Behold the message as articulated by John Carpenter’s sublime sci-fi opus: “I’m giving you a choice: Either put on these glasses, or start eating that trashcan.”
Criterion not only further verifies its dedication to streams of both classic and cult films, but effectively (and correctly) resuscitates a cult object as a certifiable classic.
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