Soylent Green
Science fiction pushes the boundaries, explores the improbable, and envisions the future of humanity. It also exposes us to extravagant visual effects and the inventive power of cinema, reflecting our deepest fantasies. In cinema, science fiction is immersive, creating worlds suddenly within our reach. This summer, over one hundred films from the history of cinema will allow us to witness this!
The year is 2022.The Earth is overpopulated and food resources are becoming scarce. In New York, surplus inhabitants occupy the staircases of houses, the streets and vacant lots. What food remains is supplied by a single private company that transforms sea plankton into edible tablets. People fight for their rations. Riots are frequent and harshly repressed...
Richard Fleischer
Richard Fleischer was an American film director whose career spanned more than four decades, beginning at the height of the Golden Age of Hollywood and lasting through the American New Wave. Though he directed films across many genres and styles, he is best known for his big-budget, "tentpole" films, including: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), The Vikings (1958), Barabbas (1961), Fantastic Voyage (1966), the musical film Doctor Dolittle (1967), the war epic Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), the dystopian mystery-thriller Soylent Green (1973), the controversial period drama Mandingo (1975), and the Robert E. Howard sword-and-sorcery films Conan the Destroyer (1984) and Red Sonja (1985). Fleischer worked with many of the top Hollywood stars of his time, including Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Tony Curtis, Mia Farrow, Charlton Heston, and Lee Marvin. He was noted for his versatility, able to work in almost any genre under wildly varying conditions and budgets, making him a popular and prolific choice for producers. Many of his films proved very successful, being some of the highest-grossing features of their respective release years.
