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 +"''[[They Live]]'' is definitely one of the forgotten masterpieces of the [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] [[Left-wing politics|Left]]. ... The sunglasses function like a critique of [[ideology]]. They allow you to see the [[real]] message beneath all the [[propaganda]], [[glitz]], [[poster]]s and so on. ... When you put the sunglasses on you see the dictatorship in democracy, the invisible order which sustains your apparent freedom." --''[[The Pervert's Guide to Ideology]]'', [[Slavoj Žižek]]
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-'''John Howard Carpenter''' (born [[January 16]], [[1948]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[film director]], [[screenwriter]], [[Film producer|producer]], film score [[composer]] and occasional [[actor]]. Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres, and is considered one of the most accomplished and influential [[horror film|horror]] and [[science fiction film|science fiction]] directors in [[Hollywood]].+'''John Howard Carpenter''' (born January 16, 1948) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and composer. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres, he is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction films from the 1970s and 1980s.
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 +Carpenter's most notable films are ''[[Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween]]'' (1978), ''[[Escape from New York]]'' (1981) and ''[[Starman (film)|Starman]]'' (1984). Many of Carpenter's films from the 1970s and the 1980s have come to be viewed as [[Cult film|cult classics]], and Carpenter has been acknowledged as an influential filmmaker. Cult classics include: ''[[Dark Star (film)|Dark Star]]'' (1974), ''[[Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 film)|Assault on Precinct 13]]'' (1976), ''[[The Fog]]'' (1980), ''[[The Thing (1982 film)|The Thing]]'' (1982), ''[[Christine (1983 film)|Christine]]'' (1983), ''[[Big Trouble in Little China]]'' (1986), ''[[Prince of Darkness (film)|Prince of Darkness]]'' (1987) and ''[[They Live]]'' (1988).
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 +==Discography==
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 +===Studio albums===
 +* ''[[Lost Themes]]'' (2015)
 +* ''[[Jean Michel Jarre discography#Remix albums|Remix EP]]'' (2015)
 +* ''Lost Themes Remixed'' (16th October 2015)
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 +==Filmography==
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 +===Feature films as Director===
 +*''[[Dark Star (film)|Dark Star]]'' (1974)
 +*''[[Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 film)|Assault on Precinct 13]]'' (1976)
 +*''[[Someone's Watching Me!]]'' (1978) (TV movie)
 +*''[[Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween]]'' (1978)
 +*''[[Elvis (1979 film)|Elvis]]'' (1979) (TV movie)
 +*''[[The Fog]]'' (1980)
 +*''[[Escape from New York]]'' (1981)
 +*''[[The Thing (1982 film)|The Thing]]'' (1982)
 +*''[[Christine (1983 film)|Christine]]'' (1983)
 +*''[[Starman (film) |Starman]]'' (1984)
 +*''[[Big Trouble in Little China]]'' (1986)
 +*''[[Prince of Darkness (film)|Prince of Darkness]]'' (1987)
 +*''[[They Live]]'' (1988)
 +*''[[Memoirs of an Invisible Man (film)|Memoirs of an Invisible Man]]'' (1992)
 +*''[[Body Bags (TV movie)|Body Bags]]'' (1993) (TV anthology movie)
 +*''[[In the Mouth of Madness]]'' (1994)
 +*''[[Village of the Damned (1995 film)|Village of the Damned]]'' (1995)
 +*''[[Escape from L.A.]]'' (1996)
 +*''[[Vampires_(film)|Vampires]]'' (1998)
 +*''[[Ghosts of Mars]]'' (2001)
 +*''[[The Ward (film)|The Ward]]'' (2010)
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"They Live is definitely one of the forgotten masterpieces of the Hollywood Left. ... The sunglasses function like a critique of ideology. They allow you to see the real message beneath all the propaganda, glitz, posters and so on. ... When you put the sunglasses on you see the dictatorship in democracy, the invisible order which sustains your apparent freedom." --The Pervert's Guide to Ideology, Slavoj Žižek

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John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and composer. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres, he is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction films from the 1970s and 1980s.

Carpenter's most notable films are Halloween (1978), Escape from New York (1981) and Starman (1984). Many of Carpenter's films from the 1970s and the 1980s have come to be viewed as cult classics, and Carpenter has been acknowledged as an influential filmmaker. Cult classics include: Dark Star (1974), Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), The Fog (1980), The Thing (1982), Christine (1983), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Prince of Darkness (1987) and They Live (1988).

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