Soylent Green (1973) Reaction & Review! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!
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- Soylent Green was an excellent movie and an easy recommendation. Although I don’t know whether I’d consider this a classic, I can confidently tell you that the movie aged remarkably well. Richard Fleischer, Charlton Heston and the rest of the team did a wonderful job with the story. With on-point and very relevant social commentary and in a future where there is overpopulation, heat waves, food shortages and corruption, this movie was incredibly imaginative in depicting a bleak society. I loved that the ending was kept open to interpretation. Did Soylent Corporation get away with it or does the word get out? What do you think?
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0:00 Intro
1:44 The Film
17:25 The Review
25:22 Outro
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My reaction and review to Soylent Green (1973) for the first time. Hope you enjoy the video!
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The scene where Heston is crying at his friend's bedside were real tears of pain because they were good friends in real life and the actor was actually dying, both actors knew of his diagnosis. (He died soon after making this movie.)
Edward G. Robinson, one of the greatest actors of the 20th century!
So many wonderful dystopian science fiction movies from the '60s and '70s. This, Planet of the Apes, and Logan's Run. All must-sees. Great reaction as always, Shan!
Logan's Run if only for Peter Ustinov!
Yes! Logan’s Run would be a great addition to his dystopian reactions.
@@Steve_Blackwood Hey Steve, does anyone else think that you look like Guybrush Threepwood?
@@leighkamp9457 never heard of him. 😉
Oh, yes, Logan's Run for sure! Also, perhaps, The Lawnmower Man and Tron.
Silent running is another 70 sci-fi movie that really holds up.
I still cry when I watch it
Love that movie 2
Edward G. Robinsons performance in Soylent Green was Oscar worthy.
LOVE this film. The euthanasia sequence is beautiful. It's especially moving as they knew Edward G Robinson was close to death for real. Heston delivered the eulogy at his funeral.
Beethoven's Pastoral became and has remained my favorite piece of music from seeing that sequence.
Fleischer directed a bunch of movies and tackled many different genres. In his prime, he helmed classics like "20,000 Leagues under the Sea", "The Vikings" (both starred Kirk Douglas), "Fantastic Voyage" and "Tora! Tora! Tora!" (which he co-directed with a duo of Japanese Filmmakers). Near the end of his career he did stuff like "Conan the Destroyer" and "Red Sonja"
Not to mention BARABBAS (1961), the most underrated of the roadshow-era biblical epics.
@@joonaa2751 The CGI for the eclipse is incredible.... 😉
20k leagues under the sea was my grandpa's favorite,he said it's Disney's first live action film,it was a box office smash the profits bailed Disney out of financial trouble and helped pay for the construction of Disneyland,some see 20kLUTS as a benchmark for action adventure films,it had a influence on film producers like Spielberg and George Lucas.
Excellent review, many are recommending Omega Man and Logan's Run, I have to agree, this era in cinematic history seemed to involve a lot of "prophetic" storytelling, generally on the bleak, pessimistic futures we face, Silent Running is another excellent recommendation and I might add a VERY small movie, THX 1138, and Andromeda Strain, On The Beach, the list goes on, of course possibly the pinnacle of dystopia movies would be Blade Runner, different decade but if you've not viewed it, definitely a must watch
All great choices.. On The Beach is a rough one. There is the original from the late 50's and then a remake in the late 90's or early 2000's.. Both are good but in different ways.
A great dystopia film is "A Boy and His Dog"(1975).
No blades of grass " is the most underrated one
Don't forget "Dark Star".
Another great 1970's dystopia movie - kind of a great companion piece to Soylent Green - is Rollerball, directed by Norman Jewison (Moonstruck, Fiddler On The Roof)
Agreed!! I even have the soundtrack on vinyl... great James Caan movie and a perfect double feature.
+1 for rollerball 1975, and the social commentary i think is relevant too.
Rollerball is very good
👉 _Colossus: The Forbin Project_ (1970) - '70s Sci-Fi is a goldmine of cool classics like _Soylent Green. Colossus_ is a spiritual "prequel" to _The Terminator_ and _The Matrix_ - worth watching.
👉 _Logan's Run_ (1975) is another '70s Sci-Fi essential.
The pre-Star Wars 70s era had some interesting SF movies to show for.
THX 1138 should also be on that list
@@Cau_No Definitely. Shame that Lucas' CGI'd "Special Edition" is the only version widely available.
My man, what an excellent choice. I vividly remember watching this movie for the first time with my Father. This and The Omega Man.
