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Oct 4, 2018 · The horror master’s most prescient movie has nothing to do with serial killers or vampires—it’s about greed and propaganda. And it’s truer than ever. In 1978, John Carpenter wrote and ...
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Oct 3, 2023 · John Carpenter's 1988 film They Live tackles economic inequality and Reaganomics, highlighting the "he who has the gold makes the rules" mentality. The film has been misappropriated by both...
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Taking to Twitter with a definitively non-Nazi treatise on the film, Carpenter denied any alleged white-supremacist overtones, instead confirming the popular reading of the film as a satire of...
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John Carpenter’s They Live premiered in theaters in 1988 to an audience maybe too premature to realize its relevance. The film follows George Nada (a surname which literally means 'nothing,' played by wrestler Roddy Piper), a homeless drifter who has found his way to Los Angeles, where he befriends a group of wanderers and acquires a pair of sungla...
In a lot of instances, ideology is something taken so seriously by those participating that speaking out against the supposed natural order can lead to immense persecution. In the American instance, this can still ring true despite the supposed encouragement of free speech. In the case of Nada, his belief system is compromised by newfound knowledge...
As previously stated, the release of this film coincided with the height of the individualistic mindset in 20th century America. The hippie movement was a counter-culture that praised genuine personal expression to the detriment of community, and the post-hippie '80s exacerbated this with dangerously unchecked capitalism and the kind of "Greed is G...
Carpenter’s campy sci-fi thriller manages to say a lot in its short 94 minutes. While not the most eloquent demonstration, it perfectly encapsulates disdain in the face of change that will not be accepted due to ideological beliefs. Even in the underbelly of resistance, progress is seldom seen due to a lack of patience, resorting to even more ostra...
Enraged by what he saw in Ronald Reagan’s America, the filmmaker saw the story as a suitable premise for a cautioning science-fiction action thriller that the world would get to know in 1988 under the sinister name They Live.
Oct 27, 2014 · John Carpenter's 'They Live' did more than give us sci-fi/horror pulp — it gave us the last word on the Reagan era.
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May 31, 2018 · With that being said, the film is not simply a criticism of Reaganomics, as it explores several ideologies as discussed by Slavoj Žižek in his video on They Live, which is part of his...
