This hilarious John Carpenter interview happened during the filming of Halloween in May 1978. “Hilarious” because of Carpenter’s reaction to the interviewer mentioning the acant garde, envelope-pushing nature of Robert Altman‘s Nashville (’75). Go to the :39 mark — Carpenter’s eyebrows arch dramatically as his eyelids briefly close. In his eyes and eyebrows, Altman is a dead man.
Differing HE opinion: I agree with Carpenter about Nashville, but there’s just no slagging Altman’s M.A.S.H., McCabe and Mrs. Miller, California Split, The Long Goodbye and The Player. You can’t dismiss these five…verboten.
The most recent of HEs Nashville put-down pieces was posted on 7.8.25.