“The year is 2018. There are no wars. There is no crime. There is only…the Game. In a world where ruthless corporations reign supreme, this vicious and barbaric ‘sport’ is the only outlet for the pent-up anger and frustrations of the masses. Tuned into their televisions, the people watch ‘Rollerball’: a brutal mutation of football, motor-cross and hockey. Jonathan E is the champion player – a man too talented for his own good…the diabolical head tells him he’d better retire…or suffer the old fashioned way.”(Courtesy of MGM – Rollerball: Special Edition.)
An often overlooked classic, this is a wonderful tale of a dystopic Orwellian future that anticipates the dissolution of nations; the dominance of corporations and the rise of a capitalist super-state; the loss free-will and the abolition of the individual. A brilliant piece that references history yet remains contemporary and very relevant in current society.
“Nations are bankrupt,...
An often overlooked classic, this is a wonderful tale of a dystopic Orwellian future that anticipates the dissolution of nations; the dominance of corporations and the rise of a capitalist super-state; the loss free-will and the abolition of the individual. A brilliant piece that references history yet remains contemporary and very relevant in current society.
“Nations are bankrupt,...
- 3/18/2013
- by Dyllun Vadher
- Obsessed with Film
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