The Running Man
Make My Day: American Movies in the Age of Reagan
August 23 - September 3, 2019
Set in a dystopian future in which the United States is a totalitarian state dominated by show business, this classic work of eminently ’80s sci-fi schlock stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as a contestant on a gladiatorial game show who “essentially turns Spartacus, leading a rebellion with a disco-MTV backbeat.”
This classic work of eminently ’80s sci-fi schlock (loosely based on a Stephen King novel, published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman) imagines an America whose economy has imploded and whose citizenry is kept stupefied by an unending series of gladiatorial game shows. Writes Hoberman, Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as “an honest cop who refused to fire on food rioters and was consequently framed for the ensuing massacre, is given a chance to survive as a participant in the most popular game show, and essentially turns Spartacus, leading a rebellion with a disco-MTV backbeat.”
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