{"id":51504,"date":"2018-01-21T13:46:29","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T18:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=51504"},"modified":"2018-01-21T13:46:29","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T18:46:29","slug":"my-one-problem-with-the-movie-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=51504","title":{"rendered":"My One Problem with the Movie “Halloween”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In today’s guest post, Craig Joseph Pisani examines the one issue he has with John Carpenter<\/a>‘s seminal 1978 horror film, Halloween<\/a><\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Independent films rarely have the success of the mega-budget flicks they compete against, but occasionally there are exceptions that surpass expectations and become box office hits. In 1978, John Carpenter did just that with Halloween<\/em> by spinning a $325k budget into a flawed but iconic horror masterpiece collecting $47 million in ticket sales and spawning nine additional films with a 10th set to release later in 2018. <\/p>\n

As a screenwriter and producer of low-budget films, I have an appreciation for this accomplishment. There are a variety of factors involved that either arise or aren\u2019t thought about when preparing a budget. You improvise as best you can and cut corners to save money. That\u2019s why I love Halloween<\/em> and all it\u2019s imperfections such as plot holes like why Michael Myers wants to kill Laurie Strode. Don\u2019t forget we don\u2019t they have the knowledge they\u2019re siblings until the sequel so as a standalone his motive makes no sense. There are also editing gaffs or film flubs as some have called them which are continuity errors and also equipment can be seen in certain shots as well as smoke from John Carpenter\u2019s cigarette, which admittedly he said resulted from him getting too close to the camera.<\/p>\n

I can look past all of this, but there is one thing that bothers me and I can\u2019t accept. After an amazing four-minute long opening shot from young Michael\u2019s point of view (pre-mask\/mask as he spies on his sexually active teenage sister and her boyfriend, then decides to murder her with a butcher knife) Carpenter cuts to a medium close-up shot of Michael\u2019s father ripping off the clown mask of the child. The camera draws back from the scene and into a full crane shot for nearly 30 seconds. The shot is cinematically fine; my problem lies with the acting job of the parents, especially the mother, in this time frame.<\/p>\n

As the camera pulls back, the parents lifelessly stand there looking at Michael. Thirty seconds on film is an eternity to watch without movement in a situation that would require much of it. The mother has no emotion, no response; she places her hands in her coat pockets, continuing to look unfazed, like she is waiting on the corner for a bus. I theorized that being a low budget film Carpenter may have just thrown anyone he could find in there to play the part. Considering it\u2019s not a speaking role and there is no further use for this character during the rest of the film that is what I would have done to avoid paying another actors salary. After researching, I cannot find out who played the character. There is neither listing for the role on IMDb nor any info appearing after web searches. It seems like a mystery on who this stale, flat actress is, giving my theory some legs to stand on. <\/p>\n

Craig Joseph Pisani is an avid moviegoer and aspiring screenwriter with Bachelor\u2019s degrees in both Cinema and English.<\/em><\/p>\n

What do you love\/hate about the Halloween<\/em> movie franchise? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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