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Article: 'Little China' kicks out gloom // John Carpenter finds new joys on film and in life
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- July 6, 1986
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NEW YORK Not to get sappy or anything - we will, after all, be
discussing fists of kung-fu fury momentarily - but what a difference
a baby can make.
By his own admission, John Carpenter wasn't a beacon of optimism
before his 2-year-old son was born. "The films I was making were very
slow, moody explorations of a cynical, nihilistic point of view,
which is what I had for a long time," says the director of
"Halloween," "Escape from New York" and the new adventure-comedy "Big
Trouble in Little China," now playing in Chicago.
"I think it culminated for me in `The Thing,' which is as dark
as I can do it. It's about the fact that you cannot trust your
friends - they're no longer human."
The ...