#Stanley R. Greenberg

[movie-titlecards]

Soylent Green (1973)

My rating: 6/10

[mariocki]

Man in a Suitcase: Man from the Dead (1.6, ITC, 1967)

"Mac, don't go."

"I have to. I have to, I just... have to."

"Where're you going?"

"To Southampton. I gotta get my suitcase and my car."

"Are they so important?"

"Yes ma'am. They're all I own."

[compneuropapers]

Interesting Papers for Week 8, 2023

Thalamic bursting and the role of timing and synchrony in thalamocortical signaling in the awake mouse. Borden, P. Y., Wright, N. C., Morrissette, A. E., Jaeger, D., Haider, B., & Stanley, G. B. (2022). Neuron, 110(17), 2836-2853.e8.

Vagus nerve stimulation drives selective circuit modulation through cholinergic reinforcement. Bowles, S., Hickman, J., Peng, X., Williamson, W. R., Huang, R., Washington, K., … Welle, C. G. (2022). Neuron, 110(17), 2867-2885.e7.

An increase of inhibition drives the developmental decorrelation of neural activity. Chini, M., Pfeffer, T., & Hanganu-Opatz, I. (2022). eLife, 11, e78811.

Predictive maps in rats and humans for spatial navigation. de Cothi, W., Nyberg, N., Griesbauer, E.-M., Ghanamé, C., Zisch, F., Lefort, J. M., … Spiers, H. J. (2022). Current Biology, 32(17), 3676-3689.e5.

Geometry of neural computation unifies working memory and planning. Ehrlich, D. B., & Murray, J. D. (2022). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(37), e2115610119.

Excitatory and inhibitory neural dynamics jointly tune motion detection. Gonzalez-Suarez, A. D., Zavatone-Veth, J. A., Chen, J., Matulis, C. A., Badwan, B. A., & Clark, D. A. (2022). Current Biology, 32(17), 3659-3675.e8.

Reactivating hippocampal-mediated memories during reconsolidation to disrupt fear. Grella, S. L., Fortin, A. H., Ruesch, E., Bladon, J. H., Reynolds, L. F., Gross, A., … Ramirez, S. (2022). Nature Communications, 13, 4733.

Evidence accumulation, not ��self-control’, explains dorsolateral prefrontal activation during normative choice. Hutcherson, C. A., & Tusche, A. (2022). eLife, 11, e65661. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.65661

Motor learning selectively strengthens cortical and striatal synapses of motor engram neurons. Hwang, F.-J., Roth, R. H., Wu, Y.-W., Sun, Y., Kwon, D. K., Liu, Y., & Ding, J. B. (2022). Neuron, 110(17), 2790-2801.e5.

Macaque V1 responses to 2nd-order contrast-modulated stimuli and the possible subcortical and cortical contributions. Ju, N.-S., Guan, S.-C., Tang, S.-M., & Yu, C. (2022). Progress in Neurobiology, 217, 102315.

Physiological noise facilitates multiplexed coding of vibrotactile-like signals in somatosensory cortex. Kamaleddin, M. A., Shifman, A., Abdollahi, N., Sigal, D., Ratté, S., & Prescott, S. A. (2022). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(37), e2118163119.

Sequential inhibitory plasticities in hippocampal area CA2 and social memory formation. Loisy, M., Bouisset, G., Lopez, S., Muller, M., Spitsyn, A., Duval, J., … Chevaleyre, V. (2022). Neuron, 110(17), 2854-2866.e4.

Value representations in the rodent orbitofrontal cortex drive learning, not choice. Miller, K. J., Botvinick, M. M., & Brody, C. D. (2022). eLife, 11, e64575.

Neural responses to sensory novelty with and without conscious access. Osorio, S., Irani, M., Herrada, J., & Aboitiz, F. (2022). NeuroImage, 262, 119516.

Fos ensembles encode and shape stable spatial maps in the hippocampus. Pettit, N. L., Yap, E.-L., Greenberg, M. E., & Harvey, C. D. (2022). Nature, 609(7926), 327–334.

The hippocampal formation as a hierarchical generative model supporting generative replay and continual learning. Stoianov, I., Maisto, D., & Pezzulo, G. (2022). Progress in Neurobiology, 217, 102329.

Amygdala-cortical collaboration in reward learning and decision making. Wassum, K. M. (2022). eLife, 11, e80926.

A causal role for the human subthalamic nucleus in non-selective cortico-motor inhibition. Wessel, J. R., Diesburg, D. A., Chalkley, N. H., & Greenlee, J. D. W. (2022). Current Biology, 32(17), 3785-3791.e3.

Uncovering a tripartite landmark in posterior cingulate cortex. Willbrand, E. H., Parker, B. J., Voorhies, W. I., Miller, J. A., Lyu, I., Hallock, T., … Weiner, K. S. (2022). Science Advances, 8(36).

Time-resolved parameterization of aperiodic and periodic brain activity. Wilson, L. E., da Silva Castanheira, J., & Baillet, S. (2022). eLife, 11, e77348.

[claudiosuenaga]

Os 50 anos de SOYLENT GREEN: O filme que impulsionou o movimento ecológico e antecipou a Agenda 2030

Soylent Green is people!

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Em 1973, no ano seguinte a I Conferência das Nações Unidas Sobre Meio Ambiente Humano realizada em Estocolmo, na Suécia, estreava No Mundo de 2020 (título do filme no Brasil, ainda que a história se passe em 2022), com roteiro de Stanley R. Greenberg, que se baseou na novela de Harry Max Harrison, direção de Richard Fleischer e atores do primeiro time de Hollywood no elenco (como Charlton Heston, Joseph Cotten e Edward G. Robinson).

Soylent Green lançava o alarde geral ao mostrar um futuro distópico superpovoado e superaquecido, alertando que se o crescimento populacional não fosse revertido e a produção industrial ajustada a níveis “sustentáveis”, restaria tão pouco da natureza que o calor se tornaria quase que insuportável enquanto a vida animal e vegetal estaria quase extinta e por conseguinte não haveria mais alimentos, o que obrigaria os milhões de famintos a se alimentarem de… carne humana.

O filme teve por efeito preparar psicologicamente e convencer as pessoas, como queria o Clube de Roma, de que a causa do desequilíbrio ecológico era o ser humano, levando-as a exigirem que os governos e a própria ONU tomassem medidas drásticas e que os cientistas continuassem a buscar soluções para evitar que chegássemos àquele ponto.

Mais do que profético, o filme antecipava não só o quadro econômico-social, mas também os planos da elite mundial para as primeiras décadas do século XXI, planos esses que em grande parte já se cumpriram e que estão em pleno andamento.

