Posted on 02/08/2025 11:17:05 AM PST by DallasBiff
The 1970s were a hot era for science fiction films that took a decidedly dystopian turn…
With Planet of the Apes at the close of the 60s, films like Soylent Green had infected the mass mind with the threat of the coming apocalypse, to be followed by a spate of 80s post-apocalyptic B movies and cult classics like Mad Max.
One of those highly revelatory 70s films is the 1976 film adaptation of William F. Nolan’s novel, Logan’s Run, directed by Michael Anderson. As with all the dystopian films, especially 70s installments, they all seem to contain a puzzle piece of the overall real-world plan of the technocrats preparing us for the coming of the new aeon.
The setting for Logan’s Run is a technocratic utopian society situated in a self-contained biosphere dome based around a death cult that participates in a monthly ritual (The Carrousel) where all citizens are killed in a “renewal” ceremony reminiscent of a Katy Perry Super Bowl halftime show. Convinced that renewal results in reincarnation, the youth are color-coded to determine their caste, with those reaching 30 considered aged and primed for sacrifice.
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Logan’s Run? Pro life? Not likely. It celebrates all the lefts love. Death and murder sanctioned by an all powerful government. Great movie. Loved the scene when the kids meet ‘The Old Man.’
Farrah Fawcett’s part was more a cameo than an actual part of the plot. Jenny Agutter’s role was absolutely vital to the storyline.
Yes, the marketing for the film tried to imply that Farrah had a big role in the movie.
Jenny Agutter is a wonderful actress.
“Many interior shots were filmed in the Dallas Market Center, a 4.8-million-square-foot complex consisting of six ultra modern structures on 135 acres, the largest single wholesale merchandise mart in the world at the time. “
“The Love Shop sequence was filmed from July 7 to 9, 1975 in the OZ nightclub multi-level discotheque. It was all chrome and glass with mirrored walls adorned by neon sculptures and mirrored etchings. The dominant colors were purple and gray. OZ was designed by Stan Richards. The business was regarded as one of Dallas’s most chic haute cuisineries and membership-only nightclubs when it opened in 1973. OZ closed in 1977 and the building was demolished several years later.”
“The waterfalls and steps Logan jumps into to get back into the dome are the “active pool” of the Water Gardens, in Fort Worth, Texas. At the time, the main pool was 9 feet deep. It was closed in 2004 after four people drowned near the spot where Logan and Jessica dove in. When it reopened in 2007, the main pool was 2 feet deep.”
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074812/trivia/?ref_=ttqu_ql_3
I checked the comments first before posting because I expected to see it already posted by you.
Meh. Slow. Obviously filled in a shopping mall. Ustinov was downright soporific...sorta’ pre dementia but the part fit.
Good modern analogy to today as we discover who and what USAID was funding.
IMHO.
Yep, FF was pushed as the star far more than Jenny Agutter...but JA is who I’ll always think of when Logan’s Run is mentioned.
Jennie Agutter, in the era of Rachel Welch, she was superior in all respects. Hubba Hubba..
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