John Carpenter

The Pocket Essentials: Film

by Michelle Le Blanc

John Carpenter, Hollywood'un en istikrarli hikaye anlaticilarindan biridir. Kendine has guclu imgelemiyle, bagimsiz bir sinema sanatcisi olmanin yani sira yetenekli bir yazar ve bestecidir ve sadece adi bile insanlari sinemaya cekmeye yeter. Sonuc olarak, ununu digerlerini golgede birakan tek bir yetenegine borcludur; bir hikiye anlatabilmesi ve bunu da iyi yapmasi. Golge'de titreriz, Yildiz Adam'in eve donmesini isteriz, Sey'deki groteskliklere sasirarak bakariz, Elvis'le birlikte sarki soyleriz, Snake'le birlikte yuzumuzu eksitiriz ya da Nada'yla birlikte sakizimiz biter. Onu "salt" bir eglence turu yonetmeni olarak etiketleyenler, onun cogunlukla gecici hevesler ve modern sinemanin cok sayida goz boyayici teknigine bulanmis bir sanat olarak bicimlenen Hollywood anlati formunun devami icin oncu rolunu goz ardi ediyorlar. 30 yildan uzun bir zamandir, filmleri seyirci kitlelerini eglendiriyor, ama bir cogu, cagdaslariyla karsilastirildiginda, neredeyse hic eskimemistir; Baskin, ornegin, ilk gosterildigi gunku kadar taze durmaktadir; icerdigi siddet hili sok edicidir, muzigi hili etkileyici ve hem diyaloglari hem de konusma tarzlari en iyi kalitedir ve hepsi de ortalama bir Hollywood filminin yiyecek-icecek hizmetlerini bile karsilamayacak 100.000 dolarlik butcesi olan bir filmdedir. Bunun nedeni, Carpenter'in islerinde defalarca izlemeyi odullendiren ve tek bir birlestirici dunya gorusu sunan ustun bir imgelemin ve tutarliligin mevcut olmasidir. O bir "auteur"dur.(Tanitim Bulteninden)Sayfa 168Baski 2013 Kalkedon

Genres: Film, Nonfiction

168 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2001

Reviews

[Irwin Fletcher · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not awful or anything but a kind of pointless book. It just sort of lists Carpenter's films with a short summary of each and a few paragraphs of thoughts about it. Feels kind of like reading somebody's blog after they decided to watch all of Carpenter's movies and write a little article on each. There's nothing too in-depth either about the director or any of the films with maybe 4-5 pages being the longest entries. You're not going to get any interesting behind-the-scenes info or anything you probably didn't know. Either you've seen these films and you already know most of this or you haven't and you probably shouldn't be reading this.

Still I give it three stars, the author writes in a pretty entertaining way sometimes, makes some valid observations and it's about my favorite director's films. So even though it wasn't what I hoped for I didn't have a bad time reading it.

[Jonathan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Generally speaking, this is a good dive into the work one of the big American auteurs to have been working since the 1970s. It gives some information on his work as a writer as well as a director, composer, and (executive) producer. That said, it could've been extended a bit, just to flesh out some of the opinions that are dropped throughout.

[Joe Noir · Rating 3 out of 5]

Handy, cool reference. For fans of Carpenter only. No real depth or insight for non fans.

[Julesreads · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun little guidebook, nothing too crazy. For the fans, best left on top the toilet tank.