Review of Punishment Park (1971) by Sancar S — 31 Dec 2012

Ladies, gentlemen: in one breathtaking year for American cinema, Punishment Park was overshadowed by big-financial-success flicks throughout the months. Of course, that does not stop Watkins' arguments for composing the best US film of 1971.

What is striking is the thin line of difference between past times and today: the conservative, narrow-minded social/political/economical quotes that the authorities use in order to justify their "merits" and actions forcefully imposed over any geographical area with an 'x' amount of population, AND the idealized version of the rebellious ambitions that have influenced the stream of thinking and action of modern youth, who nowadays come to be our parents. If God allows it, we may have children too, yet self-justice and selfish proclamations over the rights of an individual have always caused the same outcome everywhere: violence (raised to any level you want: manifestations, riots, guerrillas, wars, genocides).

The more decades pass, the more blind souls should realize that there is only one solution to the problem of international social injustice: Christ in the hearts of humanity. Trust in man's limited judgment, and you're officially f****d.

98/100.