They Live

D. Harlan Wilson

earliest edition we have, 2014 Wallflower Press, 2014 paperback 128 pages

Born out of the cultural flamboyance and anxiety of the 1980s, 'They Live' (1988) is a hallmark of John Carpenter’s singular canon, combining the aesthetics of multiple genres and leveling an attack against the politics of Reaganism and the Cold War. The decision to cast the professional wrestler “Rowdy” Roddy Piper as his protagonist gave Carpenter the additional means to comment on the hypermasculine attitudes and...

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They Live paperback · 2014 · Wallflower Press · 128 pages · 9780231172110
They Live edition · 2014 · Columbia University Press · 128 pages · 9780231850742

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