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After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts – in the wallet! Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Elise Elliot Atchison: Goldie Hawn Brenda Morelli Cushman: Bette Midler Annie MacDuggan Paradis: Diane Keaton Gunilla Garson Goldberg: Maggie Smith Shelly Stewart: Sarah Jessica Parker Morton Cushman: Dan Hedaya Cynthia Swann Griffin: Stockard Channing Bill Atchison: Victor Garber Aaron Paradis: Stephen Collins Phoebe LaVelle: Elizabeth Berkley Dr. Leslie Rosen: Marcia Gay Harden Duarto Feliz: Bronson Pinchot Chris Paradis: Jennifer Dundas Catherine MacDuggan: Eileen Heckart Uncle Carmine Morelli: Philip Bosco Dr. Morris Packman: Rob Reiner Gill Griffin: James Naughton Jason Cushman: Ari Greenberg Ivana Trump: Ivana Trump Kathie Lee Gifford: Kathie Lee Gifford Gloria Steinem: Gloria Steinem Elise’s Fan: Lea DeLaria Jilted Lover: Debra Monk Woman in Bed: Kate Burton Brett Artounian: Timothy Olyphant Federal Marshall: J.K. Simmons Young Brenda: Michele Brilliant Young Elise: Dina Spybey-Waters Young Annie: Adria Tennor Young Cynthia: Juliehera DeStefano Miss Sullivan: J. Smith-Cameron Eric Loest: Mark Nelson Gil’s New Wife: Heather Locklear Security Guard: Richard Council Film Crew: Producer: Scott Rudin Set Decoration: Leslie E. Rollins Second Unit Director: Jack Gill Director of Photography: Donald E. Thorin Editor: John Bloom Associate Editor: Antonia Van Drimmelen Casting: Ilene Starger Costume Design: Theoni V. Aldredge Music Supervisor: Marc Shaiman Production Design: Peter S. Larkin Associate Producer: Craig Perry Production Manager: Ezra Swerdlow Makeup Artist: Angela Levin Director: Hugh Wilson Screenplay: Robert Harling Hairstylist: Alan D’Angerio Assistant Art Director: Ed Check Art Direction: Charley Beal Choreographer: Patricia Birch Executive Producer: Adam Schroeder Camera Operator: Rob Hahn Casting Assistant: Kim Miscia Post Production Supervisor: Tod Scott Brody Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Lee Dichter Production Coordinator: Ray Angelic Sound Editor: Richard P. Cirincione Hairstylist: Frances Mathias Storyboard Artist: Brick Mason Construction Coordinator: Ron Petagna Makeup Artist: Bernadette Mazur Sound Editor: Laura Civiello Boom Operator: John Fundus Sound Mixer: Peter F. Kurland Location Manager: Joseph E. Iberti Assistant Art Director: Paul D. Kelly Negative Cutter: Noëlle Penraat Costume Supervisor: Hartsell Taylor Music Editor: Nic Ratner Special Effects Coordinator: Matt Vogel Costume Supervisor: Michael Adkins Still Photographer: Andrew D. Schwartz ADR Editor: Kenton Jakub Sound Editor: Eytan Mirsky Supervising Sound Editor: Maurice Schell Chief Lighting Technician: Jerry DeBlau Hairstylist: Werner Sherer Makeup Artist: E. Thomas Case Hairstylist: Robert Ramos Foley Editor: Bruce Kitzmeyer First Assistant Director: Michael E. Steele Script Supervisor: Shari L. Carpenter Music Editor: Nicholas Meyers Unit Publicist: Eric Myers Music Programmer: Nick Vidar Second Assistant Director: Julie A. Bloom Art Department Coordinator: Julia G. Hickman Transportation Captain: Steven R. Hammond Stunt Double: Joni Avery Transportation Co-Captain: Tom Heilig Color Timer: Tom Salvatore Cableman: Tommy Louie Co-Producer: Thomas A. Imperato Novel: Olivia Goldsmith Associate Producer: Heather Neely Associate Producer: Noah Ackerman Property Master: Octavio Molina Storyboard Artist: Lorenzo Contessa Makeup Artist: Marilyn Carbone Assistant Costume Designer: Wallace G. Lane Jr. Assistant Sound Editor: Jay Kessel Foley Editor: Stuart Stanley Movie Reviews:

[flokkyn-s-cellar]

14/03/2023

Aujourd'hui j'ai vu regardé le film "Soleil Vert" réalisé par Richard Fleischer et je dois dire que je n'ai pas du tout aimé mais j'ai quand même pris quelques notes.

"Soleil Vert", 1973, réalisé par Richard Fleischer, scénarisé par Stanley R. Greenberg

Environ 24 min film

Jusque là, peu de choses ont eu lieu mais le décor se pose. On voit les différentes castes sociales. Des SDF, le protagoniste semble d'un milieu populaire bien qu'il ai un minuscule appartement en colocation avec Sol. Les castes sociales élevées vivent dans l'opulence. Un déséquilibre sous fond d'enquête.

Environ 34 min film

La scène du repas entre protag/Sol, qui vivent un moment d'extase de leur point de vue est pour lae spectateurice douce amère puisqu'iels sont content·es pour eux mais en même c'est un plat ordinaire pour le public, voir même peu gracieux. Cela doit titiller l'inquiétude de la personne qui regarde le film que de savoir que sa normalité peut ne pas le devenir.

Environ 37 min film

On comprend qu'il y a eu une dégringolade sociale avec la rareté des ressources, puisque Sol parle d'un passé de professeur à l'université. Là aussi tranchant d'une normalité qui devient un souvenir.

Bon voilà ce sont les quelques passages qui m'ont intéressé, le reste je n'ai pas trouvé cela hyper intéressant. Le film a sans doute mal vieilli (bien plus que New-York 1997 que j'ai apprécié).

Jusque là je n'ai pas forcément était gêné par le traitement des personnages féminins dans les autres œuvres même si leurs rôles n'étaient pas terribles. Mais là ça m'a particulièrement irrité·e puisque beaucoup de scènes sont consacrées à Shirl et notamment sa relation avec le protagoniste qui est vide mais VIDE? Il n'y a que le coup de téléphone à la fin du film que je me suis dis pourquoi pas. Mais littéralement elle se fait appeler "Mobilier" et je ne comprend pas toute sa storyline par rapport au reste de l'histoire je trouve ça hors-sujet? Et beaucoup de scènes lui sont consacrées (à l'instar de Martha qui a le même rôle qu'elle littéralement) et je ne comprend pas ce que ça vient faire là.

J'ai beaucoup écrit de " je ne comprend pas " *clown*.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"NEXT THING, THEY'LL BE BREEDING US LIKE CATTLE FOR FOOD. YOU'VE GOTTA TELL THEM!"

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on original Japanese B2 theatrical movie posters for American 1973 ecological dystopian science fiction film "Soylent Green," directed by Robert Fleischer. MGM Pictures. Artwork by John Solis (2x).

Resolution at 1496x1062 & 1071x1500.

"The ocean's dying. Plankton's dying. It's people. Soylent Green is made out of people. They're making our food out of people. Next thing, they'll be breeding us like cattle for food. You've gotta tell them. You've gotta tell them."

-- NYPD detective ROBERT THORN (played by Charlton Heston), screenplay by Stanley R. Greenberg)

Sources: https://filmartgallery.com/products/soylent-green-4 & Original Film Art.

[mona-the-monkey]

Now this looks like a good read!

[dasviridi]

"Ah, people were always lousy... But there was a world, once."

[mysticalhearth]

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La Cage aux Folles - Broadway - November 15, 1987 (Closing Night) (House-Cam's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Peter Marshall (Georges), Keene Curtis (Albin/Zazá), John Weiner (Jean-Michel), David Jackson (Jacob), Jennifer Smith (Anne), Jay Garner (Edouard Dindon), Darcy Pulliam (Mme. Dindon), Bill Burns (Francis) NOTES: Gen loss and picture jumps but this is overall a very good recording. Audio from the soundboard. Dead space has been removed and the video is now in widescreen. No action is missing. La Cage aux Folles - London Theatre Players - July, 1991 (House-Cam's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Unknown NOTES: Not the West End production as sometimes listed.  

