“While they live… we sleep!”
Despite numerous references by Catherine to the 1988 movie classic They Live, it seems that too many Solari subscribers have not seen it. Do take this opportunity and watch it as our movie recommendation of the week.
The film, written and directed by John Carpenter, is based on a short story published in 1963, “Eight O’Clock in the Morning” by Ray Nelson. A vagrant by the name of Nada discovers a pair of sunglasses that allow him to see the truth behind the façade of a world under mind control. Signals are broadcast from TV stations that keep humanity in a state of sleepwalking while “they”—a race of extraterrestrials collaborating with the rich and the powerful human elites—have taken over the Earth.
While the filming is of the quality of the 1980s and the almost six-minute street fighting scene is hilariously long, there is no better imagery to highlight the trance under which we all operate in a global control grid that seems to be taking ever stronger hold of our minds.
The movie’s main actor, Canadian wrestler Roddy Piper, believed that the script was based on a story captured in the short and very funny 1978 mockumentary The Bronswik Affair, which tells how in the 1950s, waves from a specific brand of TV sets allegedly triggered people to go on shopping sprees for unnecessary things.
Whether true or not, the idea of large-scale invisible manipulation was already being explored by the mid-20th century. Compare this with where we are now as you listen to Dr. Charles Morgan (Westpoint, 2018) and Dr. James Giordano (Georgetown University, 2019) presenting 21st-century military-grade cognitive warfare.
Related:
They Live on Wikipedia
Subliminal stimuli, Wikipedia
Original short story “Eight O’Clock in the Morning” by Ray Nelson, published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (November 1963)
John Carpenter official website
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Recently watched this with my daughter.It’s a little dated but my daughter found the storyline engaging enough, and Piper is likeable.
I went through the movie of the week history and didn’t notice Chain Reaction 1996(maybe I missed it), it’s a good moie along the lines of what Solari covers.
John Carpenter fan before it was cool.
A great movie and inspiration for some great memes.
Here is a recent one for the recent UK heat wave
https://twitter.com/_InThisTogether/status/1549035286092730370
I just watched this movie for the second time over the weekend, and here are some observations on situations that it revealed to us…all the way back in 1988: 1) The idea that the people would be at war with law enforcement. 2) The idea that television would be broadcasting in a manner that is harmful and disruptive to our health. 3) Subliminal communication and mind control are going on all around us. 4) The concept that alien beings live among us, and are visually indistinguishable from regular human beings. 5) An elite group of insiders are fine with the total control of the population, because they’re making so much money off of it, and they’re living a life of luxury and privilege. 6) There are underground locations where people and others are spending time, and this is unbeknownst to the average citizen. 7) There is a resistance movement coming from the people, that must be infiltrated and shut down.
Guess what? I am all out of Bubble Gum
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Casablanca and They Live are my two favorite movies. Yes on the surface they seem vastly different yet both are about courage in times of war when all odds seem to be against ordinary people. Yet, in the end LOVE TRIUMPHS over the forces of darkness that incessantly seek to put out the light.
When I first saw They Live and in subsequent rewatchings, the extra long fight scene always bothered me and seemed gratuitous. But recently I came to understand the symbolic meaning of that fight scene. What it represents is the EXTREME DIFFICULTY of getting a “normie” to see the truth, to see what is right before their eyes which they cannot see due to the thrall of their conditioning.
They Live is a masterpiece, so is Casablanca.
I can’t count how many times I’ve seen Casablanca. I think I’ve seen it more than any other movie.
Interesting perspective, as I wondered why so long a scene as well? . . . but heard later the actor was a boxer too, but your interpretation rings quite true. lol
Happy days are here again…it’s available out our library for free. Lovin Free. I see youtube has it too.I’ve put off watching this movie for years. It’s the summer of Just Do It!
Fun Fact, during my child actor days 1978-1991, my childhood best friend, Wendy Brainard, got a part in They Live. She has a ton of scenes during the homeless encampment. We were so excited to see it in theaters! lol
During ‘80-81 I had multiple call backs to Mr. Carpenter’s “The Thing”. It was so close! I did get to meet him, I was around 10, so the memory is fading. The Thing was one scary movie.
They Live is incredible! We all must find the transmitter and destroy it so everyone will wake up! I say cell phones are the transmitters. Use cell phones calls in case of emergency, keep them off & in a bag like Catherine uses, get your old copper line hooked back up at home, wire everything in the house, use laptops with caution, dump the TV.
Put on your sunglasses & enjoy the show! I ❤️Rowdy Roddy Piper! -Jennifer
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One of my favorite movies is Howard Hawks’ The Big Sky. It is the story of white men traveling up the Upper Missouri River to trade with the Blackfeet Indians. In it, the old frontiersman, played by Arthur Hunnicut, talks about how the Blackfeet Indians are terrified of getting the white man’s sickness. What is that? Grabbing. The white man grabs and keeps grabbing more. It’s like a fever and they can’t get cured. They keep grabbing until the white man has everything and then they start grabbing from each other. The Indian only takes what he needs.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7rky7m9402d45d683c&action=view