Much is made of the fact that this was written in 1909 as little more than short story and rightly so; its visions of TV, email, internet and remote health care are astonishing. I read this at school as part of a short story project and was much affected by it. I was lucky to see this 1966 BBC treatment of it and it is spellbinding despite its now obvious problems with future fashion predictions.
It is a dark vision, that today brings to mind Blade Runner, Wall-E, Total Recall and just about any dystopian message you care to bring up. Sadly it is a piece that has now all but disappeared behind the BFI pay wall and may only rarely get a free airing.
It is a dark vision, that today brings to mind Blade Runner, Wall-E, Total Recall and just about any dystopian message you care to bring up. Sadly it is a piece that has now all but disappeared behind the BFI pay wall and may only rarely get a free airing.