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The Thing doesn’t just make its characters paranoid, it builds a whole cinematic language that makes you paranoid too. In this episode I break down how Carpenter and Dean Cundy train the audience to read certain visual cues as “truth,” then start using those same cues to lie, especially in the 20-minute stretch where MacReady is framed as possibly being the Thing. We’ll look at the open-door/negative-space trick, the Fuchs scene, the blue runway lights vs magenta flares, the gray production design, and how all of it primes you for the blood test payoff.

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Incredible collection of resources on The Thing: https://cinephiliabeyond.org/john-carpenters-thing-story-sf-horror-game-changer/

Stuart Cohen's Blog: https://theoriginalfan.blogspot.com/

(Product Reel) The Thing Condensed Version - https://bit.ly/3QEb2e9

The Thing (Collector's Edition Blu-Ray): https://amzn.to/4hUPupD

Sources:

(American Cinematographer) Dean Cundey - American Cinematographer (Oct 2017) - https://bit.ly/3VAuATk

(Billson) The Thing (BFI Film Classics) by Anne Billson - https://amzn.to/4bh3ure

(Hore) The Thing: A History of a Franchise by Phil Hore - https://amzn.to/41xUfjb

Novella with Nolan’s treatment: https://amzn.to/41gSy8v

(Federal Reserve History) https://bit.ly/3DaykVW

(Bauer, Creative Screenwriting, 1999) John Carpenter interviewed by Erik Bauer, Creative Screenwriting, January/February 1999. - https://bit.ly/4fcoEaf

(Starlog #58) Starlog #58

(Cohen) A Producer’s Guide to the Evolution and Production of The Thing - From the blogs of Stuart Cohen

(Cinefantastique) Cinefantastique V13 No2 & No3

(Fangoria #20) Fangoria #20 - http://bit.ly/4gKlafX

(Terror Takes Shape Documentary) - https://bit.ly/3CRKToM

(Billson Interview) Carpenter/Bilson Interview: https://bit.ly/41xjbrk

(Commentary) https://bit.ly/4aYwL9O

(Assembling & Assimilating) Assembling & Assimilating with editor Todd Ramsay

Music:

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