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They Live
D Wilson
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Description for They Live
Paperback. Series: Cultographies. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; APFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
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 codes indicative of the era. This study traces the development of They Live from its comic book roots to its legacy as a cult masterpiece while evaluating the film in light of the paranoid/postmodern ... Read more
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 codes indicative of the era. This study traces the development of They Live from its comic book roots to its legacy as a cult masterpiece while evaluating the film in light of the paranoid/postmodern ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Cultographies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231172110
SKU
V9780231172110
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About D Wilson
D. Harlan Wilson is a professor of English at Wright State University.
Reviews for They Live
The book They Live reframes the film "They Live" through creative, compelling critique. It makes an elegant case, time after time, for taking this film seriously as well as science fiction cult cinema more broadly. Extrapolation This book... [allows] the reader to delve beyond the surface of this cult classic and explore the film's deeper message. San Francisco Book Review ... Read more