{"product_id":"they-live-by-jonathan-lethem","title":"they live","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eauthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e jonathan lethem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003epaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003enumber of pages: \u003c\/strong\u003e176\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003edimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.73 x 6.47 x 0.49 in \/ 12.01 x 16.43 x 1.25 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eestimated shipping date: within 7-10 days from date of purchase\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eabout this book:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"bookpage\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-none d-sm-block\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"booktabs\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-sm-12\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tab-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"tab-pane active show\" id=\"tab-book-about\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-lg-10\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-detail-about\" data-component=\"book-detail-about\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e“One of the cleverest, most accessibly in-depth film books released this year . . . a smart-ass novelist exploring a cheesy-cheeky ‘80s sci-fi flick.”—\u003ci\u003eHartford Advocate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeep Focus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a series of film books with a fresh approach. Take the smartest, liveliest writers in contemporary letters and let them loose on the most vital and popular corners of cinema history: midnight movies, the New Hollywood of the sixties and seventies, film noir, screwball comedies, international cult classics, and more . . . Kicking off the series is Jonathan Lethem’s take on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey Live\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, John Carpenter’s 1988 classic amalgam of deliberate B-movie, sci-fi, horror, anti-Yuppie agitprop.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLethem exfoliates Carpenter’s paranoid satire in a series of penetrating, free-associational forays into the context of a story that peels the human masks off the ghoulish overlords of capitalism. Taking into consideration classic Hollywood cinema and science fiction—as well as popular music and contemporary art and theory—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey Live\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e provides a wholly original perspective on Carpenter’s subversive classic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca name=\"additional_formats\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca name=\"additional_formats\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"jonathan lethem","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47943810220273,"sku":"9781593762780","price":16.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/8455\/9857\/files\/wc_moonlightbookclub_jonathanlethemtheylive_01_4050378b-8017-4e12-aa8e-827d822db84f.jpg?v=1774030960","url":"https:\/\/moonlightartscollective.com\/en-ca\/products\/they-live-by-jonathan-lethem","provider":"Moonlight Arts Collective","version":"1.0","type":"link"}