Perfect description of these three totally different men that revolutionalized the genre, although Landis is more known for his his comedic films, but is a lifelong fan of anything horror.
i love how the guy casually introducing them is completely unaware those guys are at their peak and about to make their masterpiece. John carpenter's The Thing and Cronenberg's Videodrome. My god !
Seriously! I'm just starting to listen and realizing whoa - they are just about to strike it BIG and they're not even aware of it yet! Those two films were fantastic. Videodrome just blew me away the first time I watched it!
@@bornin6473 i have seen all of his work multiple times. And yes videodrome was his peak. The last two cosmopolis and map to the star were on the lesser side even though he hasn't made a single bad film. The 80's was his more prolific era: videodrome, scanners, the fly, come on ! i even prefer a dangerous method to eastern promises. But they're both good, i don't hate you if you disagree.
@@bornin6473 Eastern Promises was a good movie, but putting it above Videodrome? Come on now. At the very least the latter is more indicative of Cronenberg's specific horror style and ideas, while the former was just a strong mafia film. Also, what recent work lol?
I actually really like the host in this one. He's very good and yet stays in the background, only occasionally steering the conversation when it's needed.
This is one hell of an interview. Three horror directing icons that have totally different styles from one another. It's also pretty great how Carpenter & Cronenberg were in the midst of making The Thing & Videodrome, films that are considered to be their best work.
3 great horror masters. Garris has made his mark as well. Being this was in 1982, their personalities in this piece are almost like drug categories: John Landis (Cocaine), John Carpenter (Marijuana), and David Cronenberg (LSD).
HA! I was thinking how John has so much energy and is automatically likebale. Carpenter is much more reserved and quiet but as he talks he shows more humor and enthusiasm in a more chill manner. And Croneberg is a different type of breed.
For long time horror fans this is a precious document of three icons at the height of their creative processes. Fucking carpenter is literally making the greatest horror movie of all time. Cronenberg is going to make THE FLY!!! And landis just made the incredible American werewolf in London. Wow just wow. Thanks for uploading this, it’s priceless.
Alot of his films are sometimes under rated. It seems the same happend to Dario Argento, Hershall Gordan Lewis. sad really some of there stuff got hated on! fuck some people attitudes towards horror for real!
Imapeach1 I mentioned this in another post but this was about 3 hours long but was edited down to fit the time constraints. The full unedited transcript was published in Fangoria back in '82.
I think they'd love it. So little initiative and all the work done off a computer screen. I personally love the difficult way they had to do it. But, from a directors point of view, it'd be less time consuming and-maybe-produce better results.Personally, i love the results......
“We killed Griffin Dunne. It was a tragedy”. Yikes on two levels. One- Landis would later direct a segment in Twilight Zone The Movie where THREE people died a horrific death from a helicopter stunt gone wrong, and, two- Dunne’s sister was murdered by an ex boyfriend not long after Poltergeist was released.
I really dig seeing John Landis getting hyped to see John Carpenter's The Thing. It feels like a weird "full circle" moment thinking about how the film was panned by critics upon release for being violent and disturbing instead of actually critiquing it upon its own merits, being a box-office whiff, then audiences discovering it on TV/DVD/BluRay/streaming/etc. & it rightfully being considered a huge artistic as well as cinematic triumph, all back to someone uploading a vid of one filmmaker being excited for another's work before all that happened. Also, I've always thought John Landis was such a cool dude & seems like a charming man. I don't know why his son Max seems like such a whackadoo. Idk the specifics surrounding Max's controversies (because they seem based on he-said/she-said accusations, which are damn nightmares), but my point remains the same.
Absolutely brilliant. Three amazing directors treated like adults. The audience treated like adults. Nobody seen the world going backwards in the 80s - yet it has big time. What a god damn shame.
