Filmmaker & Composer John Carpenter | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
6/24/202656 min
Billy Corgan welcomes horror master and filmmaking icon John Carpenter for a fascinating conversation. Carpenter reflects on fighting studios to protect his vision, why he refused to change the ending of The Thing, and what it really means to be an auteur in Hollywood. He shares stories about growing up around the Nashville music scene, discovering filmmaking at age eight, composing his legendary film scores, and why Halloween works because “the less you know about Michael Myers, the scarier he becomes.” Along the way, Billy and John debate the scariest movie ever made, swap stories about professional wrestling, classic directors like Howard Hawks and John Ford, the collapse of the studio system, AI’s impact on filmmaking, and why America sometimes feels like it’s living inside one of Carpenter’s dystopian movies.
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John Carpenter· Guest1:03
Halloween ha- is designed to make you jump and scream.
Billy Corgan· Host1:08
That movie scared me off of scary movies for the rest of my life.
John Carpenter· Guest1:11
The less you know about Michael Myers, the scariest- Oh ... the scarier he is to you.
Billy Corgan· Host1:17
Having been on a few sets in my life- Yeah ... I don't know how you do it.
John Carpenter· Guest1:20
The thing that, that I love the most about movies is when they're finished [laughs] [laughs] And they're done.
Billy Corgan· Host1:26
John Carpenter, thank you very much for being