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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: John Carpenter 'can't believe' he watched Greta Gerwig's Barbie
Caption: John Carpenter 'can't believe' he watched Greta Gerwig's Barbie. Speaking with The Los Angeles Times this week, the Halloween director confessed Greta's film "went right over my head.” "I watched Barbie. I can't believe I watched Barbie. It's just not my generation. I had nothing to do with Barbie dolls. I didn't know who Allan was. I mean, I can sum it up. She says, 'I don't have a vagina,' and then at the end, 'I'm going to go to a gynaecologist!' That's the movie to me.” "I mean, there's a patriarchy business in there, but I missed that whole thing. Right over my head. But I think she's fabulous, Margot Robbie.” Barbie has become the highest-grossing movie of the year so far and the highest-grossing film ever by a female director, earning over $1 billion (£813 million) worldwide. Elsewhere in the interview, the horror maestro also commented on the lacklustre response to The Exorcist reboot, The Exorcist: Believer. Directed by David Gordon Green - who worked with Carpenter on the most recent Halloween reboot trilogy - the film opened to under $30 million (£24.4 million) at the US box office despite Universal forking out $400 million (£325 million) on the rights to the franchise. ”I like what David did when he made the three Halloweens. I loved No. 2 {Halloween Kills}. Thought that was fabulous. I heard The Exorcist really didn't cut it. That could be a kick-ass movie. I don't understand how you can screw that up.” The Exorcist: Believer is currently screening in cinemas. THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
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