Review of Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) by Gordon C — 26 Jul 2008
A fine adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's most successful novel.
It's interesting to consider how deeply the concept of free will is embedded in most people's ideas of what it means to be Human. Vonnegut took a somewhat fatalistic view in this story, but managed to put a positive spin on it. Yet the film certainly covers the fact that, to most people, a loss or lack of free will is abhorrent.
And yet, funnily enough, whenever people commit a crime these days, they seem to fall over themselves in their efforts to deny responsibiliy... "The drugs made me do it." Or, "Bad parents made me do it." Or some such thing. Maybe the abnegation of free will is not so far from Human as most of us would like to think?
This review of Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) was written by Gordon C on 26 Jul 2008.
Slaughterhouse-Five has generally received positive reviews.
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