Ha! First off, JC ALWAYS looks like that. Feel free to highlight any interview where he doesn't seem bored and humorless. (Tom Atkins once remarked something along the lines of "Carpenter and "fun" aren't two things I associate with each other") Second: Carpenter, at this time, was friends with both of these guys. He was very complimentary of Cronenberg in interviews back then and even named a character in EFNY after him. Today? Probably not. JC mentioned in a recent interview that Cronenberg shunned him at a MOH dinner. But I still believe Landis and Carpenter are friends. Third, this show is heavily edited. Fangoria published the complete unedited transcript back in '82. All three had a lot more to say (including Carpenter explaining why he loathes the movie Blood Feast when the conversation switches to movie ratings and such). So if it seems JC doesn't say much, it's only edited that way. So, there's no animosity or anything between the three just that JC has a introverted, dry personality that always makes it seem like he'd rather be doing anything but being there (but in truth he's amongst friends and even laughs out loud a few times)
He's always like that in Interviews. Actually, he seems to get more lively as he gets older. Just watch more recent interviews. Guess the cult following he has now made him more friendly.
I met the host, Mick Garris, about a year ago in a nearby supermarket here in Los Angeles....we spoke briefly about him working on "Amazing Stories"...very nice guy....
Got to meet Landis at a horror festival when he was leaving the theater and me and a friend were walking in. A guy was dressed up as Shaun from Shaun of the Dead and Landis loved the costume and wanted a picture to send to Edgar Wright, so he asked me to take a picture of the two of them together and was actually giving the guy directions on where to stand to get the best light on him and all that. It was a pretty funny moment and he was such a nice guy.
David Cronenberg would also direct a remake of The Fly, and Mick Garris would write a draft of The Fly II. John Landis and Mick Garris also collaborated on the documentary Coming Soon (1982).
"...currently working on his new film "Videodrome". Little did anyone know how innovative that film would be & Cronenberg's follow up films would shadow the careers of the others there. Videodrome (1983) The Dead Zone (1983) The Fly (1986) Dead Ringers (1988)
P.S. i like Landis b/c of An American Werewolf In London (1982) & Trading Places (1983) but his big ego & last minute (unplanned) directions led to 3 people being killed on his set soon after this interview.
@@SaintMartins Well, at least you didn't call him a murderer like some chuckleheads in the comments. Certainly grossly negligent but he didn't set out and plan to kill anyone
At the time that this interview was taped, I was 20 years old and was reading every Horror and Sci-Fi magazine that these guys were in. I became a special makeup effects artist as a direct result of being fascinated by these young and relatable guys.
That's really cool. I was 17 and really into movies but not enough to be involved in making them. Any big films or TV shows you've worked on that you can mention?
@@Valkonnen I'm currently unsure, I've been utilizing the online Stan Winston School of Character Arts which have tutorials for anything: makeup effects, puppets, fabric and faux fur manipulation, body and weight suits, etc. from what I've played around with already, I think i might be more interested in creating puppets and other moving parts like that, but I haven't gotten to everything and I'd love to play around with anything I can get my hands on
That's a great step as all of those guys are my friends and collegues and there is no substitute from actually watching experts do it. If you plan to get into the makeup side of things, you MUST get the "Dick Smith Advanced Professional Makeup Course" because you will get every technique invented by the greatest makeup artist who will ever live. he gave more to that one industry than anyone in any other industry. If you can afford that as well, I would recommend it. Just start practicing in all of your free time. Sculpt a set of teeth one afternoon or sculpt small maquette of a character that you plan on making full sized. The more you do it, the better and more valuable to others you become . I don't know you but I wish you the very best of luck. If you have a passion for it and love that special feeling of looking at something that you made, which inspires others, you can do it!
Carpenter.. Amazing director.. Not just director.. He's also research and develop his stuff.. Thats clear and showing.. This make him another level director.. Love all his works!
I'll never forget the first review I read for The Thing. It was in Maclean's Magazine (the Canadian version of Time or Newsweek) and the headline was "Breakfast in Antarctica". The guy loved it, btw...one of the few critics who did, initially. Like Blade Runner, The Thing gained more respect over time.
Wild how Landis' secret project was the infamous Twilight Zone shoot. Good filmmaker choices and interview. Carpenter seemed oddly quiet. The host is a director himself, Mick Garris. Did a couple Stephen King films if memory serves me right.
Always coming back to this video since "i don't know when". Every time brings something diferent about filmmaking and watching movies. All Hail Cronenberg, Whom Is The New Flesh!
I'm always returning to this interview every year or so. Garris, Landis, Carpenter and Cronenberg... This is history. Thank you so much for uploading it.
Interesting; the clip shown from The Thing wasn't the take which made the final cut of the movie. It's similar, but not the same. One of the best horror movies ever made!
