They Live

They Live

  • Director: John Carpenter
  • Writer: Ray Nelson,John Carpenter
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: November 4, 1988
  • Runtime: 1h 34min
  • Sound mix: Dolby Surround 7.1, Dolby Atmos
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: John Carpenter's They Live
  • "They Live" is a science fiction horror film directed by JC and starring Roddy Piper , Keith David and Meg Foster .
    The film tells the story of alien monsters doing all kinds of evil in order to control the earth and mankind; righteous men do everything to save the earth and fight against alien species.

    Details

    • Release date November 4, 1988
    • Filming locations Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    • Production companies Alive Films, Larry Franco Productions

    Box office

    Budget

    $4,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $13,008,928

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $4,827,903

    Gross worldwide

    $13,008,928

    Movie reviews

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    • By Amber 2022-03-25 09:01:08

      An American hi

      I don't like this film very much, the political meaning is too strong, and the director's arrangement is too heavy.

      The characters are juvenile, masculine, and the core of tough guys saving the world. It's like a commercial arrogance under the Cold War, but the sex-taunting scene at the end shows that the director is quite self-conscious in form.

      Two o'clock. That eight- or nine-minute fight meant escaping ideology was painful. But the little black brother has no...

    • By Aida 2022-03-24 09:01:50

      television society

      After reading it, I feel like a city western movie. From some literary works of that era in the United States, we can vaguely feel the cultural impact brought by the emergence and popularization of television as an entertainment method to people's society. Extreme Space in 1988, Entertainment to Death in 1985, video killed the radio star in 1979 , you can see people's anxiety about the emergence of television and mass media, and more or less people can also see some kind of nostalgia in it....

    • By Lurline 2022-03-23 09:01:53

      about the means of domination

      First of all, this movie is not ugly, and it is interesting to watch it a second time. The male protagonist was unemployed and came to a big city from somewhere else. There are high-rise buildings, and high-rise buildings should symbolize (why use such a forceful word?) The urban economy and culture are a powerful and at the same time binding symbol. When I got to my black friends, I found something in the church next to the gathering place of the victims, and finally got my eyes, saw the real...

    • By Gracie 2022-03-22 09:01:47

      people preaching on tv are like timothy leary

      The protagonist practices Marcuse's theory: subversive revolutionary activities by people on the fringes of the city. It looked very happy, and after taking the medicine, the good people and the bad people were clear at a glance. The logic is simple and clear, and the working-class temperament is strong.
      The intention of the whole piece is very clear, that is, the left wing piece. The things said are actually not new, the 1984+ rebellion theory. Some scenes were well shot, such as the...

    • By Clay 2021-11-19 08:01:45

      Regarding the truth and operation of "Earth Prison", a tribute to the brave director

      In general, in my personal understanding, this movie is more like a documentary about the official history of the earth, because the things it tells are at least 90% compatible with our real world.

      When the Ether Archons came to the earth, they knew how to control human beings. They were roughly divided into two categories:

      1. Information isolation.

      To put it simply, it is through media and official reports to strictly block and deny all cosmic information from...

    User comments

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    • By Vanessa 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      3.5 Put on sunglasses to see the truth behind the paralyzing and brainwashed TV programs and advertisements produced by consumerism. The original shading sunglasses function here like a filter with a "translation" function, while the 1% in society In terms of social composition, it is like aliens, and this layer of dystopia is really interesting. (Block...

    • By Vincent 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      It's a simple and crude fable. It really is a product of the last century. You can tell the good from the bad by wearing glasses. The capitalists and their accomplices are all skeletons. This not only amplifies the class struggle, but also simplifies complex issues. No matter how cool a utopian movie is, it’s just a layer of skin. If you don’t read the book in depth, you will always be like the hero, with developed limbs and a submachine gun in hand to engage in a peasant uprising. Besides,...

    • By Lizzie 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      The economy collapsed, unemployment increased sharply, and the low-income people could only be oppressed by capitalists. Their clothing, food, housing, and transportation were in the state of homeless people. Politicians, capitalists, and violent machines outside poverty had two faces that were glamorous on the surface and ghosts and ghosts on the inside. Doctrine and totalitarianism can be seen everywhere. The streets are full of signs of prosperity. If you look carefully, they are all traps...

    • By Jackie 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      The theme is very good, the plot is very bad. Maybe this is Carpenter, the movies are shoddy on a daily basis, but there are always surprises on the whole, and I am now beginning to suspect that the upper classes are ugly aliens. The TV show said, "I've had enough of the pornography and violence of the movies. It's disgusting, with filmmakers like George Romero and John Carpenter." Why still pull Romero, other people's movies are more distracting than yours. So far this month, I have only...

    • By Sheridan 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      What a blessing to see this work in the...

    Evaluation action

    In "Extreme Space", the director deliberately treats the scenes that humans see through sunglasses as black and white images to show the difference. The film carries some of the characteristics of early B-level science fiction movies, such as dark scenes like noir movies, narrow and closed The space in the film is often full of decadent and low moods, even with some anti-mainstream and anti-social tendencies, showing a kind of irony to...
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    Movie quotes

    • Nada: You see, I take these glasses off, she looks like a regular person, doesn't she? Put 'em back on...

      [puts them back on]

      Nada: ...formaldehyde-face!

    • Nada: Put the glasses on! Put 'em on!

    • Nada: I'm giving you a choice: either put on these glasses or start eatin' that trash can.

      Frank: Not this year!