Soylent Green though is such a brilliant movie. I think the commentary that it makes is really even more relevant now in 2022 than it was in 1973.
While there are problems in the world, overpopulation at the current number is NOT true. The real problem instead is management of resources...tons of food wasted, the "need" for money to trade for housing (can't remember the ratio of homeless vs empty homes in the US, but there are more homes than homeless), etc.
I really loved Edward G. Robinson's performance as Sol.
You need to watch Silent Running(1972) next. Similar themes
In California they recently passed a law allowing the composting of human remains into fertilizer which would most likely be used for growing vegetables. Soylent Green is right on schedule for 2022.
It's California - no one should be surprised at this point.
Just drop the place into the ocean and be done with it ^^
Get over yourselves. It’s literally what has happened to the bodies of all living things throughout history.
No one is going to put composted remains in a commercial growing area, they’re going to be put into new growth sites in nature reserves (at the deceased’s request) and at memorial gardens.
If you want to avoid the death of our living world, you should be excited to hear of the new ways we’re finding to be kinder to it- in life and in death.
The scene with Sol was so touching, Good movie for sure, I highly recommend the Omega man, dated for sure but a good watch especially this time of year, thanks again Shan!
Omega man was good... They did a remake of sorts with "I am Legend" with Will Smith.
haven't seen the omega man but from what I read of the plot synopsis it's anything but dated..
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The plot is not dated... But special effects and makeup. Are a bit cheesy..
Charlton Heston its a great actor.
@@kens97sto171 "The Omega Man" is actually the second remake and "I am Legend" is the third.
The original was "The Last Man on Earth" with Vincent Price. Based on the short story by Richard Matheson called, "I Am Legend"!
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Wow... I didn't know that.. thanks. I'll check out that movie.. love Vincent Price.
As usual, your analysis at the end is what puts your reactions above all the others. You really put a lot of thought into what you took away from the movie and it’s great seeing your analysis get more depth as you see more and more movies.
Personally, this is an old favorite of mine and it still has an impact watching it today.
Spot on with this comment
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"You tell everybody. Listen to me, Hatcher. You've gotta tell them! Soylent Green is people!"
Fun Fact: A small, green spirulina-based cracker called "Soylent Green" (officially licensed by MGM) was released in July, 2011. The box does not use any images or characters from the film, but rather attempts (humorously) to be an actual product. "People" was NOT listed as an ingredient.
Not People Fact: The scene where Thorn and Roth share a meal of fresh food was not originally in the script, but was ad-libbed by Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson at director Richard Fleischer's request.
RIP Robinson Fact: When Thorn discovers he is too late to stop Sol's suicide, he begins to cry. According to a 1997 interview with Robert Osborne on Turner Classic Movies, Charlton Heston was really crying because he was so moved by Edward G. Robinson's performance. Robinson knew he was dying from cancer, and kept it from the cast and crew. He knew it would be his last film, and his death scene was the last scene he ever filmed. He died ten days after shooting wrapped.
This movie always gets me emotional. Edward G. Robinson was sick and dying in real life, Charlton Heston and he were very good friends, but he was unaware of his impending demise. Robinson as Saul saying “I love you, Thorn” was his way of expressing his real affection for Heston before his death.
Heston did another post apocalyptic movie called The Omega Man. It's also a must see!!
the original story was better.
Richard Fleischer's father was the legendary animator Max Fleischer (Koko the Clown, Betty Boop) and his uncle was the equally legendary Dave Fleischer. His brother-in-law was animator Seymour Kneitel.
Edward G Robinson was totally deaf at the time of the making of this film. he was such a great actor he memorized his lines and his marks, and you can't tell he couldn't hear anything. a truly professional actor. the video game was one of the first it's kind. i played it about 10 years later in a local arcade.
Based on Harry Harrison's great novel 'Make Room, Make Room!!', somewhat dated now but an absikute classic!!
Another Charlton Heston classic you should check out is "The Omega Man" (1971). It's an adaptation of Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend".
The first adaptation was "The Last Man on Earth" with Vincent Price (1964).
The most recent adaptation being "I Am Legend" with Will Smith (2007).
I've been suggesting to all my favorite reaction channels that someone would react to all 3 and then discuss them!
It's set in 2022. Good thing our world isn't so bad yet but we're getting closer and closer to this dystopian future.
