American Cinematographer - September 1988 - 66

Photos

From Outer

Space,

by Bruce Birmelin and Sidney Baldwin

They Live
Produced by Larry Franco
Directed by John Carpenter

Gary Kibbe, director of photography

by David Heuring
media to

aliens who

filmmaker whose

humans, the aliens corrupt the
greedy to their cause, and control
the rest through subliminal mes¬

subjects have in¬

haunted car (Christine)
and the island of Manhattan as a

cluded

a

futuristic

prison (Escape From New

with this one: evil
free enterprisers from outer space
starring with a former pro wrestler.
In his latest film, They
Live, John Carpenter brings his un¬
usual type of social commentary to
the subjects of subliminal seduc¬
tion through media, and the grow¬
ing homeless population. The story
York) to

turns

come

up

the tables

on

exploitative first

by making Earth a
planet, exploited by

world societies

"third world"

64

the

John Carpenter makes movies that
are out of the ordinary. Leave it to a

American

Cinematographer

use

mass

gain control. Posing as successful

sages in the media. If allowed to
continue, the aliens would deplete
all natural and human resources,
discard the earth like

so

much

trash, and move on to another plan¬
et. John Nada, played by former pro

with a comic book I
bought called 'Nada'," recalls Car¬
penter. "It was published by
Eclipse Comics, a company which
puts out very beautifully rendered
science fiction stories. This particu¬
lar strip was taken from a short
story called 'Eight O'Clock in the
Morning' by Ray Nelson. In the
story, this guy wakes up and real¬
years ago

izes that the entire human

wrestler

Roddy Piper, slowly un¬
covers the insidious plot. He joins
the underground movement,

been

which is based in the

it should be

tent

it

ever-growing
city for the homeless, Justice-

ville.

September 1988

has

updated. I thought that
might be more current if the

woke up and realized that the
Reagan Revolution was run by

guy

"They Live began three

race

hypnotized, and that there are
creatures among us. I became en¬
tranced with the story, but I felt that



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