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THX1138, Logan's Run, Rollerball, Soylent Green, 1984 or Fahrenheit 451? Dystopian themed movies.
Oct 31, 2015 | Vanity

Posted on 10/31/2015 9:13:58 AM PDT by Fhios

Six rather relatively well known dystopian themed movies. Excerpts taken from IMDB.

If you like dystopian themed movies you've probably seen all 6. My favorite is Rollerball.

Which one do you think the world is striving for?

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THX1138 -- Set in the 25th century, the story centers around a man and a woman who rebel against their rigidly controlled society. Director George Lucas.

Logan's Run -- An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback: life must end at 30. Director Michael Anderson

Roller Ball (1975) -- In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game. Director Norman Jewison.

Soylent Green (1973) -- With the world ravaged by the greenhouse effect and overpopulation, an NYPD detective investigates the murder of a CEO with ties to the world's main food supply. Director Richard Fleischer

1984 (1984) -- George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love. Director Michael Radford

Fahrenheit 451 (1966) -- In an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task. Director François Truffaut


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KEYWORDS: 1984; cinema; dystopia; fahrenheit451; film; logansrun; movies; nineteeneightyfour; rollerball; sciencefiction; scifi; soylentgreen; thx1138
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To: Yardstick

I was thinking tgat you couldn’t have called it any better when you wrote of THX 1138... but the next line was better.

I thought Children of Man was excellent. Completely realistic.


61 posted on 10/31/2015 10:26:44 AM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Steely Tom
Farrah or Jenny?

Logan's Run.

In 1976, there was no hotter actress than Jenny Agutter.


62 posted on 10/31/2015 10:27:00 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Fhios


63 posted on 10/31/2015 10:27:48 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Drew68

Yeah, she’s pretty much got the whole Anglo-Saxon thing going pretty strong there, no doubt about that.


64 posted on 10/31/2015 10:29:43 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: moovova

I was thinking of the Island too. It was very well done but it didn’t encompass a whole society.


65 posted on 10/31/2015 10:30:02 AM PDT by Crucial (At the heart all leftists is the fear that the truth is bigger than themselves.)
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66 posted on 10/31/2015 10:30:59 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Fhios
Watchmen.

What happened to the American Dream?

It came true.

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67 posted on 10/31/2015 10:32:27 AM PDT by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: hoagy62

Hell comes to Frog Town

Roddy Piper has to rescue 6 fertile women from mutant frogs.


68 posted on 10/31/2015 10:41:20 AM PDT by Chainsawj (I don't wanna be buried............................................in a pet cemetery.)
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To: Fhios

Book of Eli


69 posted on 10/31/2015 10:42:20 AM PDT by Dawn53Fl
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To: tbw2

Great short story. It would be an interesting basis for a movie, too.


70 posted on 10/31/2015 10:43:17 AM PDT by FourPeas ("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
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71 posted on 10/31/2015 10:45:58 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: moovova
Good movie, The Island.
72 posted on 10/31/2015 10:47:06 AM PDT by FourPeas ("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
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73 posted on 10/31/2015 10:48:39 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: VanShuyten

Sleeper was great.


74 posted on 10/31/2015 10:49:35 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: Drew68
In 1976, there was no hotter actress than Jenny Agutter.
Surely you jest ...
75 posted on 10/31/2015 10:49:50 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Vermont Lt

The original 1971 version of course?


76 posted on 10/31/2015 10:50:27 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar


77 posted on 10/31/2015 10:52:20 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: wally_bert; Vermont Lt

***The original 1971 version of course?***

The original was THE LAST MAN ON EARTH staring Vincent Price.(1964)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Man_on_Earth_%281964_film%29


78 posted on 10/31/2015 10:57:23 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Fhios

SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE.......!!!!!!!!


79 posted on 10/31/2015 10:57:40 AM PDT by njslim
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To: Rodamala

Yes, very realistic. One of the scenes that stands out — and I think they may have won an award of some sort for it — was the urban battle scene which was filmed all in one shot. The action is continuous with no cuts and it goes on for several minutes. Pretty amazing that they were able to orchestrate all that happens...explosions, walls getting knocked down, the camera following the guys in and out of buidings.


80 posted on 10/31/2015 10:58:57 AM PDT by Yardstick
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