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They Live

  • Dir: John Carpenter

  • USA, 1988, English, 94mins, DCP

  • Cast: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster

They subvert our thinking, and control our lives, without us realising it. Skeletal aliens have invaded Earth, masquerading as humans while they enslave the public through subliminal advertising, publicity and TV programmes – until an unemployed drifter accidentally puts on a pair of sunglasses to discover this terrifying truth, and decides to wake the sheeple up. A campaign against Reaganomics, John Carpenter’s political satire is camouflaged as a cheesy, comical sci-fi B-movie, laying bare the dollarridden conspiracy of mass media, enterprises and politicians. Slavoj Žižek called it a ‘forgotten masterpiece’, which allows us to see the material force of ideology. Put the sunglasses on, and you’ll realise what it said 30+ years ago is a-go-go as ever.

22/9 (Sun): Film talk with Mimi Wong

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The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project through the Film Development Fund.
The funding support bears no relationship whatsoever to the content of, or views expressed in this project.

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project through the Film Development Fund.
The funding support bears no relationship whatsoever to the content of, or views expressed in this project.