![]() The sunglasses reveal a disturbing fact about a large number of Los Angelinos: They are space aliens bent on harvesting the resources of our planet. The film follows a drifter (referred to as "Nada") who stumbles upon a pair of sunglasses - he finds them in a church that has recently been raided by the police. ![]() (If you haven't seen "They Live," the film has apparently also made its way online here.) The film, despite a mixed original reception, has developed a rabid fan-boy following over the last few decades, and now Jonathan Lethem, the author of "Motherless Brooklyn," "The Fortress of Solitude" and, more recently, "Chronic City" has written "They Live," a meticulous, scene-by-scene analysis of its many, many layers. ![]() The film, which combines sci-fi, horror and satire - and includes one of the iconic fight scenes in movie history - is an allegorical treatise on the evils of capitalism, set in a Los Angeles populated by evil, conspiratorial and wealthy aliens. Editor's Note: "They Live," John Carpenter's 1988 cult classic, is a fairly subversive piece of work. ![]()
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