![]() ![]() Having recently worked with Russell in the lead role on a TV miniseries about Elvis Presley (called… Elvis), Carpenter was convinced that the squeaky-clean star of cookie-cutter Disney family fare was the man to shoot, stab, punch, beat, and explode his way through a nightmarish future. Initially conceived in the mid-70s, Escape from New York finally became a reality on the back of Carpenter spinning low-budget box office gold from the likes of Halloween and The Fog. Hugely influential on cyber-punk literature and going on forty years’ worth of movies, TV shows, comics, and video games (where Metal Gear Solid’s Solid Snake is an obvious, admitted direct descendant of Plissken), Escape from New York has left a massive cultural tail that dwarfs innumerable other films of its era that were bigger hits at the time. Russell’s post-apocalypse antihero Snake Plissken appears fully formed as a new icon of cinema from the moment he stomps into frame in John Carpenter’s Escape from New York. If you look up ‘cult movie’ in the dictionary you know what you’ll find? A picture of Kurt Russell sneering at you from underneath an eyepatch. ![]() Join us as we share our two cents on films we love, films we are curious about, and films we believe merit some discussion. Guest writers and fan comments are encouraged, as are suggestions for future entries to the column. The Cinapse team will program films and contribute our best, most insightful, or most creative thoughts on each film using a maximum of 200 words each. Two Cents is an original column akin to a book club for films. ![]()
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