Cat. № POSTER-261 · Archive reference image
Lost Cinema № 261
They Are Living Among Us
Available · one owner onlyArchive note
Soviet-era science fiction film poster featuring wraparound sunglasses that reveal an alien skull beneath human skin. The Russian text reads 'They live. We sleep. They watch. See in Soviet cinemas.' This artifact suggests a parallel release of John Carpenter's 1988 film They Live as a Cold War-era Soviet production, complete with period-appropriate pricing (1 ruble, 20 kopeks) and archive cataloging. A document of ideological appropriation and genre translation across the Iron Curtain. Collectors of suppressed international cinema and alternate film histories will recognize this as evidence of a film that existed only in Soviet distribution channels.
One artifact. One owner. On acquisition it is permanently retired from the archive. You receive the high-resolution file and a signed certificate of exclusivity.
About the certificate →Print specification
2752 × 1536 px · 4.2 MP · landscape
- Section
- Lost Cinema
- Style
- Soviet propaganda poster, photomontage
- Mood
- conspiratorial, menacing, nostalgic
- Palette
- cream, black, orange, cyan
- Collection
- They Live Soviet Campaign
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