``They Live'' Cult Why is this masterpiece of science fiction film still respected and quoted?

A blow from angry John Carpenter

``Reagan increased poverty and homelessness, destroyed labor unions, and attacked liberalism. I couldn't stand that,'' director Carpenter said of his motivation for making ``They Live.''

In 1981, Ronald Reagan became President of the United States and promoted an economic policy later known as Reaganomics. Aiming for a ``small government'', the government cut the budget for welfare and medical care, and entrusted the future of society to the competitive principle of the market. As a result, in the United States, polarization between the rich and the poor progressed, manufacturing moved overseas, and ``finance,'' where money makes money, became America's ``industry.''

Carpenter says more. " Lovecraft is the foundation of science fiction and horror literature. In Lovecraft's works, when you remove the veil that hides reality, you can get a glimpse of Lovecraft's personality behind it. This film also incorporates the veil. In other words, the Republican Party, They're Alien. They just consume and try to make us consumers. It's a trend that never ends. It's always rampaging around us."

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The film ``They Live'' was a challenge to this status quo. The film depicts the contrast between the rich and the poor. The depiction of a society that reads the atmosphere and thinks only about the status quo can have a great impact in modern Japan. However, if it were just that kind of argument, ``They Live'' would have been just a preachy, cliched piece of work. What made this work a cult favorite was Carpenter's certain lack of sense of balance.

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