Review of Dark Star (1974) by Annick J — 08 Jan 2010
This film, Carpenter's first feature, and myself were delivered to the world in the same year. Just sayin'.
If your first film includes a discussion of phenomenology with a sentient bomb about to blow up your space ship, you get me as a fan for life. I don't know why but that's just how things work.
Dark Star shows us the monotony of long space voyages, the silliness is cerebral and the characters all partially insane. The special effects are very uh, special. Yes, in *that* sense. Carpenter holds no sci-fi cow sacred but methodically undermines every common trope out there - artificial intelligence, alien life, special effects and the heroic spaceman all get dissected and reconstituted with the intent of creating something ridiculous and endearing.
This review of Dark Star (1974) was written by Annick J on 08 Jan 2010.
Dark Star has generally received positive reviews.
Was this review helpful?
