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Logan’s Run (1976)

Logan’s Run is quite simply a mythic film. It could survive the critical test of being stored in a time vault for many thousands of years: the themes are universal.

There is a misperception that it has aged badly and has a dated look. Ironically, since “Star Wars” virtually all science fiction films have a homogenised “computer graphic” appearance. “Logan’s Run” was made immediately prior to this watershed and now appears fresh and different precisely because of this. This is distinctly advantageous for a film of its genre. Of course, it is a film of its time but so is all “art”!

The film will transport you into its own world. Quite how or why it works so well, I cannot say though clearly Logan and Jessica are the universal man and a woman on a quest, stronger than themselves, almost at the level of a religious revelation.

Logan’s Run has that rare attribute of improving with every watching.