Kurt + Carpenter: like Scorsese + DeNiro?
Hi Friends,
A buddy & I got into a nerd debate about Kurt's collaborations with John Carpenter. The notion emerged that both are very cool on their own, but together they become more than the sum of their parts. Like Robert DeNiro & Martin Scorsese. Like Clint Eastwood & Sergio Leone (who helped redefine young Clint the way Carpenter did with Disney child-actor Kurt). Like Toshiro Mifune & Akira Kurosawa. Like Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack.
Do you think we're making too much of Kurt & Carpenter's creative synergy? Or do their combine credits tell you anything special: ELVIS (TV movie), ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, THE THING, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, their often rumored intended collaboration on THEY LIVE, and finally ESCAPE FROM L.A.
Love to hear what your favorite of their films was, when you first discovered them as a team, or even if you disagree and think they do better work without each other. ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK was my first experience with them. When that came out, I remember reading that Carpenter had written the script in 1974, with the dream of getting Charles Bronson to play Snake. Driving home from the theater, my Dad said "Kurt's no Bronson, but he's pretty damn cool!"
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