La Cage aux Folles - The Netherlands - 1995 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Fred Butter (Georges) NOTES: Pro-shot. The Last Five Years - Northlight Theatre, Skokie, IL (Chicago) - 2001 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MKV (HD) CAST: Norbert Leo Butz (Jamie Wellerstein), Lauren Kennedy (Cathy Hiatt) NOTES: Available in various qualities. Great multicam proshot featuring Lauren Kennedy. The Last Five Years - Off-Broadway - April 5, 2002 FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Norbert Leo Butz (Jamie Wellerstein), Sherie Rene Scott (Cathy Hiatt) The Last Five Years - San Francisco - May 14, 2016 (SJ Bernly's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Zak Resnick (Jamie Wellerstein), Margo Seibert (Cathy Hiatt) The Last Five Years - Virtual - June 25-27, 2020 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Danny Becker (Jamie Wellerstein), Lauren Samuels (Cathy Hiatt) NOTES: Virtual lockdown performance, streamed online by The Other Palace on June 25-27, recorded at an earlier date.  Legally Blonde - Broadway - April 14, 2007 (Preview) (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Laura Bell Bundy (Elle Woods), Christian Borle (Emmett Forrest), Richard H Blake (Warner Huntington III), Orfeh (Paulette), Kate Shindle (Vivienne Kensington), Nikki Snelson (Brooke Wyndham/Shandi), Michael Rupert (Professor Callahan), Annaleigh Ashford (Margot), Leslie Kritzer (Serena), DeQuina Moore (Pilar), Andy Karl (Kyle/Grandmaster Chad/Dewey), Natalie Joy Johnson (Veronica/Enid), Kate Wetherhead (Kate/Chutney) NOTES: Great fun show and nice capture. Laura was wonderful along with a fantastic cast. A- Legally Blonde - Broadway - May 19, 2007 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Laura Bell Bundy (Elle Woods), Christian Borle (Emmett Forrest), Richard H Blake (Warner Huntington III), Leslie Kritzer (e/c Paulette), Kate Shindle (Vivienne Kensington), Nikki Snelson (Brooke Wyndham/Shandi), Michael Rupert (Professor Callahan), Annaleigh Ashford (Margot), Tracy Jai Edwards (u/s Serena), DeQuina Moore (Pilar), Andy Karl (Kyle/Grandmaster Chad/Dewey), Natalie Joy Johnson (Veronica/Enid), Kate Wetherhead (Kate/Chutney) NOTES: A nice capture of the show. Missing about 3 and a half minutes of the show during Legally Blonde remix and about 8 seconds of skipping at the very end during the graduation. A- Legally Blonde - Broadway - July 1, 2007 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (SD) CAST: Laura Bell Bundy (Elle Woods), Christian Borle (Emmett Forrest), Richard H Blake (Warner Huntington III), Orfeh (Paulette), Kate Shindle (Vivienne Kensington), Nikki Snelson (Brooke Wyndham/Shandi), Michael Rupert (Professor Callahan), Annaleigh Ashford (Margot), Leslie Kritzer (Serena), DeQuina Moore (Pilar), Andy Karl (Kyle/Grandmaster Chad/Dewey), Natalie Joy Johnson (Veronica/Enid), Kate Wetherhead (Kate/Chutney), Tracy Jai Edwards (u/s Cece) NOTES: DeQuina Moore's last performance Legally Blonde - Broadway - September 18, 2007 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Laura Bell Bundy (Elle Woods), Christian Borle (Emmett Forrest), Richard H Blake (Warner Huntington III), Orfeh (Paulette), Kate Shindle (Vivienne Kensington), Nikki Snelson (Brooke Wyndham/Shandi), Michael Rupert (Professor Callahan), Annaleigh Ashford (Margot), Tracy Jai Edwards (Serena), Asmeret Ghebremichael (Pilar), Andy Karl (Kyle/Grandmaster Chad/Dewey), Natalie Joy Johnson (Veronica/Enid), Kate Wetherhead (Kate/Chutney) NOTES: MTV Proshot, Broadcast October 13th and October 14th 2007. Legally Blonde - First National Tour - February 22, 2009 (Highlights) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) |  TRADER'S NOTES: Act 1 only one highlights CAST: Laura Bell Bundy (t/r Elle Woods), DB Bonds (Emmett Forrest), Jeff McLean (Warner Huntington III), Natalie Joy Johnson (Paulette), Megan Lewis (Vivienne Kensington), Coleen Sexton (Brooke Wyndham/Shandi), Ken Land (Professor Callahan), Kate Rockwell (t/r Margot), Cortney Wolfson (Serena), Crystal Joy (Pilar), Ven Daniel (Kyle/Grandmaster Chad/Dewey), Gretchen Burghart (Veronica/Enid) NOTES: Limited highlights consist of everything from “Legally Blonde” to the end of the show (Around 23 minutes total) Legally Blonde - First National Tour - June 7, 2009 FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Lauren Zakrin (u/s Elle Woods), DB Bonds (Emmett Forrest), Nick Dalton (u/s Warner Huntington III), Natalie Joy Johnson (Paulette), Megan Llewellyn (Vivienne Kensington), Coleen Sexton (Brooke Wyndham/Shandi), Ken Land (Professor Callahan), Rhiannon Hansen (Margot), Cortney Wolfson (Serena), Crystal Joy (Pilar), Ven Daniel (Kyle/Grandmaster Chad/Dewey), Gretchen Burghart (Veronica/Enid), Alex Ellis (Kate/Chutney) Legally Blonde - First UK Tour - October 4, 2011 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD)   |   NFT: Forever CAST: Faye Brookes (Elle Woods), Iwan Lewis (Emmett Forrest), Neil Toon (Warner Huntington III), Claire Sweeney (Paulette), Charlotte Harwood (Vivienne Kensington), Hannah Grover (Brooke Wyndham/Shandi), Dave Willetts (Professor Callahan), Sophie Isaacs (Margot), Sinead Long (Serena), Micha Richardson (Pilar), Lewis Griffiths (Kyle/Grandmaster Chad/Dewey), Gemma Baird (Veronica/Enid), Nia Jermin (Kate/Chutney) NOTES: An amazing capture in 16:9 wide-screen with no obstructions with action well followed. This cast is a real treat giving Impeccable sparkling performances. Brookes’s Elle really shines and she is a joy to watch. A+ The Lehman Trilogy - West End - July 25, 2019 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MKV (HD) CAST: Simon Russell Beale (Henry Lehman), Ben Miles (Emanuel Lehman), Adam Godley (Mayer Lehman) NOTES: Filmed live in July 2019 by the Royal National Theatre. Lift - Beautiful Soup Theater, NYC - November 21, 2013 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Kimberly Faye Greenberg (The French Teacher), Erin Elizabeth Eichhorn (The Secretary), Spencer Kurtti (The Busker), Randall Glen Taylor (Bright Young Thing), Samantha Mercado-Tudda (The Lap Dancer), and Morgan DeTogne and Jeffrey Van Damme (The American Tourists) NOTES: Filmed using one camera on a tripod. Lift - Soho Theatre - January, 2013 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: George Maguire (Busker), Cynthia Erivo (Lap Dancer), Julie Atherton (French Teacher), Nikki Davis-Jones (Secretary), Jonny Fines (Ballet Dancer), Luke Kempner (Bright Young Thing), Ellie Kirk (Athletic & Wearing a Thong), Robbie Towns (Tall, Dark and Handsome) NOTES: Original London production, recorded at the Soho Theatre. Proshot. An ensemble story involving the connected lives of people riding an elevator together in Covent Garden. Nominated for Best Original Score at the 2014 Whatsonstage 

