John Carpenter's The Thing is a great work of art.
There have been many different attempts to define what makes great art over the years. Here are a few examples.
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Great art is Imitation: The greatest level of achievement in art is to be as realistic as possible. Or to defy reality as much as possible, to exaggerate, to be utterly alien.
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Great art is Good Mechanics: That the work put into the craft and mechanics of art…