They live / D. Harlan Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, D. Harlan, author.

Series:

Cultographies.

Cultographies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carpenter, John, 1948-.

Carpenter, John.

They live (Motion picture).

Cult films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 p.)

Place of Publication:

West Sussex, England : Wallflower Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Born 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.

Contents:

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

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 21, 2014).

ISBN:

9780231850742

0231850743

OCLC:

979832437