The Go To Guy: Peter Jason On John Carpenter (2016)
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
In this forty-five minute documentary actor Peter Jason talks about his long career working with director John Carpenter. Jason worked on the films PRINCE OF DARKNESS, THEY LIVE, BODY BAGS, VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED, ESCAPE FROM L.A. and GHOSTS OF MARS so all of these movies are discussed. The most detailed conversation comes about VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED, which is to be expected since that's the film this appears as an extra on. Jason tells a very good story of how Carpenter and Christopher Reeves had a falling out on the set and how he ended up getting in the middle of it. All of the stories are actually a lot of fun as he goes through them one by one and sharing some great production information. There are all sorts of wonderful details discussed here and it's great that such a character actor was given so much time to discuss them.