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Well, John Carpenter has produced some of the most astonishing movies whether he bought his way in or not. I won't hold his wealth against him since he has shared some of his vision with us. Even if he wasn't the author, he saw some good stuff.

Yeah once he actually made some bucks he got into the production side, makes it easier to get the movie you want out, it's hard for the producer to make cuts the director and writer disagree with when they're all the same guy. Eveybody in Hollywood bought they're way in, that's how the place work, I don't hold it against anybody. I've got a lot of respect for Carpenter, good director, good writer, fun guy, seems pretty well grounded. Probably the most enjoyable commentary track I've ever listened to was Big Trouble in Little China, apparently he and Russell hadn't seen each other in a while so they spend most of the movie chatting about their families and reminiscing about their various projects together, almost no insight into the movie itself but it sure was fun (at least I'm pretty sure it was BTILC, might have been The Thing or Escape from New York, I got on a Carpenter and Russell kick and watched all 3 in one week).