H...Pax Romano,<br /><br />Thank you for the comment and Happy Halloween!<br /><br />I like the Id theory and feel that it "works" in interpreting Halloween; and I've also found myself increasingly drawn to the Michael Myers as developmentally delayed, overhrown child reading.<br /><br />But the great thing is that these (and other ideas I didn't enumerate...) can exist side-by-side in Halloween!<br /><br />best,<br />JohnJohn Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-34883739959074491282009-10-31T10:07:09.039-04:002009-10-31T10:07:09.039-04:00Another brilliant posting.
I was intrigued by the...Another brilliant posting.<br /><br />I was intrigued by the id theory as well as Michael playing tricks (something I've always felt was that MM was developmentally delayed) - that said, your earlier theory (the id) sort of fits in with another thing I've always believed; that Laurie "called Michael" back home with that damn song as she's walking down the street.Pax Romanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00951019083510283683noreply@blogger.com