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John Carpenter: Fear is Just the Beginning... The Man and His Movies

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John Carpenter: Fear is Just the Beginning... The Man and His Movies
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1hr 0min
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2002
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Image Entertainment
Synopsis: Filmmaker John Carpenter helped redefine the American horror film in 1978 with Halloween, a low-budget thriller which became a major box office success. Since then, Carpenter has devoted his career to bringing a fresh perspective to genre filmmaking, striving to maintain the freedom of an independent while working within the studio system. (Carpenter not only writes and directs his own projects, but often also serves as producer and composer as well.) John Carpenter: Fear Is Just the Beginning...The ... Full Synopsis
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Fear is Just the Beginning... offers some fairly good insight into the mind of the one and the only horror maestro, John Carpenter. At a brisk 60 minutes, the documentary covers just enough to wet your film-buff appetite, but sadly not quite enough to satisfy it. High points include composer Alan Howarth breaking down the direct simplicity of the Halloween theme as well as Jamie Lee Curtis' frank thoughts ... Full Review
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