EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: THE GREAT ESCAPE

Back in the 1980s I was a huge John Carpenter fan. These days I could care less about him. I don’t think he’s done anything worth getting excited about since … well, I can’t remember when. In those Reagan-era years, however, the mere mention of a new Carpenter movie was enough to get me drooling with anticipation, and one that really excited me was “Escape From New York.”