Interview with director John Carpenter and producer Debra Hill on their film "Escape from New York" (1981).
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@matuloco5 жыл бұрын
Nice to hear from Debra Hill as well, I think her role in helping John achieve his vision is often under appreciated. They made an amazing team.
@christopherbell45434 жыл бұрын
I feel like Debra was the glue that held everything together John's most iconic work was done with her by his side.
@robzilla7303 жыл бұрын
Always great when you have a partner you just click/vibe with whatever the gender. I love smart, resourceful women.
@kejiri35932 жыл бұрын
I saw Escape from New York recently on DVD and saw this interview. So sad to hear such a kind person like that dying. One year after this interview. Really appreciate her work!
@walterwhite15 ай бұрын
She died of colon cancer many years ago. Have some respect 🫡
@johngoras73 Жыл бұрын
Never heard Eastwood was supposed to be Snake. I heard the studios wanted Bronson. Thankfully, we got Russel, who was perfect in the role.
@thepowerstation27024 ай бұрын
Debra Hill May Your Soul Rest in Peace Always 🙏 ✌️ ♥
@burningmisery3 жыл бұрын
Gotta love Debra Hill 🤘❤🤘
@flightofthebumblebee95292 жыл бұрын
John and Debra are probably the most ambitious and creative people to ever make films.
@flightofthebumblebee95292 жыл бұрын
These 2 are an amazing team and made some truly amazing films together.
@nickycotton61373 жыл бұрын
JC you absolute legend.❤. Halloween, Big Trouble In Little China and THIS = easily among most watched film/S. Can't believe it was done on that budget! + Fair-Play Debra Hill.👍
@Vato-Psyko-LokoКүн бұрын
I remember seeing this in the theater when it first came out back in 1981. one of my favorites of all time.
@SpecimenX-90002 жыл бұрын
Imagine being the real life inspiration for snake plissken
@mrhax4464 Жыл бұрын
Every on you meet thought you were dead.
@therealpatriarchy25 күн бұрын
This was before unsufferability became the main feature and instead, raw talent and competency were able to shine on their own.
@anthonydesroches8897 Жыл бұрын
The bridge they bought and used still stands and u can walk on it. It is not in st. Louis but granite city, illinois on the Mississippi river at the Levi
@jimbo87438 ай бұрын
I was wondering where that was 👍
@michaelpaul92089 ай бұрын
I still can't believe that she's been gone 18 years now
@colonelkilling24256 ай бұрын
Great movie! A huge part of my childhood. It helped shape my young mind.
@donlarocque5157 Жыл бұрын
When I saw the movie at theater, I told my sister that was Ox Baker. I remember watching wrestling in Michigan.
@mikesilva38684 ай бұрын
Love this movie ❤
@craigshields88069 ай бұрын
Why are some parts blurred?
@youtube-ventura3 жыл бұрын
Best. Movie. Ever.
@user-wj5ur4dh2h4 ай бұрын
My favorite John Carpenter flick.
@vincecommando75752 жыл бұрын
John Carpenter said got it right, anything made by people is severely open to becoming problematic. Perfection for all of us is nothing more than a point of view. Not many of us can comprehend everyone's different views of perfection. But there are various popular ideals that so many of us can grasp. Which many us these ideals as guidelines in our daily lives. Can we all unanimously agree with ideals? Of course not, mostly because so many of us highly value our individuality of separating ourselves from everyone else. The downside is so many people the world over do evil things that make the rest of us question our own freedom. Politicians love that cause those types of situations make us place so much faith and power with them. So ask yourself these questions here and now. How valuable is your freedom? Are willing to sacrifice your freedom for what politicians tell you is for the greater good of the world? After you answer those questions you will know who you are and what you stand for unapologetically.
@EQOAnostalgia Жыл бұрын
Yeah but he's dead wrong because Authority comes down from God. What we do here, and how we twist it is of little consequence, it's a God made construct. It's an objective reality.
@vincecommando7575 Жыл бұрын
@@EQOAnostalgia Even if that's is true. Don't trust those in positions of power too much. As we have seen lately so many people out there abuse their positions. All in the name of their own hidden agenda. Not all laws and rules are for our own well being. So many are designed to keep the general public down. Not to paint all of them with that brush. Just beware of authority and how much of a bearing it has in your life.
@mthomas19732 жыл бұрын
Why wasn't there a scene in the movie of the Statue of Liberty head in the street, just like the poster?
