theparisreview:“I had this feeling that privilege was given to...

theparisreview:

“I had this feeling that privilege was given to the athletes, like in the days of Rome. Whether it’s Circus Maximus or the Stanley Cup, they’re like gladiators leaving the arena. The players are so exalted for their skill and for surviving.”

James Hughes on the 1975 film Rollerball and the increasing violence in American sport culture.

A lovely distopian dissection of modern sport culture employs one of my favorite movies as the scalpel.

Also, Norman Jewison makes an appearance.