The Soylent GreenScreen Podcast

The Soylent GreenScreen Podcast


They Live (1988)

September 10, 2015

In this episode the SGS team discuss the 1988 cult favourite They Live, directed by John Carpenter and starring the late Rowdy Roddy Piper, Keith David and Meg foster. 
Discussion points include, 80s reagonomics, reinventing the western, Rowdy Roddy Piper's acting career and why he was chosen for this fillm, a little on Keith David's contribution to film culture, the films of John Carpenter, communism and capitalism, 50s red scare films and much more. 
 
 
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