@jamessullivan43912 жыл бұрын
Because that was a poster to advertise the movie, you jack wagon!
@mrhax4464 Жыл бұрын
Holy crap, I’ve seen both so many times, and never thought of that. And yes it was just promotional material.
@mousetreehouse68333 ай бұрын
@@mrhax4464 Cloverfield corrected that oversight! 😂
@UchronianKing2 жыл бұрын
John Carpenter has done many great cult movies. Even James Woods starred in one called 'Vampires'!
@onlyme219 Жыл бұрын
Forget Halloween, this movie was so much more
@James-nl6fu Жыл бұрын
No 👎 matter how bad life is. Some guy like "Snake 👦 is going to be "Badder". Love ❤️ it.
@robertpacho99556 ай бұрын
I wish i would of saw this at the movies in 1981
@thedarkknight72876 ай бұрын
There is no one else who could have played Snake Plissken but Kurt Russell. I could not see Tommy Lee Jones playing him, he is just not intimidating at all. This movie would never have become a cult classic with Tommy Lee Jones as the main character. John Carpenter, the late Debra Hill, and Nick Castle brought this movie to life and it has stood the test of time as depicting the first anti-hero in motion pictures. I also have to say the soundtrack created by Carpenter for this film was pure brilliance.
@oskar_oskarewicz3 жыл бұрын
"Anything that's constructed by man is... it perhaps may not be perfect". Wrong. His movies for sure are. Assualt, Halloween, The Fog, Espace from NY, They Live, The Thing. Perfect movies.
@robzilla7303 жыл бұрын
Great point
@EQOAnostalgia Жыл бұрын
The Fog kinda sucked.
@donlarocque5157 Жыл бұрын
Look up a short sci-fi called Eight o'clock in the morning. It's what he got the inspiration for They Live.
@AlexJEdits3 жыл бұрын
Call me Snake...
@robzilla7303 жыл бұрын
Snake. I thought you were dead.
@ace99242 жыл бұрын
Kept you waiting huh?
@mrhax4464 Жыл бұрын
The names Plissken!
@sammaggs365726 күн бұрын
Why are scenes from this blurred?
@mrhax4464 Жыл бұрын
Snake, I thought he was dead…………………………. And taller. Yeah I like the sequel too, I’m allowed. It’s just a fun film.
@kellyborchers3561 Жыл бұрын
Debra Hill’s closing words are really on point!!!
@Jay-wk9xj10 ай бұрын
Yeah proved she's a short sided moron politically... Libertarians are like grown toddlers.. the whole philosophy is If I want to do it. I will and f*ck everybody else... Oh besides my roads and schools and everything else. I don't want to pay for..
@user-rt9zq8rs9k3 ай бұрын
RIP Debra Hill . Sad , her movie CLUE is only now thought of as a really good film .
@chrisgardiner22153 жыл бұрын
Did you hear what Debra said at 12:50? She is 100% correct in that government no matter the size cannot legislate morality..... But that is what they are trying to do in 2020
@robzilla7303 жыл бұрын
It's the democrats who are today's fascists.
@1971mav2 жыл бұрын
That's the churches job. Telling you what is moral while doing some of the most immoral shit around.
@chrisgardiner22152 жыл бұрын
@@1971mav All churches of the "world" are immoral, starting with the whore of Revelation 13 and 17.. that woman being the ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH... The harlot who has MANY DAUGHTERS.. The harlot is also the LITTLE HORN of (Daniel 7)
@123rockfan2 жыл бұрын
Last time I checked, laws against murder, rape, theft, etc is legislating morality. Humans make up rules to benefit society and other people. So your argument makes no sense. Legislating people to have equal rights, so they don’t get discriminated against, makes absolute sense. Also, churches preach about wanting to legislate their own version of morality based on the Bible. Are you against that?
@123rockfan2 жыл бұрын
@@robzilla730 if you think supporting issues such as single payer healthcare, and being anti war, anti corruption and anti-drug war, is “fascist”, then I think you’re brain dead.
@davebooshty299 Жыл бұрын
Whats with the Blurry Parts? A Rights Issue at times?
@tqsuited9 ай бұрын
Maybe to help avoid copyright detection algorithms, break it up into smaller unedited sections.
@wade65232 жыл бұрын
How prophetic that NY and LA actually turned into these places.