Love your reactions! If you’re a Heston fan, you should really check out The Ten Commandments directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Heston plays Moses and Yul Brenner is Ramses. Fantastic movie and the production plus the sets are unimaginable today. Hope you decide to watch and react to this classic. Thanks so much!
the soundtrack and music were awesome, too.
A solid, near real-world Sci-Fi film worth checking out is "The Andromeda Strain," adapted from a book of the same name by Michael Crichton.
The 1971 original, NOT the overstuffed, slow-moving "miniseries," I hope?
@@Otokichi786 Yup, the original movie. That bloated miniseries is dreck. 😝
"Soylent green is people!" made it onto the American Film Institute's list of 100 greatest movie lines. The comedy series "News Radio" had a sci-fi parody episode in which the news anchor played (by the late Phil Hartman) did a commercial break promoting Soylent Green and making fun of Snapple's "made from the best stuff on Earth" tagline and various big corporations' "corporations are people too" campaigns: "And remember, Soylent Green...is people. Soylent Green, made from the best stuff on Earth."
There was an episode of 'Futurama' where Fry was sitting at a table eating breakfast. He'd poured himself a bowl of Soylent Green and on the box it said, "Now with more people!'
Rollerball is also one I really like from the period.
Now, if you would only watch Rollerball with James Caan to show another dystopian future film I love.
What a great film and it is scary that it legit could happen one day
I remember someone at the World Economic Forum (not Schwab but one of his top adherents - can't remember his name) said that the time is coming when most of the human population will not be needed for the amount of productive work available (even at the lowest level), so there will have to other ways to make keeping them alive through socialized systems worth the cost.
@@waterbeauty85 there is a reason the Globalists are getting Governments to reduce the food supply. They always say it's going to be fine. Then millions die. They have done it over and over again none of it was coincidental. So many homeless, so many promises that they would build houses and almost nothing of what they have promised has been done. It's all planned. They aren't going to need the current supply of food.
@@waterbeauty85 Isn't it crazy that people will still call you a "consp.-theorist", for pointing out what the WEF openly admits? ^^
Soylent motto is "Our products are better because of the people "
Very nicely played. 😁
Westworld, Logan's Run, Outland, Rollerball are all really good science fiction too.
Excellent movie selection, yes it's a classic. I daresay that if you hadn't seen Snowpiercer, and had 50 years of various cultural references harking back to the seminal "Soylent Green is made out of people" quote, it may not have been so easy to figure out. Audiences in 1973 were shocked and horrified by the movie's climactic revelation, lacking any social media beyond word-of-mouth, largely precluding the wide dissemination of Soylent Green's surprise ending.
Richard Fleischer's name may be unknown to many these days, but his directorial bona fides are above reproach, and i recommend taking a glimpse at the titles of movies he directed.
I was 10 when this film was released, and it landed on the public psyche with a thunderous and unforgettable boom.
Amazing masterpiece Soylent Green directed by Richard Fleischer starring Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Joseph Cotten, Brock Peters, Paula Kelly and Edward G. Robinson (in his final film role). The line "Soylent Green is People!" was ranked number 77 in the list of the American Film Institute (AFI) 100 Years....100 Movie Quotes. Thank you Shan great reaction excellent bro👍👍👍
I love that you pick movies that not everybody else does! For me, this film is a must-see. It's terrifying how it pictures an absolute possible future from a nowadays perspective.
Also, I would love to see your reaction to Brandon Cronenberg's "Possessor" from 2020!
On this topic, early 70's film Silent Running is one of the greatest dystopia films of all time.
The omega man is a favourite Heston movie, it was the first interpretation of I am legend, also Silent running is another great 70s scifi
The original "Westworld" with Yul Brynner is another sci-fi movie worth watching from that era.
A Vincent Price movie, The Last Man on Earth was based on the I Am Legend book,it was mande in 1964
@@allangilmour1274 I did not know that, I'll check it out
Dark Star!
Oh, I can't wait for your reaction to The Changeling with George C. Scott. I have seen your Patreon note. Perfect HALLOWEEN movie!! Soylent Green was a big surprise!!!
They made some great dystopian movies in the 70s, often with thought provoking social commentary. In addition to Soylent Green (1973), I really enjoy Silent Running (1972), Logan's Run (1976) and The Omega Man (1971, also Charlton Heston).
No blades of grass " 1970
Is underrated
Dystopian films of the 70s. Massively in vogue until Star Wars appeared. A couple of other fine examples of this genre:
"Logan's Run" 1976 - a society where nobody is allowed to live over 30 years.
