tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post7503635785391684680..comments2024-03-28T14:49:36.133-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Latter-Day Carpenter Part 3: Fantasmo Remembers Memoirs of an Invisible ManJohn Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-53584152293382693682009-06-07T17:47:07.911-04:002009-06-07T17:47:07.911-04:00I also would love to see someone mount a defense o...I also would love to see someone mount a defense of Village of the Damned. To me it's the only one of the bunch that is hard to stomach. There are some moments I love (e.g. when Reeve debates the children), but they are few and far between. Still I want to like any Carpenter, so I'm ready to believe : )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-64051001962296948682009-06-05T15:36:04.954-04:002009-06-05T15:36:04.954-04:00For the record, I enjoy Ghosts of Mars just as muc...For the record, I enjoy Ghosts of Mars just as much as Vampires... though I think that Vampires is the bolder of the two.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536096683421557320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-90595192613219317242009-06-05T12:37:11.675-04:002009-06-05T12:37:11.675-04:00I love Memoirs of an Invisible Man. I'm a big ...I love <i>Memoirs of an Invisible Man</i>. I'm a big Sam Neill fan, but I'm up there cheering when Halloway tricks David Jenkins.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00684124498981972463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-65102600464525678112009-06-05T12:09:22.159-04:002009-06-05T12:09:22.159-04:00Hey Joe,
I love it too! It's great.
I thin...Hey Joe,<br /><br />I love it too! It's great. <br /><br />I think so many of us love John Carpenter and his films, and are tired of the meme that he didn't make any good movies after 1988.<br /><br />I think we all agree that he did; even if we can't agree WHICH movies they were. (For me, Ghosts of Mars; for you Vampires, for Jim Memoirs...).<br /><br />Although now that I think about it, we all might agree on In The Mouth of Madness as being a pretty solid film...<br /><br />best,<br />JKMJohn Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-68600517394078277172009-06-05T11:57:38.166-04:002009-06-05T11:57:38.166-04:00I love that your essay on Ghost of Mars has starte...I love that your essay on Ghost of Mars has started a trend of Carpenter re-evaluations! And, yes, I can't wait for someone to tackle Village of the Damned...Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536096683421557320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-15075320575982265992009-06-05T09:32:36.274-04:002009-06-05T09:32:36.274-04:00I don't think Memoirs is a wholly successful e...I don't think Memoirs is a wholly successful effort but I do like its breezy tone and Hitchcockian flavor. I would say it displays Carpenter's viewpoint by its cynical distrust of institutions. Chase's character ultimately only has himself to rely on and that's a perennial Carpenter theme. Carpenter loves self-reliant loners and Chase's Nick Halloway fits that mold. As Neill's character says, Halloway was "invisible before he became invisible" and that makes him a good fit in Carpenter's filmography.Jeff Allardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265550466781988388noreply@blogger.com