02792nam 2200601 450 991081162300332120200520144314.00-231-85074-310.7312/wils17211(CKB)3710000000271253(EBL)1835941(SSID)ssj0001415703(PQKBManifestationID)11782733(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001415703(PQKBWorkID)11352620(PQKB)11313426(DE-B1597)458554(OCoLC)979832437(DE-B1597)9780231850742(Au-PeEL)EBL1835941(CaPaEBR)ebr10980766(CaONFJC)MIL679844(OCoLC)895432356(MiAaPQ)EBC1835941(EXLCZ)99371000000027125320141121h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrThey live /D. Harlan WilsonWest Sussex, England :Wallflower Press,2015.©20151 online resource (129 p.)CultographiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-231-17211-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --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 --INDEXBorn out of the cultural flamboyance and anxiety of the 1980's, 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 80's." 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.Cultographies.Cult filmsCult films.791.4372Wilson D. Harlan1128126MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811623003321They live3931898UNINA