Books such as Rachel Carson’s instant bestseller “Silent Spring” (1962) and Paul R. Greenburg with a $4 million budget, SOYLENT GREEN was released at a time in which activism to protect the environment was on the rise. Fleischer and adapted for the screen by Stanley R. In honor of Earth Day, the AFI Catalog takes a look at SOYLENT GREEN, its predictions of life today and its correlation to the environmental movement.ĭirected by Richard O.
Simonson (Joseph Cotten), Thorn uncovers a terrible secret which he reveals at the end of the film, declaring: “Soylent Green is people!” This iconic proclamation, which is included on AFI’s 100 YEARS…100 MOVIE QUOTES list of the greatest cinematic lines of all time, has become a mainstay of popular culture as a meme and a trope, recognizable even to those who have never seen the film. Investigating the murder of Soylent corporate executive William R. Real food is available only to the rich and most people are sustained on a mass-produced product called Soylent.
It tells the story of police detective Thorn (Charlton Heston), who lives in New York City with a populace of 40 million inhabitants, all vying for limited supplies in a highly polluted world depleted of natural resources. Based in part on the 1966 novel “Make Room! Make Room!” by Harry Harrison, SOYLENT GREEN was one of the first Hollywood productions to explore climate change, mention the greenhouse effect by name and portray its apocalyptic impact for mass audiences. This April marks the 50th release anniversary of the dystopian ecological thriller and cult classic SOYLENT GREEN (1973), which imagined the state of the world in 2022 with overpopulation, global warming and the vast discrepancy between rich and poor.
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