""Silent Running" 1972 - Earth is devoid of plant life, killed by humanity. Some plants survive in huge domes on massive space vessels in Saturn's orbit.
Harry Harrison. One of my favorite authors. I feel writers are often overlooked.
The book is quite different.
I'm a great fan of his hilarious "Who Goes Here!"
Edward G. Robinson and Charlton Heston played enemies in 1959's "The Ten Commandments", in which Heston played the biblical hero, Moses. It was a huge budgeted production and the two actors remained lifelong friends.
What Heston did not know in 1973 was that Robinson was dying of cancer, in real life. Only days after production ended did the older man pass away, his secret coming out and providing an extra dimension of emotional resonance to Sol's "going home" scene.
Back in the 1970's there was a big public push against pollution and lots of fears were going around about climate issues and overpopulation then, too. I was a preteen at the time and man, this movie made a big impact on me!
Excellent choice, everything Heston did was gold.
This movie is nearly 50 years old - and it is closer to reality this year than the producers may have thought back then.
Two of my favorite Charlton Heston films are "Two-minute Warning" (one of the best thrillers of the 70s) and "Will Penny", for which Heston should've won an Oscar...
Edward G. Robinson, One the great actors in our history. Want me to prove it. Watch "Little Ceasar"(1931), "Double Indemnity"(1944), "The 10 Commandments"(1956), "The Cincinnati Kid"(19650. 50 years of great performances.
you should review Charlton Heston 70's sci fi movie the Omega Man based on the last man on Earth book which has been made into several movies including ones starring Vincent price, will smith and more.
If you're interested in another great Charlton Heston epic film, I recommend the Ten Commandments. I suggest watching this in April of 2023. Around the Jewish holiday of Passover. It's a long film, but there is an intermission. So you could naturally break it into two parts .
I saw it in the theater when it was re-released and also on Network TV, where it was a very big deal , and both parts were shown full length, in one night every year. Biblical films were very popular in those days. You could actually make an entire category for biblical films if you wanted.
Epic is right! I showed it to my teen and twentysomething kids a d pointed out so many details for them. "See all those people? Those are actually PEOPLE." The Exodus from Egypt scene was an incredible piece of film history.
If you want another Heston Sci Fi film from the time check out The Omega Man. Story of the last man on earth (sort of the last). Very 70's. Will Smith did a remake but not so good in my opinion.
Still shown Saturday night every Passover on our local station.
"The Ten Commandments" is worth seeing sometime just for the visual spectacle, but it was an old-fashioned presentation even when it was first released. I suggest two other Heston epics, "Ben-Hur" and "El Cid". Both are very enjoyable movies.
@@paintedjaguar Shan reacted to Ben Hur a couple of months ago. Don't know if El Cid is on his radar.
Robinson is so good in this. I’m glad he went out in a blaze of glory
This movie freaked me out when I saw it for the first time. I remember "the scoops" especially
Celia Lovsky, who played one of the researchers at the Exchange, played T'Pau in Star Trek the original series. An amazing actress with a gorgeous speaking voice.
Solyent Green is amazing, I don't know if it's underrated or not because it's before my time. But I love this movie such a great one.
Edward G. Robinson's death scene was prophetic. Dick Van Patten announced his death to the cast.
Dick Van Patten was, like Edward G. Robinson a stand up, well respected man in the acting community. A lot of people don't know that just because he was not a flashy, "All about me" man.
I read a Woody Woodpecker comic shortly after this movie came out in which Woody travels to the future, and in one panel he's walking along and passes a sign that says "Soylent Blue."
Fleischer is an underrated director. Shan, you need to check out two of his other classic films, Fantastic Voyage and Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea!
This is part of what consider to be Heston’s dystopia trilogy, which includes Planet of the Apes and Omega Man.
The late 1960s and 1970s saw a series of serious science-fiction films that tried to grapple with real issues and the permutations of current events. This film, "Silent Running", "A Clockwork Orange", "Zardoz", "A Boy and His Dog", "The Boys from Brazil", "Fantastic Planet", "The Man Who Fell to Earth", "Westworld", even "Planet of the Apes" and "Logan's Run", to some extent. All of this came crashing down with the release of the first "Star Wars" film in 1977, that proved that a studio could make a fortune on a nearly content-free, action/adventure rehash of the Hero's Journey in sci-fi form, and for years, that's all anybody tried to make.
