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Go to https://surfshark.com/cinematyler or use code CINEMATYLER at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! 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. THE THING - STORY BREAKDOWN ($5): https://cinematyler.gumroad.com/l/thingbreakdown Cinema Stories Survey (What movies should I cover?): https://cinematyler.com/survey Support this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinematyler Ad-free videos for $1! Instagram: http://instagram.com/cinematyler Facebook: http://facebook.com/cinematyler #TheThing #JohnCarpenter #DeanCundy 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: Artlist.io Epidemic Sound