'The Thing' Director John Carpenter Q&A

During a special Q&A at the EW Capetown Film Festival screening of The Thing, director John Carpenter joked, ”I do know in the end who The Thing is, but I cannot tell you.”

”The movie tanked when it came out, by the way,” Carpenter reminded the audience. ”It was hated, hated by fans. I lost a job. People hated me. They thought I was this horrible, violent… and I was. But now here we are 31 years later and here you are filling a theater. It’s really great that you came out for this film.”

Watch a clip from the interview below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zNAo4C77rA

The festival runs until Monday, May 6. For more information click here.

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