The Obsolete Man
- Episode aired Jun 2, 1961
- TV-PG
- 25m
In a future totalitarian society, a librarian is declared obsolete and sentenced to death.In a future totalitarian society, a librarian is declared obsolete and sentenced to death.In a future totalitarian society, a librarian is declared obsolete and sentenced to death.
- Subaltern
- (as Josep Elic)
- Board Member
- (uncredited)
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
- …
- Board Member
- (uncredited)
- Subaltern
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaA year and a half after Time Enough at Last (1959), Burgess Meredith has a Twilight Zone character defined by his relation to books.
- Quotes
Narrator: [closing narration] The chancellor, the *late* chancellor, was only partly correct: He *was* obsolete; but so is the State, the entity he worshiped. Any state or entity becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures nations, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, yet convinces nobody; when it dons armor and calls it faith, when in the eyes of God it is naked, having no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of humanity... That state is obsolete. A case to be filed under "M" for Mankind -- in The Twilight Zone.
- ConnectionsEdited into Twilight-Tober-Zone: The Obsolete Man (2022)
"The Obsolete Man" is the last and best episode of the Second Season of "The Twilight Zone". The plot makes the viewer immediately recalls George Orwell dystopic society in "1984", Ray Bradbury´s "Fahrenheit 451" and Franz Kafka´s "The Trial". Burgess Meredith has a great performance in the role of the librarian Romney Wordsworth that uses his knowledge and experience to lure and give a lesson to the notorious and arrogant Chancellor. My vote is nine.
Title (Brazil): "O Homem Obsoleto" ("The Obsolete Man")
- claudio_carvalho
- Jul 7, 2018
Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1