Whenever the subject of John Carpenter comes up, there is undoubtedly going to be someone who proposes that he is the greatest filmmaker of his generation, which they think is a controversial opinion when, in reality, it is one that many can find some value in, even if perhaps not to the extent of resorting…
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They Live (1988)
The general principle behind satire is that it needs to occupy one of two extremes – either, it needs to be subtle enough that we don’t realize what is being conveyed until a crucial moment in which we encounter some major revelation, or it needs to be so glaringly obvious that there is never any…
The Postmodern Pelican 