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John Carpenter: The Prince of Darkness
Gilles Boulenger, 310 pages, 6x9, illus. [incl. 24 pages of color], index, 1-879505-67-3, $19.95 paper / [can $31.95]
“John knows what he wants and he knows when he has it. And he knows when to go on. Many times a director has to depend on other people to tell him when he’s covered. John knows this, and he knows how to make changes when necessary.”
— Debra Hill, Producer, The Fog, Escape from L.A., Escape from New York, The Dead Zone |
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Quintessential horror movie director John Carpenter is a truefilm auteur—a writer, director, composer, producer, editor, and actor—whoseunique and inspired work has brought him the praise and admiration of filmcritics and horror cultists alike. He is both the product of and an importantparticipant in the American filmmaking tradition, and the intelligent, moody,and strange films with which his name is so quickly associated are sometimessimply Westerns in disguise. Essentially, a lively, candid interview withCarpenter, this book thoroughly discusses each of his films and covers hisbackground, his inspirations, and his ups and downs in Hollywood. Among themany and varied subjects that pop up are his Bible Belt childhood, Germanexpressionism, Howard Hawks, John Wayne, The King, Barbra Streisand, MichaelMyers, Kurt Russell, Stephen King, quantum physics, and attractive femaleextras. Included are exclusive still photographs, a filmography, and a Forewordby Halloween III director Tommy LeeWallace. Among Carpenter’s films are Dark Star, Halloween, Assault on Precinct 13,The Fog, Escape FromNew York, The Thing, Christine, Big Trouble in Little China, Prince of Darkness, They Live, Village of the Damned, Inthe Mouth of Madness, and EscapeFrom L.A. In addition to penning most ofthe screenplays for the films he has directed, he co-wrote The Eyesof Laura Mars.
Gilles Boulengeris the author of numerous books on films and filmmakers published in his nativeFrance, including The Apocalypse Now Bookand Burton on Burton, and was thepublisher of the French cult movie magazine Le Cinephage.
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Book on Acting 
John Carpenter 