Cult Café
SOYLENT GREEN
SATURDAY / JAN 07 /
10PM / MEMBERS $5 / PUBLIC $7
By 2022, the cumulative effects of overpopulation, pollution
and an apparent climate catastrophe have caused severe worldwide shortages of
food, water and housing. In New York City alone, there are 40 million people,
and only the city's elite can afford spacious apartments, clean water, and
natural food. The homes of the elite are fortified, with private security and
bodyguards for their tenants. Usually, they include concubines (who are
referred to as "furniture" and serve the tenants as slaves). The poor
live in squalor, haul water from communal spigots, and eat highly processed
wafers: "Soylent Red," "Soylent Yellow," and the latest
product, far more flavorful and nutritious, "Soylent Green."
USA / 1973 / 97 MIN.
/ PG / DIR. RICHARD FLEISCHER
