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Soylent Green (1973)
Prophetic
No one in 1973 knew how prophetic this movie was to become in regards to how man has polluted his home and then asking what lies ahead. While certain aspects are certainly dated, the story still holds up as a cautionary tale of where we are already are and I agree that this movie is either due for a remake or even better ... a sequel! Perhaps following the life of the son of Shirl and Thorn as he investigates the death of his father or mother or ...
(Remember, you read it here first!) But shame on Warner Bros for releasing such a poor version of this classic, at least the one I bought at a major retail outlet; while the title menu is in at least stereo as far as I could tell, the entire movie is in mono, as in only ONE audio channel. At first I thought that they hadn't mastered the movie at all but then I noticed that the title page wasn't in mono. In this day, re-mastering the entire movie is almost a bare minimum for any DVD release. Shame! Shame! Shame!
Still a great movie.
Cruel Passion (1977)
Not worth the rental fee
I have read de Sade and read about him and so was a little excited when I saw the title but couldn't wait for the end, fast forwarding through the last 15 minutes.
The acting is not even second rate, the script poorly conceived and written, the direction is amateurish and the production values almost non-existent. The story line is convoluted and doesn't follow any rhyme or reason as far as script writing techniques. Characters are not clearly introduced nor is their relation to each other and it's hard to care about the characters much less sympathize or empathize with them.
A difficult book to translate into even a watch able movie, this fails in every aspect.