tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175798629534874434.post7263658694263069246..comments2024-03-03T23:03:20.977-08:00Comments on Talk Stephen King: Wes Craven 1939 - 2015Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175798629534874434.post-89573568925928276772015-09-01T15:40:16.123-07:002015-09-01T15:40:16.123-07:00When I look at the work of Wes Craven, I see two t...When I look at the work of Wes Craven, I see two things at once. I see how creativity can be applied to as old and honored as horror, and i can also see the price tag that comes along with it.<br /><br />It goes without saying that Craven was a filmmaker who literally did have a lot of high conceptual ideas floating around in his head, of which the original "Elm Street" was just the most famous. His talent lay in trying to visualize these concepts on film in ways that would, hopefully, begin to get audiences thinking about the "meaning" of their cinematic experience.<br /><br />From what I can tell, he mostly had a decent run of things. If there's any kind of tragedy, it is in his creative struggles. Much like filmmaker's such as John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper, Craven also saw his work suffer at the hands of the Hollywood sequel machine, content with churning out mindless gore and splatter in place of anything approaching actual terror. In a way, it could be argued that the studio enforced splatter explosion of the 80s did more harm than help for the genre and it's authors/directors.<br /><br />Still, people like Craven never let this get them down, and it's a testament to the man's commitment that he kept at it, always trying to do the best he could in a business that was often overloaded with second rates. One of the big voices in the horror genre fell silent recently. The least he deserves is some modicum of respect.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDveKxl7Ohs<br /><br />ChrisCPrisonerNumber6https://www.blogger.com/profile/03156430802462353459noreply@blogger.com