Can Dialectics Break Bricks Cinema: Soylent Green

Dimanche, 26 Janvier

Can Dialectics Break Bricks Cinema: Soylent Green

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doors open at 20:00, film starts at 20:30.

SOYLENT GREEN  (1973) Directed by Richard Fleischer 97 minutes In English

A tragic tale of the planet Earth in despair in the near future. Natural food like fruits, vegetables and meat among others are now almost extinct. Strawberries run at $150 for a glass of them. Earth is overpopulated and New York City is bursting with starving, poverty stricken people and is outrageously polluted. The world is on fire. The greenhouse effect has risen the temperature into nearly unbearable levels, and people are kept in the cities by law. The ultra-rich live in separated luxury apartments, but also experience the lack of natural food. New York City's infrastructure has broken down, and riot police are everywhere to control the masses. Water is rationed and most of the population live on mass-produced processed food rations called soylent green, made from ocean vegetation and formed into bland, tasteless green wafers. For some people the situation is too much, so there are government assisted suicide (euthanasia) programs. One day Police Detective Thorn (Charlton Heston) is brought in to investigate a strange and brutal murder case involving an official from the Soylent corporation. The murder case becomes only more mysterious as more of the clues are uncovered.

This movie paints a very bleak future for planet Earth, but one which seems to be coming more true everyday. Of all the sci-fi films that were made in the 70s and 80s, this is one of the most original and certainly one of the best, along with turning out to be one of the most accurate (whether it is predicting the huge wealth gap, the artificial crap we call food today, the social unrest across the planet, to the haywire climate shifts). Also starring the great Edward G. Robinson in his final role before he died, giving a tragic, poignant performance. This flick has great acting all around, a wonderful script and a fantastic music score.

This will be a high-definition screening.

Date & heure: 

Dimanche, 26 Janvier, 2020 - 20:30

Catégorie: 

  • film
Joe's Garage
Pretoriusstraat 43
1092 EZ Amsterdam
Pays-Bas

Directions: 

Train station Amsterdam Muiderpoort, 10 minutes walk --- Metro station Wibaustraat, 15 minutes walk --- Tram 19 or Bus 41, Bus/tramhalte: Oostpoort, 1 minute walk

Squat: 

Presently squatted

Depuis Juin 2005, Joe's Garage est un centre social autonome, squatté, un lieu politique, un lieu de rencontre dans la quartier Transvaal pour les squatters et les non-squatters, sans aucune subvention, un lieu à but non lucratif, autogéré, tenu par des volontaires.

catégories: 

  • conseils/aide / librairie/bibliothèque/infokiosque / cours/ateliers / discussion/présentation / exposition / film / repas / magasin gratuit / rencontre / musique / théâtre

horaires d'ouverture: 

(Mars 2024)
Lundi: 19h, Cantine populaire Vegazulu
Mardi: 19h-20h30 KSU Oost, permanence d'assistance au squat
Mercredi: 18h-22h, Proxy Cafe ou Cours d'Esperanto
Jeudi: 19h, Cantine populaire Vegazulu
Vendredi: 20h, Aman molli, atelier de musique modale
Samedi: 14h-18h, Zone de gratuité
Dimanche: 18h-20h, Radical Sunday School
Dimanche: 20h30, Soirée cinéma
Chaque 2ème samedi du mois, 19h-20h30, assemblée publique de Joe's Garage

Weekly programme of film screenings in a circuit of underground / self-organised venues. Forgotten movies that should have been classics, neglected flics, lesser-known gems, always with a personal introduction by the programmer. All films in English, or with English subtitles.

catégories: 

  • film

horaires d'ouverture: 

mostly Sunday to Thursday at about 7 different underground locations.