The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical - Broadway - October, 2019 (StarCuffedJeans's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Chris McCarrell (Percy Jackson), Kristin Stokes (Annabeth Chase), Jorrel Javier (Grover/Mr. D), James Hayden Rodriguez (Luke & others), Jalynn Steele (Sally Jackson & others), Sarah Beth Pfeifer (Clarisse & others), Ryan Knowles (Chiron & others) NOTES: Fantastic HD capture of the Broadway transfer of this show, filmed from the orchestra. The video starts part of the way through the first number. Act Two starts after the bus explodes. Please do not post screenshots of this video on Twitter ever. Gifs on Tumblr are okay after the NFT date, but don't go linking things to actors and shows. The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical - Off-Broadway - August 20, 2014 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Eric Meyers (Percy Jackson), Kristin Stokes (Annabeth Chase), Jordan Stanley (Grover/Mr. D), Parker Drown (Luke & others), Zakiya Young (Sally Jackson & others), Graham Stevens (Chiron & others) The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical - Off-Broadway - April 15, 2017 (Highlights) FORMAT:  MOV (HD) |  TRADER'S NOTES: Working on uploading, PLEASE DO NOT REQUEST CAST: Chris McCarrell (Percy Jackson), Kristin Stokes (Annabeth Chase), George Salazar (Grover/Mr. D), James Hayden Rodriguez (Luke & others), Carrie Compere (Sally Jackson & others), Sarah Beth Pfeifer (Clarisse & others), Jonathan Raviv (Chiron & others) NOTES: Collection of 15 clips. Non-consecutive. It's a really obstructed video, and it only has 50 minutes of the show. Highlights include: Put You In Your Place, The Campfire Song, The Oracle, Good Kid, Killer Quest!, Lost!, My Grand Plan, Drive, DOA, Son of Poseidon, The Last Day of Summer, and Bring on the Monster. Several of the songs are incomplete, and there are some other scenes as well. The Lion King - Broadway - November 16, 1997 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Jason Raize (Simba), John Vickery (Scar), Heather Headley (Nala), Tsidii Le Loka (Rafiki), Max Casella (Timon), Tom Alan Robbins (Pumbaa), Geoff Hoyle (Zazu), Stanley Wayne Mathis (Banzai), Kevin Cahoon (Ed) NOTES: Filmed RIGHT after opening night on Broadway when the show was still fresh. Shot from one of the boxes, resulting in an extreme angle (think near-perpendicular) so you can see into the wings and watch the actors slacking. Sound is great and it’s very well shot for a vid of its age though there is a touch of gen loss. Circle of Life is near perfect despite a little bit of washout. The Lion King - National Tour - June 5, 2010 FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Andre Jackson (Simba), Brent Harris (Scar), Frank Wright II (u/s Mufasa), Marja Harmon (Nala), Phindile Mkhize (Rafiki), Jered Tanner (u/s Pumbaa), Sophia Stephens (u/s Shenzi), Jerome Stephens Jr (Young Simba), Jamariana Tribble (Young Nala) NOTES: A couple of blackouts during Circle of Life and first couple of minutes of act two, otherwise nice capture. The Lion King - West End - September 30, 2001 FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Roger Wright (Simba), Rob Edwards (Scar), Ray Shell (Mufasa), Javine Hilton (Nala), Sharon D Clarke (Rafiki), Ian Hughes (Timon), Howard Crossley (Pumbaa), Eric Mallett (Zazu) NOTES: No picture for first 15 minutes and then great picture; good sound all the way and nice closeups at times. Rare! The Little Mermaid - Broadway - January 30, 2008 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Sierra Boggess (Ariel), Sherie Rene Scott (Ursula), Bret Shuford (u/s Prince Eric), Norm Lewis (King Triton), Tituss Burgess (Sebastian), Eddie Korbich (Scuttle), Jonathan Freeman (Grimsby), Derrick Baskin (Jetsam), Tyler Maynard (Flotsam), Cody Hanford (Flounder), Heidi Blickenstaff (Carlotta), John Treacy Egan (Chef Louis) NOTES: Great capture with great closups. The first 11 minutes after the overture are mostly blackouts due to late comers, after that no real problems. Bret did a nice job as understudy. Sierra and Sherie still rock with much greatness! Also includes the Part of Your World performance and interview on The View. A- The Little Mermaid - The Netherlands - 2012 (Highlights) FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Jantien Euwe/Tessa van Tol (Ariel), Britt Lenting (u/s Ursula), Mischa Kiek/Tommie Christiaan (Prince Eric), Roberto de Groot (Sebastian) NOTES: Highlights for about 35 minutes from different shows The Little Mermaid - The Netherlands - 2013 FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Tessa van Tol (Ariel), Ellis van Laarhoven (alt Ursula), Tommie Christiaan (Prince Eric), Marc-Peter van der Maas (u/s King Triton), Juan Wells (Sebastian), Martijn Vogel (Flounder) NOTES: No zooms and some heads in the way. In act 2 mostly pointed too high. C/D quality Little Miss Sunshine - UK Tour - May, 2019 (hitmewithyourbethshot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Evie Gibson (Olive Hoover), Gabriel Vick (Richard Hoover), Lucy O’Byrne (Sheryl Hoover), Paul Keating (Frank Hoover), Mark Moraghan (Grandpa Hoover), Sev Keoshgerian (Dwayne Hoover), Imelda Warren-Green (Linda/Miss California), Matthew McDonald (Josh/Kirby), Ian Carlyle (Larry/Buddy) A Little Night Music - New York City Opera - November 7, 1990 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (SD) CAST: Sally Ann Howes (Desiree Armfeldt), Regina Resnik (Madame Armfeldt), George Lee Andrews (Fredrik Egerman), Beverly Lambert (Anne Egerman), Kevin Anderson (Henrik Egerman), Michael Maguire (Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm), Maureen Moore (Countess Charlotte Malcolm), Susan Terry (Petra), Danielle Ferland (Fredrika Armfeldt), Ron Baker (Mr. Lindquist), Lisa Saffer (Mrs. Nordstrom), Barbara Shirvis (Mrs. Anderssen), Michael Rees Davis (Mr. Erlanson), Susanne Marsee (Mrs. Segstrom), David Comstock (Frid) NOTES: Production at Lincoln Center, PBS aired, pro-shot. Very slight generational loss. A Little Night Music - Théâtre Du Châtelet - 2010 (House-Cam's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Greta Scacchi (Desiree Armfeldt), Leslie Caron (Madame Armfeldt), Lambert Wilson (Fredrik Egerman), Rebecca Bottone (Anne Egerman), David Curry (Henrik Egerman), Nicholas Garrett (Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm), Deanne Meek (Countess Charlotte Malcolm), Francesca Jackson (Petra), Celeste de Veazey (Fredrika Armfeldt) NOTES: This is the first production of Sondheim's show ever in France. Produced at the world-famous Theatre du Chatelet in Paris. In English and full stage shot with clear sound but no closeups. A Little Shop of Horrors - American Musical Theater Of San Jose - January-February, 2008 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Josh Lamon (Seymour), Christiane Noll (Audrey), Hal Linden (Mushnik), Todd Alan Johnson (Orin), Michael Mandell (Audrey II), Kristin McDonald (Crystal), Izetta Fang (Ronnette), Adrienne Miller (Chiffon) NOTES: Single camera on tripod, mix of full-stage and mid-range shots, soundboard Little Shop of Horrors - Encores! Off-Center - July 1, 2015 (Opening Night) (NYCG8R's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Jake Gyllenhaal (Seymour), Ellen Greene (Audrey), Joe Grifasi (Mushnik), Taran Killam (Orin), Eddie Cooper (Audrey II), Marva Hicks (Crystal), Ramona Keller (Ronnette), Tracy Nicole Chapman (Chiffon) NOTES: Opening Night filmed from the very back of City Center, so there is some spotlight washout that's never too bad and a head that's shot well around. A- Little Shop of Horrors - Encores! Off-Center - July 2, 2015 (Matinee) (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Jake Gyllenhaal (Seymour), Ellen Greene (Audrey), Joe Grifasi (Mushnik), Taran Killam (Orin), Eddie Cooper (Audrey II), Marva Hicks (Crystal), Ramona Keller (Ronnette), Tracy Nicole Chapman (Chiffon) NOTES: Beautiful HD capture of the Encores Summer Series. Ellen and Jake were perfection and this was the 2015 show that was not to be missed! The last 15 mins (customers coming in and song/scene finale don't feed the plants) are mostly blind shot, where a few times no action can be seen. Everything else is there and beautiful. A- Little Shop of Horrors - Off-Broadway Revival - January 24, 2020 (Highlights) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Gideon Glick (Seymour), Tammy Blanchard (Audrey), Tom Alan Robbins (Mushnik), Christian Borle (Orin), Kingsley Leggs (Audrey II), Salome Smith (Crystal), Ari Groover (Ronnette), Joy Woods (Chiffon) NOTES: Highlights include from "Dentist!" to "Mushnik and Son" and from "Suddenly Seymour" to "Suppertime" Little Shop of Horrors - Pasadena Playhouse - October 13, 2019 FORMAT:  MOV (HD) CAST: George Salazar (Seymour), MJ Rodriguez (Audrey), Kevin Chamberlin (Mushnik), Matthew Wilkas (Orin), Amber Riley (Audrey II), Cheyenne Isabel Wells (Crystal), Brittany Campbell (Ronnette), Tickwanya Jones (Chiffon), Brittany Campbell, Cheyenne Isabel Wells, Tickwanya Jones NOTES: Includes the full show and the curtain call. There is some drifting in Act One, but it isn’t as prevalent in Act Two. There are a lot of obstructions, but I was (mostly) able to film around them. The only part that was really blocked was Somewhere That’s Green. Somewhere That’s Green (Reprise) is the only majorly whitewashed part, but other than that it’s not too much of an issue. Overall, it’s a pretty decent capture of the show, considering it’s my first video master. Little Women - Broadway - December 11, 2004 (Preview) FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Sutton Foster (Jo), Danny Gurwin (Laurie), Megan McGinnis (Beth), Jenny Powers (Meg), Amy McAlexander (Amy), Maureen McGovern (Marmee), Janet Carroll (Aunt March), John Hickok (Professor Bhaer), Robert Stattel (Mr. Laurence), Jim Weitzer (Mr. Brooke) NOTES: Excellent video capture of the show! A little spotlight washout in the first 15 mins. Sound is excellent throughout. Also includes short Preview piece from NY1. Lizzie - Amherst - April 7, 2018 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Kiely Mugford (Lizzie Borden), Emma Ratshin (Emma Borden), Willa Grimes (Alice Russell), Dominique Manuel (Bridget Sullivan) NOTES: This is a proshot/house cam that the production company (Amherst College Green Room) has posted online in full 1080p resolution. Lord of the Rings: The Musical - Toronto, Canada - August 26, 2006 (Highlights) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: James Loye (Frodo), Peter Howe (Sam), Brent Carver (Gandalf), Evan Buliung (Aragorn), Rebecca Jackson Mendoza (Galadriel), Owen Sharpe (Pippin), Dylan Roberts (Merry), Michael Therriault (Gollum), Carly Street (Arwen), Victor A Young (Elrond), Dion Johnstone (Boromir), Gabriel Burrafato (Legolas), Ross Williams (Gimli), Richard McMillan (Saruman), Kristin Galer (Rosie Cotton), Cliff Saunders (Bilbo Baggins), Kerry Dorey NOTES: Footage that runs over an hour long. Pretty dark and most full stage shots. Includes scenes from Acts 2 and 3. Often listed as several different dates including March 23, 2006 Love in Hate Nation - Red Bank - November 30, 2019 (Highlights) (Sammi's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (SD) CAST: Amina Faye (Susannah), Kelly McIntyre (Sheila Nail), Emerson Mae Smith (Kitty), Lauren Marcus (Miss Asp), Lena Skeele (Dorothy), Tatiana Wechsler (Judith), Sydney Farley (Ya-Ya), Jasmine Forsberg (Rat), Ryan Vona (Francis/Buzz/Doc Shock/Others) NOTES: Act 1 only. Sammi's master. Notes from master: go nuts with my boots, share them, gif them, yt them, the world is your oyster. Love Letters - Online Reading - May 21, 2020 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Sally Field (Melissa Gardner), Bryan Cranston (Andrew Makepeace Ladd III) Love Never Dies - First National Tour - September 25, 2018 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Bronson Norris Murphy (The Phantom), Meghan Picerno (Christine Daaé), Sean Thompson (Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny), Karen Mason (Madame Giry), Mary Michael Patterson (Meg Giry), Katrina Kemp (Fleck), Richard Koons (Squelch), Stephen Petrovich (Gangle), Jake Heston Miller (Gustave) NOTES: Wonderful HD capture of the reworked North American Tour. Everything is nicely captured and great performances from the cast. I really enjoyed this production and cast! A Love Never Dies - Melbourne - September 15, 2011 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MKV (HD) CAST: Ben Lewis (The Phantom), Anna O’Byrne (Christine Daaé), Simon Gleeson (Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny), Maria Mercedes (Madame Giry), Sharon Millerchip (Meg Giry), Emma J Hawkins (Fleck), Paul Ettore Tabone (Squelch), Dean Vince (Gangle), Jack Lyall (Gustave) NOTES: Pro-shot of the revamped Australian Production. Released on BluRay. Love Never Dies - Vienna, Austria - October 18, 2013 (Opening Night) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Drew Sarich (The Phantom), Milica Jovanovic (Christine Daaé), Julian Looman (Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny), Maya Hakvoort (Madame Giry), Barbara Obermeier (Meg Giry), Katja Berg (Fleck), Peter Kratochvil (Squelch), Armin Kahl (Gangle), Leonid Sushon (Gustave) NOTES: The master of this recording has encoded the dvd in CSS (Content Scrambling System). However it is easily crackable with free software like Handbrake. Love Never Dies - West End - June 25, 2010 (House-Cam's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Ramin Karimloo (The Phantom), Sierra Boggess (Christine Daaé), Joseph Millson (Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny), Liz Robertson (Madame Giry), Summer Strallen (Meg Giry) NOTES: House cam pro-shot. Pre-changes. Mic seems to cut out toward the end of "The Beauty Underneath" but is back by "The Phantom Confronts Christine." Love Story - Dutch Tour - February 14, 2014 FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Celinde Schoenmaker (Jennifer Cavilleri), Freek Bartels (Oliver Barrett IV), Dick Cohen (Phil Cavilleri), Ad Knippels (Mr. Oliver Barrett III), Jeannine Geerts (Oliver's Mother), Jonathan Demoor (Dokter Selzer), Liss Walravens (Sara Jane) Lungs - London (Social Distancing Version) - July 4, 2020 (Matinee) (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Matt Smith (M), Claire Foy (W) NOTES: Screen-recording of the livestream of the socially distanced version. Fuzzy video quality, audio is fine. The frame rate seems to be low so the video lags.