This was also, I believe, the last film of Edward G. Robinson, who made his reputation playing gangsters in the 1930s and 1940s.
the opening credits immediately made me emotional, it was then i knew this would be a masterpiece
3:06, the late great Edward G. Robinson, his last movie, one of the greats where Humphrey Bogart, James Stewart, Peter Lorrie, James Cagney came from!!
Charlton Heston has been involved in two of the biggest sci fi finale twits ever: Planet of the Apes and Soylent Green.
I love Soylent Green! Deliciously chilling :P
I've been begging reactors to check this out THIS YEAR before it becomes a dystopian thriller set in the past.
Just in case you're reading, how about 'The Man who haunted himself'? Roger Moore's personal favourite performance. MAde just before he took on the Bond franchise and includes a 007 joke/reference. Amazing film.
Theres was I am legend ( 2007 ) with Will Smith and The Last man on Earth ( 1964 ) with Vincent Price but there was also The Omega Man ( 1971 ) with Charlton Heston . All 3 based on the same Richard Matheson book .
For more Richard Fleischer try a childhood favorite, The Vikings (1958) with Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Earnest Borgnine and Janet Leigh. Another favorite with Curtis and Leigh is Houdini (1953).
In '73 this movie was another in a line of dystopian social commentary films rolled out by Hollywood. It was definitely a theme in movie-making at the time, along with disaster flicks ("Poseidon Adventure") and monstrous animals ("Jaws"). The genre would continue throughout the 70's with movies like "Logan's Run" and my recommendation, "Rollerball", from 1975, starring James Caan. Social commentary? You bet. As for Richard Fleischer, he had a checkered career, but I recommend "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", 1954. Social commentary in that film too.
For another film about corporate controlled future, try Norman Jewison’s Rollerball (1975) with James Caan and John Houseman. Jewison also directed: In the Heat of the Night (1967) with Poitier and Steiger, The Cincinnati Kid (1965) with McQueen, …and Justice for All (1979) with Pacino, and Moonstruck (1987) with Cher and Cage.
Great reaction to a great classic.
Don't see many reactions to classic movie. You are one of the few reactors who reacts to movies from different era's.
I have 3 suggestions for you for movies with charlton heston.
1. The omega man
2. Earthquake
3. The ten commandments
Number 3 has a running time of 3hrs and 40min.
I was *really delighted* to see Shan review this, one of the best SF films ever made, but the cherry on top was: "Ohh ... that woman had access to very expensive jam". Shabash, Shan. Shabash!
I can not believe it. Finally there is a reaction to one of my fav films
Charlton Heston made some great sci-fi films: Planet of the Apes, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, The Omega Man and Soylent Green; on the other hand, he did do Solar Crisis...
I saw this movie in the theatre with my mother when it came out.
Thanks for this! This movie was made from the Harry Harrison story called, "Make Room!! Make Room!!". The Omega man is a good interpretation of Richard Matheson's , "I Am Legend".
Richard Fleischer was a pretty prolific filmmaker. Among his other films worth checking out are "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954), "Compulsion" (1959), "Fantastic Voyage" (1966) and "The Boston Strangler" (1967).
Heston was in some pretty bad ass sci-fri movies. Omega Man and Planet of the Apes and this one.
Soilet Green has become a classic through the years.
Shirl was furniture in that society, which means she was supposed to offer herself to powerful men, which included police, even though they were less powerful, they had some. So, she disrobed and offered herself to Thorn as soon as they were alone. Later, she developed feelings for him. I once got to meet Richard Fliecher, who has done a few movies I really loved as a kid.
So the representation of Shirl and the girls is to show how the transactional nature of relationships for women become more extreme in dire situations.
Shirl falling in love with Thorne I feel like is a by-product of Simonson being her previous "owner". Simonson was probably nice to her, and probably didn't overstep on manners etc. Maybe he slept with her, maybe he didn't feel like it was right. But she seemed to have a decent life up until his murder... From the perspective of the character.
Once he's gone she knows she's going to be passed on like a piece of meat to the slimeball next owner and who knows what he'll treat her like.
When she meets Thorne she sees an opportunity for a different life.
Despite the fact that she sleeps with him.
She may have seen that as a decision she was making. A gamble on he future with what she sees as a kind person. Something in rare supply.
It's like a stripper that falls in love with the client, because the client offers them an out of that life.
And I get that it's uncomfortable to think about, but I think they did a good job to show it.
The uncomfortable side of the situation.
Because it's almost a luxury that we don't have to look at it.