Great interview with 3 giants. Carpenter is brooding so hard, it's surprising how personable he sounds when he talks. Cronenberg is really fascinating to listen to!
Not sure how this happened, but this is the first time I've ever seen footage of David Cronenburg. And it wasn't what I was expecting. He seemed like a rational, intelligent person. Not sure why I thought he would have attitude or be really out there.
Definitely one of the best interviews. I think they got the three of them at about the perfect time. I enjoyed seeing Landis, especially getting all worked up and asking questions to Carpenter and David. They all share a passion of filmmaking but it’s amazing how different their styles are. And I really find a refreshing that the interviewer actually allows them to talk as it should be.
John Landis definitely added to the discussion, but if this interview had been made a few years later, post-Nightmare, I feel like Wes Craven would have been a little more appropriate for this panel. His style is the perfect in-between of Carpenter's visual flair and Cronenberg's idea heavy horror
@@81125pataAt least George would have been cool to listen to.... Landis is a spaz and his ADD would literally get people killed shortly after this interview.
@@chiefscheiderThe pyro Technics were poorly coordinated and over-powered. Some idiot detonated a big explosion too close to the tail rotor (although the pyro operator claimed he was following commands), rendering the bird impossible to control and causing it to crash. There are two books on the case. Some of those involved have either given suspect stories or never went on record at all (including producer Frank Marshall who essentially fled the country for around 10 years after the tragedy). The complete "call lists" for the period leading up to the tragedy, which are supposed to document all actors and crew members present for a day(s) shoot, strangely went missing and were never recovered by investigators. Also, though Landis takes deserved heat, it's also true that producers on the movie condoned and in some cases encouraged illegal and reckless practices.
the talent is mind boggling. i just wondered who's the best out of the three or if one didn't deserve to be there. i mean, cronenberg was maybe the late bloomer, but damn, he made "the fly" and that's a fine, mature horror movie. is landis a horror director? well, yeah, he made "an american werewolf in london" and "thriller". but carpenter is like the king of horror. but cronenberg also made great "serious", non-horror movies like "eastern promises". but landis made some of the funniest comedies like "coming to america", and "the blues brothers", one of my favorite movies ever. but john carpenter may be my favorite director ever. JESUS!
the other guys are just okay. Carpenter is the real legend in my mind. the thing and that crazy movie where when you wear special sunglasses you can see aliens and alien messages are two of my all-time, unforgettable favorites.
The one with the sunglasses is called "They Live!", from 1988. "They Live" is based on a 1963 short story, "Eight O'Clock in the Morning", written by Ray Nelson.
Carpenter is legendary, The Thing is the best horror movies by far but Cronenberg isn't just "okay" though the guy just change the landscape of entire body horror sub-genre, he's pretty much David Lynch that went too far. There's no one like him.
I don't think that he is on another level. A great director - yes, but the three of them are all just as obsessed by giant rubber monsters as anyone can be. And I think that's something that many tend to forget or skew when talking about any of their favorite directors; the fact that usually what the audience tends to read further into or over-analyze is in fact just something that the writer or director thought would look cool. Take, for instance, the famous helicopter sequence in Apocalypse Now. One trip to Reddit will give you a wealth of knowledge, more than you'd ever want to know about its hidden meanings and importance, when in actuality writer John Millius put it in the screenplay for the movie because he thought it'd be bad-ass. That's all it is. Just like how Cronenberg says here that the whole of his work (at the time anyway) could be embodied by the big, bloody head explosion in Scanners. Feel free to read into it, but a head explosion's a head explosion. It's fun.
MiiMungus So, Cronenberg is not on another level because movie fans tend to overthink what they see? That's a lot of nonsense. Cronenberg is on another level. That's pretty obvious in this interview. Landis is a great buffoon, just like his movies, and Carpenter is just a cool, cynical, not-really-there guy. Cronenberg is the one who really thinks more deeply about what he does.
It's odd to hear John Landis here since his films are diverse and overall not horror vs Carpenter and Cronenberg Wes Craven or Tobe Hooper seems better...shit Brian DePalma too (Sisters, Carrie, Fury, Dressed To Kill, Blow Out)
The Thing was way ahead of its time and Spielberg had released E.T. which was the complete opposite to The Thing. No wonder it got panned at the time. It's an absolute classic now and rightly so.