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Soylent Green Predicted 2022, Including Impossible Meat Substitutes

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Why settle for tacos when Tuesday can be Soylent Green Day? Far more nutritious than Soylent Red or Yellow, the green stuff is made with a secret ingredient that makes it a real delicacy. Of course the line “Soylent Green is people” is now an insta-spoiler meme and trope. But when Charlton Heston first uttered that anguished warning, it might as well have been a supermarket can-can sale promotion. Store shops in the 1973 science fiction classic Soylent Green were so mobbed on Tuesdays that riots started every week in this dystopian vision of 2022.

The historical montage which opens Soylent Green, based on real photographs from the 20th century, shows how industry and population colluded to form a dystopian future where too many people struggle for too little food, gag at the air, and wear masks on a daily basis. The face covering in the montage actually increases exponentially as the 20th century tumbles past into our own modern nightmares. Sludge and filth cover the perimeter of human existence in Soylent Green, and plague and famine eat humanity out from the inside. You can see the opening montage here:

There was a time once, says Sol Roth, played by the elegant Edward G. Robinson in his last cinematic role, when the world was beautiful. People were always rotten, but the world was beautiful. Soylent Green was set in the year 2022, and saw that beauty become faded, and the people jaded. While many of the predictions laid out in the opening montage have borne themselves out, other predictive promises have not been filled.

Directed by Richard Fleischer with a screenplay by Stanley R. Greenberg, Soylent Green was based on Harry Harrison’s 1968 novel Harry Harrison Make Room! Make Room!, which is set in 1999. Soylent Green assumes the earth would be too overpopulated for sustainable coexistence by 2022, and put the world’s population calculations at a then-frightening 7 billion people. We hit 7.9 billion in 2021, so hurray for our team, as we are already ahead of the curve!

