An analysis of Stephen King's Christine, John Carpenter's film adaptation, and their relationship to George Lucas' American Graffiti, highlighting the horror story's approach to 1950s nostalgia as a specter of the past, how Lucas got nostalgia right in his influential film, and how Carpenter uses the Plymouth Fury to critique Reagan's America.
PATREON - https://www.patreon.com/mattdraper
#horror
Music:
"Christine" and "They Live" by John Carpenter
"Murmuration" by Blue Wednesday
"I Wish It Would Never Stop Snowing" by Sleepy Fish
"Tech Noir" by Gunship
"Vampires" by The Midnight
Sources:
https://stephenking.com/works/novel/christine.html
https://lofficier.com/christine.htm
https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/29/20826545/hoberman-make-my-day-interview-hollywood-reagan-trump
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/looking-back-at-george-lucas-american-graffiti/
https://www.history.com/news/post-world-war-ii-boom-economy#:~:text=New%20car%20sales%20quadrupled%20between,of%20every%20six%20American%20jobs.