Löwe Max (by Michael Maderecker)
A.F. Vandevorst installation for Arnhem Mode Biennale 2011
“A girl sleeping in a hospital bed in her A.F. Vandevorst dress. But here, the girl as well as the mattress and pillow are made out of candle wax. Once lit, what starts as a perfect image will slowly melt and perish during the biennale.”
What do you think of Dennis Etchison's original Halloween 4 script?
I’ve written about that before (before I actually read it) and I’ve known the ideas behind it for a long time and for so long, that was all we got: the concept. The vague ideas of Etchison writing this script about Michael as this more overt supernatural presence and the idea of trying to bury or suppress evil, with Carpenter producing it and giving him notes, and it all sounded so fantastic.
Which is why it was a bummer to actually read the script. And I know Etchison’s a great writer because I’ve read him before. But there was so much going on that just didn’t work. It’s a really overstuffed script and it’s full of ideas, which is interesting, but there’s a lot that’s missed in the execution. Granted, I’m sure it was just a first draft, and I know first drafts can be really, really rough.
But they still have to read well and they have to get people excited to get on board, and this just didn’t seem to do that. Which is not to say that there aren’t some good moments or dynamite sequences. There are, particularly the cornfield, but it’s definitely messy, for sure.
