Soylent Green

The Metro Goldwyn Mayer Story (1970-1979) (107 movies items)

"Released on May 9, 1973"

Charlton Heston - Movies I've Viewed (22 person items)

" (1973) ... and Edward G. Robinson ... and Leigh Taylor Young"

Watched in 2021: Movies (152 movies items)

" Director: Sam Fell His 28th movie My 4th movie watched from the director This movie about the future (2022) is pretty rough in its craft, but they do a good job with tone. The ending is beautiful, even if awkwardly ends abruptly. Added to Lists: Visions of the Future Humans Eating Humans Manly Movies of the 1970s __________ Location: New York, NY"

Movies Viewed in 2021 (630 movies items)

" First Viewing Viewing Date: May 22nd Via: Netflix Plot: In an overpopulated future with dwindling natural resources, a detective investigates the brutal murder of a corporate official at the Soylent Corporation, a company which manufactures tasteless green wafers. Rating: 6.4/10"

Soylent Green

“When discussing his reaction to the film version of his book Make Room! Make Room!, author Harry Harrison described it as such: “murder and chase sequences [and] the ‘furniture’ girls are not what the film is about – and are completely irrelevant” and mentioned being only fifty percent satisfied with the final product. Hollywood has a long history of treating authors shabbily and using the bare bones of their work to scavenge for parts. Enter Soylent Green in which the author’s thoughts about the work prove to be true – the least interesting parts are the Hollywood add-ons that bog the paranoia down into something more conventional.   Aggressive sexual politics (be prepared to see why the women’s liberation movement was and remains an absolute necessity), dumb-downed det” read more

RS: 50 Best Sci-Fi Movies of the 1970s (50 movies items)

"Forget the shrieking, infamous, now-iconic climax for a second. Richard Fleischer’s 1973 film is actually less a sci-fi melodrama than it is a moody noir – more Blade Runner than Planet of the Apes. It takes place in a very lived-in, ragged New York City, where population growth and climate change have turned the city into a wasteland where people are forced to live like animals. (To be fair, when it comes to NYC, that’s always been the case.) Charlton Heston – back then, still the kind "