@EQOAnostalgia Жыл бұрын
They did, and not by conservative policy like they seemed to think... but the very liberal policy they champion here.
@tonymanero554410 ай бұрын
Manhattan millionaires pay for all the government checks in your separatist woods.
@alexanderrosales76756 ай бұрын
@@EQOAnostalgia L.A used to be worse though, Crack and Gangs in the 80s was alot worse than homeless camps. The Police corruption like the rampart scandal was also systemic throughout the LAPD. The crime rate is lower now than it was when i was growing up.
@alphabarre90962 ай бұрын
Are you sure on that? Right wing nut jobs and their fixation with NY and LA, lmao.
@briansimerl40142 жыл бұрын
Libertarian Snake Plissken.
@numba2bvi3 жыл бұрын
Snake wouldn't wear "the mask"
@stuartmcluvin47943 жыл бұрын
Do you wanna hear irony? John is obviously anti right wing and caters for that in some of his movies but today if he wanted a post apocalyptic scenario he would film in democratic controlled states :)
@robzilla7303 жыл бұрын
Totally. Democrats are today's fascists/communists. Trump was actually more Plissken like than Pleasance. But because he was white and Republican AND mainstream media told us to hate him. He actually gave a fuck about the country.
@stuartmcluvin47943 жыл бұрын
@@robzilla730 booooooom truth bombs :)
@1971mav2 жыл бұрын
@@robzilla730 The only person Trump cares about is himself.
@robzilla7302 жыл бұрын
@@1971mav so who does Biden care about then?
@jamessullivan43912 жыл бұрын
True.
@trezndawg424010 ай бұрын
I wish John would have shown how/ why Snake Plissken was sentenced to Manhattan Prison! 😡
@barryglenister7927 ай бұрын
I have seen the unused footage he robs a bank with another guy and they escape on the subway but get caught and his friend gets shot in front of snake its on KZfaq look for the outtakes 😊
@trezndawg42407 ай бұрын
@@barryglenister792 yes, I've seen that footage, which was awesome. I just wish he would have included it in the movie, in addition to how some of the prisoners on the island knew or had heard of him.
@Solaar_Punk4 ай бұрын
It's a shockingly bad film
@lonestar67095 жыл бұрын
Still gutted about Debra Hill. Died way too young. A great producer and wonderful person.
@ZyKLonBē5 жыл бұрын
John Carpenter has wrote so many classics. Halloween, The Fog, They Live, The Thing. Assault On Precinct 13, seriously this guy is a genius.
@sampson31215 жыл бұрын
he didn't write The Thing. well at least he wasn't the original writer.
@teufeldritch5 жыл бұрын
@@sampson3121 Yea his "The Thing' is a remake of a old 50's movie.
@ZyKLonBē5 жыл бұрын
Yea you’re right. I was thinking probably in terms of writing the screenplay not what it was actually based on..
@sampson31215 жыл бұрын
@@ZyKLonBē he made the best version. he's a great writer director for sure
@chupasaurus2 жыл бұрын
@@sampson3121 Don't forget that he is the king of synths!
@unitedamericans85875 жыл бұрын
Debra Hill,RIP was a great producer!!! She did great work with Mr Carpenter!!!
@wesleyjohndelaney1065 жыл бұрын
John Carpenter is a legend! The worlds he created shaped my life through the years
@alexsaucedo80325 жыл бұрын
Love this movie. Oldie but GOODIE. A solid fuckin 10. One of my favorites
@vallieri725 жыл бұрын
One of the best movie ever. If today's movies had to have the same "yield", they would all be masterpieces.
@thegreatbamboozler48375 жыл бұрын
One of the BEST post apocalyptic films made... without giving too much away during the scenes it says A LOT about the direction everyone thought society was going.... and may still go :)
@mutatedgenome5 жыл бұрын
OMG I watched this sooo many times on HBO as a kid. Love it to this day.
@robsmoviecollection37155 жыл бұрын
A great movie! I was too young to get into the theater to see it when it came out so I had to wait years but when I finally saw it I wasn't disappointed.
@johnnyllooddte34155 жыл бұрын
great classic movie
@Kthomasritchie4 жыл бұрын
Escape from New York and Assault on Precinct 13. Two of my all-time favourite movies.
@LeroyKinkade5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant film.
@marksoquetjr46935 жыл бұрын
Awesome movie! Love the soundtrack as well. I thought Kurt Russell sounded like Clint Eastwood.
