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You cannot call yourself cinema obsessed if you haven't seen Logan's Run (1976). It's like a secret password to get into the club. Yeah. It's THAT important in our world. See it or beat it.The year 2274. A world where an unnamed disaster has forced survivors into a colony... a computer controlled bubble city. The classic sci-fi brilliance is obvious just from a quick plot outline.
Logan is a Sand Man - a law enforcement officer that hunts down those who run from their obligatory sacrificial death at the age of thirty. When your hand bling blings from green to red, it's time to ride Carrousel, biyatch.
Most citizens of bubble-town see this as a religious honour, and are thrilled to be "renewed" into their new existence. A ceremony takes place in which the birthday boys and girls float around and are sucked upwards toward a waiting mysterious machine.
The crowd cheers and gets all frenzied... hot and bothered by the imagery of their friends and family bursting into flames and disappearing. Sickos.
Although most people in this world are unquestioning of the 30th deathday policy (known as Lastday), there are still those who believe there is sanctuary, and that living a longer life is possible. Through a mysterious turn of events, Logan the Sand Man becomes convinced he can escape, and becomes a runner.
This movie is the epitome of the cult film phenomenon. The dystopian future, the bleep-blooping computers, the minuature plastic models passing for a city, the laser zap guns, the free-loving, pleasure-seeking society (oh so seventies)... all these concepts screeeaaaamm cult classic. Not to mention the whole damn movie is bizarre and cram-ass full of cheesey bad acting. Therefore, it's amazing.And we hearted it much too muchly.
The soundtrack alone makes the film worth watching. Zeep.. bing bing... booowww... Be afraid... be very afraid of the computers and their creepy soothing voices and sound effects.
What's really brillz is how, once Logan escapes (oops we ruined it) and reaches the natural outside world, we hear violins, piano, and flutes. Beautiful. Deep.
See Logan's Run. Don't go a lifetime without knowing the religious experience that is watching it. Seriously.
Then tell us what you thought of it...
2 comments:
Perhaps the best thing about Logan's Run is the involvement of Farrah Fawcett, who was apparently the only "name" actress in the whole movie, and who therefore gets billing even though she is only in it for about nine seconds. Also, the DVD box appears to indicate that it's Fawcett who accompanies Logan on his memorable run. But it isn't. And that adds tremendously to the cheesiness.
My favourite character is definitely the robot. Nothing says awesome like an ice producing maniac aluminum foil robot! Rarrr!
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