{"product_id":"they-live-a-novel-approach-to-cinema-paperback","title":"They Live: A Novel Approach to Cinema - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Lethem\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSean Howe\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeep Focus\u003c\/i\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 \u003ci\u003eThey Live\u003c\/i\u003e, John Carpenter's 1988 classic amalgam of deliberate B-movie, sci-fi, horror, anti-Yuppie agitprop. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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--\u003ci\u003eThey Live\u003c\/i\u003e provides a wholly original perspective on Carpenter's subversive classic.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Lethem\u003c\/b\u003e was born in New York and attended Bennington College. He is the author of seven novels including \u003ci\u003eFortress of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMotherless Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named Novel of the Year by \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e and won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award, as well as the Macallan Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger. He has also written two short story collections, a novella and a collection of essays, and was the founding fiction editor of \u003ci\u003eFence\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. His writings have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other periodicals. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 6.6 x 4.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771039220000,"sku":"9781593762780","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/45be228dabe2c1236f1efdd7b4f16667.webp?v=1780382305","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/they-live-a-novel-approach-to-cinema-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}