[kj] OT - The Exorcist

[Karen Weil]

Good choice, Greg. I don't know, however, if you could really call the film "Marxist." To me, the message is about entrenched power, and why people should be worried about that. 

k.w.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: GREG SLAWSON 
  To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 5:25 AM
  Subject: Re: [kj] OT - The Exorcist


  "They Live" is one of the best MARXIST POLITICAL movies of all time--it is basically a symbolic (and tounge-in-cheek) look at how a revolutionary communist party would start to organize against capitalism (where the glasses represent the exposure of the crimes of capital (e.g., communist lit), and the glassy-eyed lady was a symbol for black (or other minority group) capitalists--a group that is exploited as a whole (humans by the aliens) where a few are allowed to rise up if they join in the exploitation (e.g., black administrators, police chiefs, CEOs, etc.). It's also funny, exciting, and suspensful!

  > Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 08:41:26 +1200
  > From: humanhybrid666 at gmail.com
  > To: gathering at misera.net
  > Subject: Re: [kj] OT - The Exorcist
  > 
  > l\fluke - i think yr meaning 'jeepers creepers' ? i quite liked that one...
  > what about 'the thing'.... bit dated now but kinda good in its time...
  > also one that stuck in memory was the one with those sunglasses that
  > enable you to see the aliens amongst us... 'they live' not scary as
  > such, but a lil bit when yr young!
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