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They Live - A Visual and Cultural Awakening

Rough Trade Books 2018 ISBN 9781912722181 Acqn 29804
Pb 20x27cm 172pp col ills £24.99

A visual celebration of one of the 80s most revered cult films, designed as a perfect replica from
the film's iconic magazine stand. Politics, art, music, comics, literature, philosophy, and of course
film, They Live touches on topics that are as relevant now as they were then. Leading cultural
figures, explore and examine the film's influence and impact. Foreword from director, John
Carpenter.

- Designed as a replica of the original film prop, including all the infamous commands
- Bubblegum scented
- Subliminal commands hidden throughout the book
- Original short-story in full by Ray Nelson
- Comic Book adaptation in full by Ray Nelson and Bill Wray
- Original contributions from John Grant, Slavoj Zizek, Shepard Fairey, Roger Luckhurst, and
Brandalism
- Rare and unseen archive material exploring the film's genesis
- Specialist glyph typeface of the alien language (Formaldehyde-face)
- Rare archive imagery from Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer, Guerrilla Girls, the LA Times, the
Reagan family, the Trump Campaign and WWE.

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