Heston, who saw man as merely a superior monkeys’ uncle in 1968’s Planet of the Apes, and the earth go zombie in The Omega Man in 1971, had real concerns about overpopulation when he commissioned the script for Soylent Green. During the 1970s, fears of a “population bomb” were rampant, and warnings came from such disparate sources as Public Broadcasting System specials and songs like Jethro Tull’s “Locomotive Breath.” It was a common belief humanity was breeding too much for the natural world’s ability to sustain it.

While Soylent Green underestimated the overall world population of today, it did inflate some of its numbers. In the beginning of the film, we learn that New York City’s population is 40,000,000. Manhattan island might sink under the extra weight before this could happen. But the nightmare was also averted in the interim as fertility rates plummeted on a global scale, and China issued its national one-child policy to counter the growing birth rates which the world found so frightening at the time. Some of the eastern hemisphere is currently facing an aging population crisis because of the efforts to curb youthful sexual enthusiasm.

Soylent Green was one of the first mainstream films to bring climate change into public consciousness. Heston’s character, NYPD detective Thorn, explains how a year-long heatwave created by the greenhouse effect poisoned the water, polluted the soil, decimated plant and animal life, and burned everything up. Only the wealthy can get their hands on real food, especially produce. It is, however, available on the black market.  A jar of strawberry jam costs $150. In one very effective scene, Thorn and Sol savor a thin steak, an apple to the core, and a leaf of lettuce.

The food shortage prediction is actually true, depending on economic and geographic factors. Mass production means we make enough foodstuff to feed the entire world population, with a surplus. Yet some people starve and others suffer from obesity. The one-percenters don’t shoot themselves off into the stratosphere in the film’s 2022; they isolate themselves in luxury penthouses.

In the film, Det. Thorn is investigating the murder of Soylent Corporation executive William R. Simonson. The dead man’s safe place includes not only the most deliciously decadent edibles, but it has the latest in post-post-modern “furniture.” That’s what sex slaves to the wealthy are called in the film; and the ever-dazed, tarot card-reading Shirl, played by Leigh Taylor-Young, could service parties in Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut (or the most insane conspiracy theories of QAnon followers today).

Soylent is one giant corporation which has the power to exacerbate global hunger. It is like Amazon, Wal-Mart and probably Tyson Chicken combined, and the top earners live in protective custodial-ship to the starving masses. Half of New York City is unemployed and living in poverty, and when they take to the streets, it is only slightly more frightening than the militaristic police response to protestors we’ve seen in the past few years. The reason it is more frightening is artistic. It is because the scenario looks so commonplace. The cops don’t mount tanks and urban assault vehicles in Soylent Green. They don’t scoot activists into unmarked minivans. They come in with dump trucks and bulldozers and ship them off in “scoops.”

While all of the footage and futuristic illusions were born of early 1970s cinematic imagination, some of the technological advances are surprisingly familiar. The video game Shirl is playing when we first see her looks remarkably like the Asteroid game Atari would introduce in 1979.

While we don’t have government-sponsored euthanasia clinics, the immersive cinema of the 20-minute nature video Sol drifts off to before being ground up in Soylent Green can be had today in HD, 3D, and 5G. Immersive cinema has gotten smaller, not bigger. The earth, however, still turns on its own axis.

The scene where Tim Van Patten’s character walks Robinson off to his final resting place was the very last scene the legendary actor would ever shoot. He died hours after filming it, according to Patten, of bladder cancer, age 79. His greatest regret was the loss of the world’s natural beauty.

Long shots and aerial views in Soylent Green show a dense cover of smog, burning ash, and other visible airborne contaminants as Hollywood lost its golden sheen in the ‘70s. Fifty years later, the U.S. still gets more than 80 percent of its energy from fossil fuels, and on a clear day, you can see there have been less clear days. In the movie, smoke from forest fires is visible from miles away. The footage from 1973 echoes news clips we currently see every year as fires burn longer and larger in the American west. Science is still ignored. Conglomerates still profit from banking on the promise of soot yet to come.

At the start of the murder investigation in the film, Heston’s detective comes across the top-secret “Soylent Oceanographic Survey Report: 2015 to 2019,” which finds the oceans are dying. This is the reason Soylent steaks are branded with new colors. The main ingredient of Soylent Green is plankton, just like Mr. Krabs’ Krabby Patties on SpongeBob SquarePants. This is sadly coming to pass. Acidification in the ocean is endangering plankton, putting all fish life in peril.

The ominous words “Soylent Green” have appeared on the menu in The Simpsons, Family Guy, and South Park. It has become synonymous with the darkest solution to world hunger, in a world which averted the most dire predictions. This is because the prognosticators behind Soylent Green did not take into account the tech boom, and other advances. 

A software engineer named Rob Rhinehart did indeed invent a protein bar called Soylent in 2013, but it didn’t have the green. It was taken off the market three years later. Agricultural technology will make mass-produced lab-grown food available within a generation. It is important to note, however, that while the world has become politically cannibalistic, there are no government-sponsored human meat rendering plants currently waiting for suicidal volunteers.

But it’s 2022, where can I get Soylent Green now?

Believe it or not, a version of Soylent Green is readily available. You can get Soylent Green at D’Agostino or Whole Foods. Harrison’s book describes Soylent steaks as a meat substitute made from soy and lentils. This has not only become true blue American cuisine, it is a burgeoning business. The organic food market yields $61 billion in green every year, and with high-tech domestic vegetable gardens available to order online, you can make Soylent Green at home. You might not want to call it that though. People will think it is people, and people who eat people are not the luckiest people in the world.

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Man in a Suitcase: All That Glitters (1.10, ITC, 1967)

"But I understand that. Cos I help people too."

"Out of kindness."

"For money."

"How much money?"

"Well, how much help do you need?"

"My friend told me that you were difficult. And rude."

"Well, you have very well informed friends."

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Soylent Green is people!

Por Cláudio Tsuyoshi Suenaga

Fundado em 1968 por Aurelio Peccei (1908-1984), industrial e acadêmico italiano, e Alexander King (1909-2007), cientista escocês, com a finalidade de interpretar o que foi denominado, sob uma perspectiva ecológica, “sistema global”, o Clube de Roma publicava em 1972 um relatório elaborado por uma equipe, por ela contratada, do Instituto de Tecnologia de Massachusetts [Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)], e que venderia mais de 30 milhões de cópias em trinta idiomas, tornando-se o livro sobre meio ambiente mais vendido da história.

The Limits to Growth (Os Limites do Crescimento) foi quem trouxe a noção, hoje quase que consensualmente aceita e que serviu de base para os movimentos ecológicos, de que a Terra é um sistema finito de recursos, submetido às pressões do crescimento exponencial da população e da produção econômica.

Ou seja, segundo o Clube de Roma, a Terra não suportaria mais o crescimento populacional devido à pressão sobre os recursos naturais e energéticos e o aumento da poluição, mesmo com o avanço das tecnologias.

As suas propostas para evitar o colapso desse sistema organizavam-se em torno da noção de um gerenciamento global da demografia e da economia a fim de se alcançar um estado de equilíbrio dinâmico. Severas medidas de controle da natalidade e mudanças radicais nos padrões produtivos e de consumo, com ênfase numa “economia de serviços”, eram as recomendações centrais da nova escola de pensamento ecológico.

“Em busca de um novo inimigo que possa unir a humanidade, chegamos à conclusão de que a poluição, a ameaça do aquecimento global, a escassez da água, a fome e outros itens seriam os responsáveis”, admitiu um dos membros do Clube de Roma.

Logo em seguida, em junho de 1972, era realizada em Estocolmo, na Suécia, a I Conferência das Nações Unidas Sobre Meio Ambiente Humano.