@stevee.asherhouseofasherpo83675 жыл бұрын
You're the Duke!...
@gipsyavenger98295 жыл бұрын
Classic Carpenter movie and Kurt Russell is perfectly cast. Snake: " I'm looking for somebody" .
@SGTRIP-dh7fz5 жыл бұрын
This was really cool! Thanks for the upload. Plissken.. Plissken.. What are doing? Playing with myself...I'm going in!
@buckaroobanzai70635 жыл бұрын
Snake cares a little. At least. He didn't like that the president didn't care about the lives of the people who died rescuing him. Snake destroyed the real tape because of it. So Snake cares on some level.
@EQOAnostalgia Жыл бұрын
That's right, the key is anti-HERO, he's still a hero, anti just denotes that he's not your standard paragon of righeousness, an anti-hero is still the hero at the end of the day. I just think John likes to take the piss with people who like good guys, he's a bit of an edgelord like some of his fans with goats for avatars and 666 in their name.
@d.bcooper78195 жыл бұрын
Now I’m dying to see the first reel!
@andrewgaughen93105 жыл бұрын
It was put on the Shout Factory Blu to the best of my knowledge. It neat and cool, but you can see why it wasn't necessary to the film. Slowed things up.
@mojorizen75 жыл бұрын
It's included on the 2003 Collectors Edition DVD 2 disc set
@robins53145 жыл бұрын
It's on KZfaq.
@scl13325 жыл бұрын
“Everything constructed by man may not be perfect” that’s probably why my toilet keeps flooding
@robzilla7303 жыл бұрын
Try a plunger homes.
@joeshil41405 жыл бұрын
Love you Debra.
@tommy11385 жыл бұрын
Snake Plissken? I heard he was dead"
@jimwalker10644 жыл бұрын
every time a character says that, they end up getting killed in the film
@KEVINTHEWS5 жыл бұрын
"We needed to find a place that looked post-apocalyptic..." so, we went to Detroit...
@robzilla7303 жыл бұрын
Detroit, Seattle Portland Minneapolis
@tqsuited9 ай бұрын
So they went to yo moma's house.. they needed a real trash location
@69johndz5 жыл бұрын
What's with the blurred out sections?
@DamienDrake5 жыл бұрын
That's what I was going to ask.
@craigrivers825 жыл бұрын
My guess is to avoid a copyright claim
@SteveBueche10275 жыл бұрын
How did they pull off that spiked bat to the head shot?
@robzilla7303 жыл бұрын
Usually they film something like that in reverse.
@tqsuited9 ай бұрын
The guy had a piece of wood attached to the back of his head, so the bat would strike only that part and attach to that. The camera angle does not show the back of his head of course.
@interstellar19625 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the upload, but why did you partially blank out a couple of clips?
@filmSCHOOLarchive5 жыл бұрын
Copyright Issues.
@interstellar19625 жыл бұрын
As in issues with those two scenes specifically, or you just had to do it a couple of times anywhere to avoid getting removed. Just curious in case I upload any. 😊 Have subscribed, you have some good material, love these behind-the-scenes vids.
@filmSCHOOLarchive5 жыл бұрын
Especially with those scenes.
@DSilvergun5 жыл бұрын
This was recorded in 2019?
@filmSCHOOLarchive5 жыл бұрын
2004
@joeshil41405 жыл бұрын
Non debra passed away around 2005 2006
@MrOvo12315 жыл бұрын
wonder how he lost his eye
@bigguy11645 жыл бұрын
Shaving
@Pazuzu825 жыл бұрын
Back in nam
@thegreatbamboozler48375 жыл бұрын
...this one time in band camp.....
@DamienDrake5 жыл бұрын
Much like Scarface, while eating...
@thegreatbamboozler48375 жыл бұрын
Boating accident...with a guy named Captain Ron.
@jasondorman37395 жыл бұрын
Carpenter is a genius movie wise and music wise. He really needs to team up with Russell one more time before it's too late. Then again every remake from hollyweird of Carpenter movies have been complete shit.
@robzilla7303 жыл бұрын
I don't wanna see a 70 year old Snake hobbling around like Harrison Ford do8ng another Indiana Jones. Either recast or just put it to rest
@victorvictor85875 жыл бұрын
Soon You’ll be Able to Shoot Any Scene in New York you May Have to Wear a Protective Suit .