Rollerball (1975)
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 129m
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: James Caan, John Houseman, Ralph Richardson, Maud Adams
Synopsis:
In a corporate-controlled society of the future, the opium of the people is a violent game resembling a mix of pinball and American football. However, one of the sport's stars is becoming too popular and must be eliminated from competition, but he will not go quietly.
Review:
Artily shot and boasting a visionary production design, this dystopian fantasy is full of obscurantist dialogue and sketchy on the minutiae of the game itself. Like the citizens in question, we are left in bored stupor as we await the next emptily violent spectacle, surely not the makers' intention.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 129m
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: James Caan, John Houseman, Ralph Richardson, Maud Adams
Synopsis:
In a corporate-controlled society of the future, the opium of the people is a violent game resembling a mix of pinball and American football. However, one of the sport's stars is becoming too popular and must be eliminated from competition, but he will not go quietly.
Review:
Artily shot and boasting a visionary production design, this dystopian fantasy is full of obscurantist dialogue and sketchy on the minutiae of the game itself. Like the citizens in question, we are left in bored stupor as we await the next emptily violent spectacle, surely not the makers' intention.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 129m
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: James Caan, John Houseman, Ralph Richardson, Maud Adams
Synopsis:
In a corporate-controlled society of the future, the opium of the people is a violent game resembling a mix of pinball and American football. However, one of the sport's stars is becoming too popular and must be eliminated from competition, but he will not go quietly.
Review:
Artily shot and boasting a visionary production design, this dystopian fantasy is full of obscurantist dialogue and sketchy on the minutiae of the game itself. Like the citizens in question, we are left in bored stupor as we await the next emptily violent spectacle, surely not the makers' intention.