And yet these kinds of things, and worse, are happening all over the world right now as we speak.
I'm glad they had the balls to show it
One of the greatest movies ever.Love the end reveals “Soylent Green is made from people.” The reasoning for the treatment of the “furniture” women as objects was for the shock value. This was because of the rise of feminism in the 70’s Heston was a conservative in his belief’s and this was a way to kind of explain why feminism could lead to the objectivity of women.The anonymity of corporations was and government officials was to not date the movie also to show the distance between the leadership or the rich and the lower class or poor.
Director: hey costume designer, we need a futuristic helmet for our lead to wear
Costume designer puts a football helmet on Charlton heston....
Awesome. And still relevant. Just off by a few years. The accuteness of the problem anyway.
Note, the body to body on the streets reminds me of Mumbai.
Richard Fleischer also directed 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Fantastic Voyage, and Tora Tora Tora.
Edward G Robinson, Book, was a big Hollywood star. This was his last movie, he died of cancer before the premier.
They made us watch this in grade school on reel to reel no less! lol
You apparently forgot that Charlton Heston was also in TOMBSTONE portrayng the Arizona rancher Henry Hooker.
As to SOYLENT GREEN it's not the greatest movie by today's standards but is important for any student of 1970s America since it reflects one of the main concerns of the times. The last line in the movie "Soylent Green is people!" is also icomic as are many uttered by Charleton Heston at the end of his movies.
It also features the great Edward G. Robinson in his final role and he fittingly dies in the movie. My fondest memory of it is that it exposed me for the first time to a Beethoven symphony other than his 4th. And it launched me into my first deep dive into classical music.
Well done! Thank you. The "love connection" seemed more of a "the expected demotion of ethical caring" such a society would engender. When the value of a person lies in what they can do for you depersonalization is logical. As our society is now expressing.
Was really looking forward to your watching this one Shan. I think it’s an important movie in that it’s not far off where humanity is headed. I was 12 when I saw this in the theatre with a friend. It was an eye opener.
Shan if you liked Planet of the Apes and Soylent Green you must see The Omega Man which is another Charlton Heston science fiction film from the 1970s.
Amazing acting Chops on Heston
I’m glad I watched this with you. You helped to make some things clearer like Thorne’s character.
Recommend Robert Redford "Jeremiah Johnson" 1972..
Charlton Heston did his share of popular Sci fi films in the late 60's early 70's like "The Omega Man" 1970,before he went on to do a few lackluster disaster films..
Finally someone’s reacting to Soylent Green. I was an elementary school when this movie came out but I never watched it until I was an adult and I love it.
Shan definitely check out the omega man with heston ,the second take on the I am legend story , classic early 70s sci fi action
The woman at 13:20 is Celia Lovsky who is known for this movie and also played the role of T'Pau in the Star Trek (original series) episode Amok Time.
Well observed! 🖖 😁
This was Edward G. Robinson's last film role. You may remember him from some small roles in some minor films such as Dathan in The Ten Commandments.
One of my favorite old films
Another film to check out: "The Ultimate Warrior" (1975) with Max von Sydow and Yul Brynner.
For an interesting, more contemporary film, check out "Cloud Atlas" (2012) which takes place across different time periods; i remembered it because of a couple references they do to Soylent Green.
:D
When the prices of food items are mentioned and they sound expensive, just remember that this movie was made before the inflation of 1973 kicked in. In 1973 Nixon took the US off of the Gold Standard and inflation was high from 1973 until 1981 when Reagan's Fed Chief Volker crushed it with very high interest rates (18-20% mortgages were actually a thing). So, the prices that sound high now would actually be a couple of multiples of that if the 1970s inflation were taken into account.
Incredible line. "Soilent green is people " kinda like the twilight zone episode, " to serve man, it's a cook book.
I agree with you that I don't want to see what transpires in the future, this film may not be far off! Disturbing concept, when this came out I was 11 years old, lots of people didn't like it if I remember right? Thanks for checking it out, nice job!
I was child in the 1970's but remember how big cities were covered with smog, trash was getting out of control, lakes and rivers were filled with chemicals, and cities were overcrowded and still echoing from the violence of the late 1960's. We really have come a LONG way environmentally. Now we are in a world where population is in decline in many countries but booming in others.
Yes, indeed - we have come a long way since Earth Day #1 back in 1970 (when I was a little more than a month old). Needless to say, this doesn't mean that further improvements cannot or ought not be made, eh? 🌳 🤗