John Carpenter: A Filmmaking Icon With Robert Rodriguez | Full Episode | The Director's Chair
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About this episode
Rodriguez and John Carpenter discuss many of Carpenter's films including Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, The Fog, Escape from New York, The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China, and They Live. They also discuss such influences as John Ford, Roger Corman, and Howard Hawks and Rodriguez later asks Carpenter questions submitted by directors Greg Nicotero, Edgar Wright, and Eli Roth.
The Director's Chair: John Carpenter
El Rey Network is an English-language entertainment brand founded by maverick filmmaker Robert Rodriguez (From Dusk Till Dawn, Sin City, Spy Kids, Machete). Curated by Rodriguez and his artistic collective, the Latino-infused network revels in the courage, capacity, and creativity of ordinary people on extraordinary journeys through its unique original programming.
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- El Rey Network, the YouTube channel of El Rey Network, on 2026-02-23
- Rights holder
- El Rey Network, whose own site links this channel (checked 2026-10-31)
- Length
- 44 min
- Where it plays
- Only in United States, as its rights holder set it on YouTube
- Made for kids
- No, as YouTube designates it
- Language
- English, as YouTube records it
- What it is
- A full episode, as its rights holder calls it
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