John
Carpenter directed some of our favorite movies, and nearly all of
those movies he scored himself. Likely utilizing latent talents to
save on budget costs, those scores have influenced countless
filmmakers and musicians through the years. As if that wasn't enough,
in the mid 80's Carpenter recruited fellow filmmakers Tommy Lee
Wallace (dir Halloween 3, It, Fright Night 2) and Nick Castle (dir
The Last Starfighter, Major Payne, and writer of this magical number "Everyone's coming to NY" from
Escape From New York) and formed the band “The Coupe de Villes”.
And,
for what seems to be a hobby band, they were fairly prolific. They
released a full length album, wrote some songs for soundtracks, and
made a music video. Yes, that's right: a music video. It is as
splendored, as it is painful.
Obviously
that song was written for Big Trouble in Little China, and if
watching that amazing feat of musical courage reminded you how much
you love Big Trouble, hit up Trylon Microcinema April 18-20th.
They're also screening Buckaroo Banzai in a weekend in a line up
Trylon's had on their wish list for years. (I was lucky enough to
help them celebrate by designing the poster for the double header!)
Obviously
we'll be attending one of these screenings since few things are
funner than filling* a Trylon screening with 15 of your friends and
watching a movie you all love to death!
Psst:
If you want to buy one of those posters, they're for sale at Trylon.
They sell small prints of all their posters for 10 bucks. Sales
towards keeping the (completely non-profit) theater going for another
year. Support a cool theater and get a sweet poster in the process!
*To
actually fill a Trylon screening, you'd have to bring 50 of your
friends, but 15 of your posse will make you feel like a film nerd
gangster to be sure!
-Tim
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