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They Live

D Wilson

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English
Wallflower Press
16 December 2014
Series: Cultographies
"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 theory that matured in the decidedly ""Big 80s."" Directed by a reluctant auteur, the film is examined as a complex work of metafiction that calls attention to the nature of cinematic production and reception as well as the dynamics of the cult landscape."

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Imprint:   Wallflower Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 175mm,  Width: 111mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   127g
ISBN:   9780231172110
ISBN 10:   0231172117
Series:   Cultographies
Pages:   128
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Acknowledgements Introduction: The Becoming-Piper 1. The Cult of the Eighties 2. Wake-Up Call 3. Reel Politik 4. Through a Pair of Cheap Sunglasses Darkly 5. The Pathological Unconscious 6. Legacies Notes Bibliography Index

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


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