RE: Oh Yeah - We're #1
October 1, 2014 at 3:48 pm
(This post was last modified: October 1, 2014 at 3:48 pm by Minimalist.)
It occurred to me several years ago that 1973's Soylent Green captured exactly the vision that the super rich are striving to attain.
One of the most amazing scenes involved the use of "scoops:" Front loading garbage trucks to pick up protesters and dump them into the truck....like so much human garbage.
The contrast between the rich and poor is vivid. Worth watching.
Quote:Richard Fleischer directed this nightmarish science fiction vision of an over-populated world, based on the novel by Harry Harrison. In 2022, New York City is a town bursting at the seams with a 40-million-plus population. Food is in short supply, and most of the population's food source comes from synthetics manufactured in local factories -- the dinner selections being a choice between Soylent Blue, Soylent Yellow, or Soylent Green. When William Simonson (Joseph Cotten), an upper-echelon executive in the Soylent Company, is found murdered, police detective Thorn (Charlton Heston) is sent in to investigate the case. Helping him out researching the case is Thorn's old friend Sol Roth (Edward G. Robinson, in his final film role). As they investigate the environs of a succession of mad-from-hunger New Yorkers and the luxuriously rich digs of the lucky few, Thorn uncovers the terrible truth about the real ingredients of Soylent Green.
One of the most amazing scenes involved the use of "scoops:" Front loading garbage trucks to pick up protesters and dump them into the truck....like so much human garbage.
The contrast between the rich and poor is vivid. Worth watching.
