This week, we take a look at the 1972 classic, Silent Running, where a very serious Bruce Dern plays an annoying vegan who commits eco-terrorism but can't live with the guilt of his actions. Tell us we're wrong? With a teeny budget of ONE MILLION DOLLARS, this movie has it all: Joan Baez crooning as Bruce Dern eats a melon, bilateral amputees playing loveable drones (never done before or since) and most importantly, microwave button pushers which definitely became a thing and definitely do not date this movie.
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Trees need light, Freeman Lowell!
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Links:
Silent Running by Mark Kermode (reference for use of bilateral amputees)
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
When Prophecy Fails by Festinger, L., Riecken, H. W., & Schachter, S.
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