E logo no ano seguinte, em 1973, estreava nos cinemas um filme de ficção científica que lançava o alarde geral ao mostrar um mundo superpovoado e superaquecido, onde a massa de pobres e desempregados vive amontoada em apartamentos precários e se alimenta tão somente de uns tabletes verdes chamados de “soylent green”, produzidos, alegadamente, através da industrialização de algas, e distribuídos de maneira racionada pelo governo.

No Mundo de 2020 (título do filme no Brasil), alimentos “de verdade” como carnes, frutas e legumes são tão raros que só podem ser consumidos pelos que podem pagar por eles – ou seja, pelos ricos –, as mulheres bonitas foram transformadas em mobílias vivas – a adornar as casas desses ricos –, a contenção das aglomerações humanas passou a desprezar os direitos individuais e os campos que restaram se tornaram propriedade de poucos.

O segredo macabro por trás do Soylent Green, e que colocava em risco toda a ordem social, é que não era feito propriamente de plâncton, como garantia o governo, e sim de… carne humana!

O excedente populacional, a massa miserável, era morta e “reciclada”, isso mesmo, transformada em ração para alimentar a população faminta.

Com roteiro de Stanley R. Greenberg (1927-2002), que se baseou na novela de Harry Max Harrison (pseudônimo de Henry Maxwell Dempsey, 1925-2012), direção de Richard Fleischer (1916-2006) e atores do primeiro time de Hollywood no elenco (como Charlton Heston, Joseph Cotten e Edward G. Robinson), Soylent Green causava impacto e infundia medo pela possibilidade de num futuro bem próximo, caso o crescimento populacional não fosse revertido e a produção industrial ajustada a níveis “sustentáveis”, restar tão pouco da natureza que o calor se tornaria quase que insuportável enquanto a vida animal e vegetal estaria quase extinta e por conseguinte não haveria mais alimentos, o que obrigaria os milhões de famintos a se alimentarem de carne humana.

O filme teve por efeito preparar psicologicamente e convencer as pessoas, como queria o Clube de Roma, de que a causa do desequilíbrio ecológico era o ser humano, levando-as a exigirem que os governos e a própria Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU) tomassem medidas drásticas e que os cientistas continuassem a buscar soluções para evitar que chegássemos àquele ponto.

Mais do que profético, o filme antecipava não só o quadro econômico-social como os planos da elite mundial para as primeiras décadas do século XXI, planos esses que em grande parte já se cumpriram e que estão em pleno andamento. A renda está cada vez mais concentrada nas mãos de cada vez menos pessoas e as grandes cidades estão superpovoadas por uma mixórdia miserável. E a noção de “crescimento sustentável” e da necessidade premente de reduzir os níveis da atividade industrial para deter o “aquecimento global”, já é aceita quase que consensualmente. A reciclagem tornou-se uma necessidade quase que obrigatória para o melhor aproveitamento dos recursos, e se soylent green fosse oferecido como uma fonte “saudável” e barata de alimento, quantos não o consumiriam sem questionar?

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March Madness: Law Firm Edition [Sponsored]

Ed. note: This is the latest installment in a series of posts from Mainspring Legal’s team of expert contributors.

This time of year brings forth the buzzer-beaters, Cinderella stories, and high-anxiety excitement to college basketball fans throughout the nation. So, why not extend the fun to the legal world? Many law firms made a strong case to qualify for the tournament, but our selection committee of one presents the Sweet 16:

Corporate Law (M&A)

1 – Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP vs. 4 – Simpson Thacher & Barlett LLP

Matchup Breakdown: Cravath represented Yahoo! in a $4.48 billion sale of the Yahoo! operating business to Verizon and led Johnson & Johnson to a $30 billion acquisition of Actelion. While Simpson Thacher guided Invitation Homes in a merger with Starwood Waypoint Homes worth $20 billion and lifted Avantor to its $6.4 billion acquisition of VWR.

Lateral Link Odds: Cravath comes in as a -180 favorite.

2 – Davis Polk & Wardell LLP vs. 3 – Latham & Watkins LLP

Matchup Breakdown: 2-seed Davis Polk had a strong year by guiding Baker Hughes on its $25 billion combination with the oil and gas businesses of GE and the acquisition of Pentairs’ Valves and Controls business by Emerson Electric worth $3.1 billion. The 3-seed Latham squad also made massive gains this year by representing FMC Technologies in a $13 billion cross-border merger of equals with Technip and led siemens on its acquisition of Mentor Graphics worth $4.5 billion.

Lateral Link Odds: Even.

Employment & Labor Law

1 – Jones Day vs. 4 – Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Matchup Breakdown: Jones Day remained dominate this season by defending McDonald’s in a litigation battle with NLRB Manhattan in a landmark labor case all while claiming victory for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco in a nationwide putative class collective action lawsuit in the Supreme Court. The 4-seed Seyfarth took on the challenges of a discrimination lawsuit against Sterling Jewelers brought forth by 77,000 female retail sales employees and defended Epic Systems in connections with a class and collective action alleging that technical writers were incorrectly classified as exempt from their overtime requirement.

Lateral Link Odds: Jones Day is the overwhelming favorite at -300 in this one.

2 – Morgan Lewis Bockius LLP vs. 3 – Proskauer Rose LLP

Matchup Breakdown: Morgan Lewis led Amazon in a major lawsuit, Busk v. Integrity Staffing Systems and guided Aramark to successfully avoid class certification in a wage-and-hour putative class-action matter. Proskauer made some noise this season by leading Major League Baseball and 29 clubs in a wage-and-hour putative class-action against the minor leagues and protected home-court for Hermes in a class action brought forth by sales associates in regard to pay.

Lateral Link Odds: Likely upset. Proskauer comes in as a -150 favorite.

Banking & Finance

1 – Cahill Gordon & Reindell LLP vs. 4 – Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Matchup Breakdown: Always consistent Cahill led JPMorgan Chase as the administrative agent and lead arranger in connection with an amended revolving credit facility and new loan facilities for Mondelez International values at $6 billion but did not slow down there. Cahill also took control on advised Wells Fargo and Deutche Bank with regards to a new asset-based revolving credit facility and Term B loan, valued at $4.3 billion, in connection with Envision Healthcare’s merger with AmSung.  Weil did not disappoint. They led Goldman Sachs and Bank of America Merrill Lynch as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, in a $13.7 billion committed unsecured bridge facility to finance Amazon.com’s acquisition of Whole Foods Market. Additionally, they aided Morgan Stanley as sole lead arranger and bookrunner for Tyson Foods, to finance its merger with AdvancedPierre Foods Holdings, worth $4.2 billion.

Lateral Link Odds: Even.

2 – Kirkland & Ellis LLP vs. 3 – Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates

Matchup Breakdown: Globally recognized veteran, Kirkland, was a key figure for Blackstone with multiple financings, including the $6.1 billion LBO of TeamHealth Holdings and led KKR in a $2 billion acquisition of Optiv. Financing. Skadden guided Morgan Stanley and Bank of America in a $7.1 billion unsecured bridge facility to Crown Castle International for its attainment of LTS Group Holdings and, additionally, directed Becton, Dickinson and Company in the financing aspects of its $24 billion purchase of C R Bard.

Lateral Link Odds: Lower seeded Skadden is the favorite here at -125.

Real Estate

1 – Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP vs. 4 – Sidley Austin LLP

Matchup Breakdown: Gibson helped The Related Companies in obtaining a $1.5 billion loan from a group comprising of HSBC, Deutche Bank, Bank of China and other lender banks. The loan led to financing of 50 Hudson Yards, the project’s flagship property. Additionally, they provided legal guidance to a three-party joint venture consisting of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the Scion Group and Singapore-based GIC. The JV sought to purchase three portfolios of student housing assets in the United States. Sidley showed some resolve in assisting Forest City Ratner Companies in the $1 billion sale of its 51 percent in a portfolio of 12 shopping centers to Madison International Realty and served Board of Directors of Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT I in their agreement for the acquisition of the third party asset management company and real estate portfolio of Phillips Edison, LP, valued at approximately $1 billion.

