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Podcast: Precinct 13: The Movies and Music of John Carpenter
Episode: Carpenter Origins: Captain Voyeur (1969) & The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970) [plus: Skeleton / Unclean Spirit single)
Description: This week, we're firing up the Wayback Machine for a look at the very beginnings of John Carpenter's film career. As a student at USC in the late 60s/early 70s, Carpenter wrote and directed the bizarre comedy/horror short Captain Voyeur, and he followed it up by collaborating (as co-writer, editor, and composer) on the Academy Award-winning The Resurrection of Broncho Billy. After our marathon look at They Live, and before we tackle Carpenter's still-prolific 1990s, we thought we'd study some of his most notable student work to see if the seeds of his later successes can be...