![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His 1985 film Explorers, represents the biggest missed opportunity in his filmography. From The Howling, one of the best werewolf films ever made, to Gremlins – exactly the bastard cousin-of- E.T.-film that ‘80s audiences needed to wake them from their big Spielbergian hug (its sequel, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, was less cinematically relevant, but a superior film nonetheless), to the surreal genius of The 'Burbs, to Matinee – the culmination of all Dante's work to date, and one of my favorite films of all time – Joe Dante has been turning out small works of equal parts chaos, charm, absurdity, and nostalgia for over twenty years. My adoration for all things Dante stems more from the sensibilities found in his films: he loves the same old goofy horror and sci-fi films, the same pointed social satire, and the same dumb slapstick that I do, and infuses each of his movies with all of these elements. The great lost Joe Dante movie is one that actually got released.Īs I've said many times before on this site, the great Joe Dante is, without question, one of my favorite directors of all time. ![]()
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