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John Carpenter
Birth at
16 January 1948
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2013. Los Angeles destroyed by an earthquake. A one-eyed thug, played by Kurt Russell, performs an overarching task for the authorities to return his daughter, who stole a secret weapon. This is the intricate plot of the action movie “Escape from Los Angeles” by the popular American director John Carpenter. This film became one of his best works, forcing to pay special attention to all the work of the director. John Carpenter was born on January 16, 1948 in Cartage, New York. His father headed the
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2013. Los Angeles destroyed by an earthquake. A one-eyed thug, played by Kurt Russell, performs an overarching task for the authorities to return his daughter, who stole a secret weapon. This is the intricate plot of the action movie “Escape from Los Angeles” by the popular American director John Carpenter. This film became one of his best works, forcing to pay special attention to all the work of the director.
John Carpenter was born on January 16, 1948 in Cartage, New York. His father headed the music department at Western Kentucky University, where John first studied. Then Carpenter goes to the University of South Carolina, already there fond of directing. While studying, he worked with producer John Longeneker on the short film The Return of Bronco Billy, for which he received an Oscar in 1970.
In 1974, Carpenter released the film Raid on the 13th Police Department. In 1978, the American director brings new trends in the genre of horror films, shooting “slasher”, which translates as “ripper”. As his first "ripper" he presents the picture "Halloween" (1978), which tells the story of a terrible maniac-murderer, destroying after escaping from a mental hospital all on the way during the Eve of all Saints.
Among the famous films of John Carpenter more than a dozen paintings, each of which differs in genre and directorial mood.
Picture "Escape from New York" (1981), The Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Confessions of the Invisible (1992), Vampires (1998), Ghosts of Mars (2001) and many other films by Carpenter have received numerous awards and critical acclaim. Among them is the work “Escape from Los Angeles”, which was distinguished by a fantastic and exciting plot and professional play of Carpenter’s favorite actor – Kurt Russell.
Film critics have often said that John Carpenter makes second-rate films. However, despite this, the American director was able to form his bright style and personality in the production of scenes, which is manifested in the special use of play of light and bright colors. This style can be traced in his works of all genres: in fiction, in post-apocalyptics, and in horror films. /
