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Soylent Green (1973)
B-movie that anticipates the Tea Party agenda of the early 21st century
The dystopia described in Soylant Green is recapitulated in all seriousness by late 20th century neo-liberalism as it rails against 'entitlement programs' in the developed countries and champions extremes of labor exploitation throughout the world. In America, the social security mechanisms enacted earlier in the C20 to ameliorate social cohesion are attacked by neo- liberals as wasteful spending that can be done away with, (so long as the state's military/police functions are well endowed in 'wars against terror'), and younger generations are pitted against older ones in a scramble for shrinking resources.
Jue lie (1976)
Check it out
This well-acted and well-directed film was promoted as a "model work" by the cultural revolution group within the Chinese Communist Party in 1975, one year before the death of Mao and the reversal of the cultural revolution.
It is a good example of both the orientation guiding the cultural revolution (in this case, how to 'revolutionize' the educational system) as well as how the cultural revolutionaries approached popular culture (e.g. this screenplay and the direction of this film).
In some ways, the film is reminiscent of 'On the Waterfront', but with a decidedly different, and more hopeful, resolution.
A worthwhile feature although rarely shown currently.