Ah, a new John Carpenter music video never fails to cheer me up, especially when it's a miniature remake of CHRISTINE, and when it features Carpenter in a brief acting role as a ghoul/himself/an incarnation of George LeBay. (Also, this song must be one of Carpy's personal favorites, because he chose it as his encore piece when I saw him live in concert last year.)
The movie Christine is one of the better King adaptations.
ReplyDeleteI hope somebody redos Pet Semetary.
Gweeps,
ReplyDeleteAgreed. And PET SEMETARY could definitely use an update; I enjoy the original on a certain level, but it's one of the weaker King adaptations in my mind.
I've had a feeling that Carpy particularly liked this theme ever since I saw Prince of Darkness (having seen Christine first)... go back and listen to the opening credits theme from P.O.D again... listen carefully and you'll notice the melody (if I have my musical terms right) is a reworked version of this theme. It's worth noting because it's the only instance I can think of where he so directly referenced a part of a score from one of his past, unrelated movies.
ReplyDeleteThis video further supports that idea.
I saw Big Trouble in Little China when I was five years old and it first came out on home video, but it was seeing Christine about six or seven years later that made me a life-long Carpenter fan.
Manny,
ReplyDeleteThat's a good call––I hadn't connected the Christine/Prince of Darkness themes before! I, too, think that Christine is underrated in the canon, probably because of the somewhat flashier films that surround it; at it's heart, it's more of a character study. Thanks for stopping by!