Lateral Link Odds: Gibson with the slight edge as a -150 favorite.

2 – Greenberg, Traurig LLP vs. 3 – Paul Hastings LLP

Matchup Breakdown: Greenberg had an impressive season in assisting a joint venture of Kushner Companies and RFR Holding to buy out four properties located in Dumbo Heights, Brooklyn, from Invesco worth $600 million all while representing Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisers through a definitive merger agreement, entailing its affiliates’ acquisition of Sentio Healthcare Properties. Sentio brought with it a 16-state portfolio of 34 assets, such as medical offices and senior living. Perennial juggernaut, Paul Hastings, assisted SoftLayer Technologies with the legal aspects of the development and leasing of several data centers located globally and led Nordstrom in the purchase, improvement and physical integration of several congruent properties, to begin creating its flagship store in New York City.

Lateral Link Odds: Paul Hastings opens as a -175 favorite.

After a few nail-biters, couple of major upsets and some incredible game-winners, our final for next week is set. Click here to see who will be battling it out next week for the National Championship.

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Blue Monday from the Collections: Wedding Themed!

"Under the Nuptial Canopy, Wedding Sermons" by Samuel Rosenblatt, Rabbi of Beth Tfiloh Congregation, 1975. JMM 1994.56.2 

Inscribed by the author "to Tena and John Smeyne whom I had the privilege to [meet?] in happy wedlock. With warmest wishes, Samuel Rosenblatt." Tena Sussman and John Smeyne were married on December 26, 1961, by Rabbi Rosenblatt at Blue Crest North - their sermon, however, is not in the book.

Sermons are listed by wedding in the back, under the read more.

David H. Rosenblatt and Jaclyn Rivkin, August 16, 1949

Judah I. Rosenblatt and Lisa Herzfeld, June 12, 1956

Josef E. Rosenblatt and Marilyn Schoenfeld, July 5, 1965

Rabbi Max Hoch and Gladys Woloch, May 1938

Marcus Rosenblatt and Sylvia Naboshek, Deember 14, 1935

Ralph Rosenblatt and Bernice Bershad, December 26, 1936

Chaim Kaufman and Rachel Givner, December 12, 1948

Jean Woloch and Ira Jacobson, November 17, 1963

Edward S. Margolis and Beverly Abramowitz, February 4, 1951

Bernard Shaivitz and Lonna Abramowotiz, March 25, 1957

Alan Wasserman and Elaine Sagner, December 5, 1953

Albert Isaacs and Carmel Allen, January 21, 1951

Norman Epstein and Florence Weiss, June 11, 1957

Dr. Julian R. Goldberg and Barbara Fox, March 15, 1964

Leonard J. Attman and Phyllis Lazinsky, December 15, 1953

Kenneth B. Lewis and Rona Epstein, July 4, 1954

Dr. David Davidson and Mary Jane Carroll, February 10, 1963

P.M. Nachman and Naomi Dahne, March 17, 1940

Alvin E. Greenfeld and Judith Davidson, Deember 14, 1947

Jack Cheslock and Velma Katz, November 30, 1947

Robert Kotlowitz and Betty Leibowitz, October 14, 1950

Larry Waranc and Susan Krumholz, June 17, 1973

Abraham J. Billig and Sarah Awrach, January 20, 1929

Arnold Sagner and Monica Eisenstein, October 22, 1961

Anita Goodman and Howard Rubenstein, April 4, 1965

Marlene Goodman and Stewart Greenebaum, June 5, 1960

Dr. Joel Nudelman and Brenda Silbert, January 31, 1960

Benjamin Cardin and Myra Edelman, November 24, 1964 / "first draft" Joel Fedder and Ellen Sachs, August 14, 1956

David Barron and Linda Singer, Dcember 21, 1969

Herbert Siegel and Marian Seldin, May 31, 1942

Lester Spandorfer and Merle Sue Bank, June 17, 1956

Howard Brown and Frona Holzman, December 20, 1964

Morton Swimmer and Dorothy Barron, June 2, 1954

Morris Wolf and Barbara Friedman, June 29, 1954

Stanley Albert and Ellen Hankin, and Donald Gertler and Anita Hankin, March 29, 1959

Irwin Steinman and Lynn Robbins, March 7, 1964

Adolph Seligman and Pearl Burman, August 29, 1948

Julius Glass and Alice Smith, Deember 14, 1947

Philp Altfeder and Rena Klein, Nove3mber 30, 1941

Arnold Schaftel and Myra Epstein, February 7, 1951

Klaus Buchdahl and Betty Keiser, June 7, 1942

M. Leo Storch and Hannah Hirmes, January 3, 1954

Kenneth Caplan and Louise Miller, August 6, 1967

David Komins and Lynne Needle, June 24, 1958

Barron Bank and Marjorie Liebman, October 16, 1955

Lowell Glazer and Harriet Lazinsky, January 24, 1960

David Kornblatt and Barbara Rodbell, April 1, 1951

Rabbi Herbert Mandl and Barbara Toltzis, August 18, 1968

Barry Berman and Libby Spector, July 30, 1961

Milton Magarill and Elaine Kotlowitz, June 7, 1953

S. Leonard Sollins and Helen Burman / "second draft" Herbert Garten and Sura Fedder, December 25, 1949

Irwin Schwartz and Susan Shaivitz, January 21, 1961

Jules Shaivitz and Shirley Sussman, February 10, 1952

Theodore Fepelstein and Sally Greenberg, September 26, 1948

Avrum Abramowitz and Barbara Becker, January 26, 1955

Scott Yurow and Susan Schaftel, December 29, 1973

Dr. Sidney Bludman and Carol Schapiro, June 16, 1974

Schlomoh Spetner and Minda Storch, June 25, 1974

David H. Rosenblatt and Jaclyn Rivkin, August 16, 1949

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Soylent Green (1973) – Episode 88 – Decades of Horror 1970s

"It's the year 2022… People are still the same. They'll do anything to get what they need. And they need SOYLENT GREEN." It kind of makes you hungry, doesn’t it? Join your faithful Grue Crew - Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr - as they tag along with Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson while they try to solve a murder case and partake of some delectable treats along the way in the world of Soylent Green.

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 88 – Soylent Green (1973)

In 1966, Harry Harrison wrote a science fiction novel titled Make Room! Make Room! about the effects of rampant population growth on society and the planet. In 1973, the movie loosely based on Harrison’s book and titled Soylent Green was released. Soylent Green differed from Harrison’s novel in a lot of ways, but one, the addition of a form of cannibalism, has garnered the film a position in the cultural zeitgeist of the 45 years since its release.

Soylent Green is directed by Richard Fleischer from a script adapted from the novel and written by Stanley R. Greenberg with an extraordinary cast of stars, former stars, and character actors including Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Joseph Cotton, Chuck Connors, Leigh Taylor-Young, Brock Peters, Whit Bissell, Dick Van Patten, Mike Henry, Leonard Stone, Roy Jenson, and many more. The filmmakers do an impressive job of creating a dark, even depressing, world fifty years in their future where systemic corruption is the order of the day.

The Grue Crew is universal in their admiration of this film. Soylent Green was another checkmark on Doc's bucket list and he was surprised at how the story and the characters pulled him in even though he had known the punchline for years. Bill was surprised at how much the filmmakers got right in their predictions of the future and points out what a solid, journeyman director Richard Fleischer was. Edward G. Robinson’s performance in the face of his failing health made a lasting impression on Jeff as did the place held by women in the nihilistic future depicted in Soylent Green. Chad relates how unnerved he was by the future life depicted in Soylent Green and how the possibility of it coming true seemed so real.

Soylent Green is a dark, dark movie with a powerful message delivered by equally powerful performances, especially that delivered by Edward G. Robinson in what turned out to be his last role. The film receives the highest recommendation from your Grue Crew.

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