In this episode of the show we are beginning John Carpentober, our October journey through the cinema of John Carpenter. And we go back in time to 1976 to examine Assault on Precinct 13, Carpenter's auspicious take on a siege movies and a gritty love letter to the works of Howard Hawks like Rio Bravo. Over the course of our chat you will hear us talk about the elements of the movie demarcating it as a western, ones that push the genre forward and ones that simply belong to the filmmaker's catalogue of quirkiness. We also dissect the movie's score, read it as a pro-feminist text and share a few thoughts about the way John Carpenter was able to give a nice sheen to what otherwise would have been an exploitation film.
Hosts: Jakub Flasz & Randy Burrows
Featuring: Hillary White
Intro: Infraction - Cassette
Outro: Infraction - Daydream
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