Showing posts with label Norman Jewison. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Norman Jewison. Show all posts

Tuesday, 30 April 2019

MJOLNIR AT THE MOVIES EPISODE 19: ROLLERBALLS!

There are two Rollerballs: one that didn't descend and the other that was a testosterone-fuelled wrecking ball. As usual, the original 1970s version is the one that works, and so the one we concentrate on after getting the 2002 version out of the way in the first of this double bill of videos. We look at the major themes like collectivism versus the individual, corporate society, violence, sport as religion and the role of culture, and ask the question, can the 1975 version be classed as a Rightist film despite its Chewish star?