5/13/2023 0 Comments They live jonathan lethem![]() ![]() ![]() Whether it was the flower power generation finding themselves wandering aimlessly through the galaxy in Dark Star, the corrupt foundations of the town of Antonio Bay in The Fog or the near satirical conceit of the President of the United States of America stranded and imprisoned in the prison island of Manhattan in Escape From New York. ![]() There was usually an undercurrent of political commentary running through John Carpenter’s films. “It was designed as an attack on Reaganomics, a system of policies that resulted in grinding the working and lower classes down and it works equally well today as Donald Trump offers meaningless promises to a group of people who think he speaks for them but is only after himself, no matter what damage he causes to the world.” ❉ John Carpenter’s most nakedly political film is is not just about politics but about the cynical nature of humanity itself, writes Iain Macleod. ![]()
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