Here's a little "They Live" story since it's your fave film.Emissary wrote:
THEY LIVE!!! my favourite film of all time
I was in an hotel once when I saw a bunch of costumed weirdos running around a certain section of meeting rooms. Intrigued I checked it out. It was a sci-fi/fantasy/horror convention. Cool.
So I see a gentleman wearing a "They Live" T-shirt, & I commented that I liked his shirt. He asked me "Did you like the movie", I replied that yes, it was a favorite film & brilliant to boot. He said flatly "I wrote it, & I'm giving a talk about it in 5 minutes." It was Ray Nelson.
So I went to the talk, & it consisted of about 5 people & Ray all sitting in a circle; perfect!
He said that he had advised John Carpenter to NOT spill the beans in interviews, in other words, Carpenter was to tip-toe around the obvious messages of the film. Ray told John to let the film do the talking. Carpenter did not follow this advise, & in an interview said that "The aliens are the Republicans."
After that, Ray said that no one who had anything to do with the film was given any work in Hollywood for years! Blacklisted! Carpenter didn't make another film for 4 years.