Set in a bleak future where roving gangs of children terrorize city streets, and reality is often an illusion.Set in a bleak future where roving gangs of children terrorize city streets, and reality is often an illusion.Set in a bleak future where roving gangs of children terrorize city streets, and reality is often an illusion.
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- TriviaThis movie was selected to screen at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival in the "Un Certain Regard" strand.
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Psychological Philosophical Thriller - if indeed there is such a genre
Mobia and Jon F (above) describe this movie pretty well. It is a deeply 'philosophical' piece, which sounds an awfully elitist thing to say I know, but it is a movie that demands a reflection upon what it means to be human and the sorts of relationships that bind humans together. It may also be called 'psychological' in that it examines intra-psychic conflicts as well - particularly from the female perspective (which I am not) and that is powerful. It is based in an era of social decay and reminded me of Hobbes where life is "nasty, brutish and short", where humans have been reduced to animals, where the bonds of humanity have been stretched. Is this what we are to become? Is this what we really are? I loved it. It haunted me. I became a Doris Lessing fan after this and have just finished the book. No exploding cars for those that love that sort of thing.
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By what name was Memoirs of a Survivor (1981) officially released in Canada in English?
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