Arrow Video Announces 4K UHD Restoration of 'Soylent Green' with Special Features
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Jim Hemphill
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Arrow Video is releasing a 4K UHD restoration of the 1973 sci-fi classic 'Soylent Green,' directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Charlton Heston. The article covers the film's legacy, its prescient themes about overpopulation and climate change, and details about the new restoration's special features including a new 4K scan from the original camera negative, audio commentary, and documentary features. The film, based on Harry Harrison's novel 'Make Room! Make Room!,' is noted for its famous twist ending and its surprisingly relevant environmental and social commentary that resonates strongly with contemporary audiences.
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· 3 pulled'Soylent Green' is a film that has only grown more relevant with time, its warnings about overpopulation, climate change, and corporate control feeling less like science fiction and more like prophecy.
The 4K restoration, sourced from the original camera negative, brings new life to the film's gritty, dystopian vision of 2022 New York City.
What makes 'Soylent Green' endure is not just its famous twist, but the uncomfortable questions it asks about how we treat the planet and each other.
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