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January 28, 1980

The New Yorker cover for January 28, 1980: “Instead of worrying so much about yourmoneyworking harder, why don’tyouwork harder?”

“Instead of worrying so much about yourmoneyworking harder, why don’tyouwork harder?”

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James Stevenson

James Stevenson’s 1980 profile of cult filmmaker John Carpenter. “People lie, cheat, and steal,” Carpenter said. “All the clichés about Hollywood have a basis in truth...But I live by my decision to make Hollywood films. I just don’t want to become one of them.”