a with all environmentally aware film from the 1970s soylent green have a rather cheesy view of what ecological meltdown be . overpopulation mean there too many people to fee . i be under the impression that famine be cause by either war or failed economic policy . stalin policy in the soviet union in the 1930s leave million dead because of famine and to this day the great man make tragedy be mao rural policy in china which lead over 30 million starvation death in the 1950s . and let not forget the great famine in the horn of africa in the 1980s and 90 which be to do with conflict not overpopulation . you might like to also consider that two of the most heavily populated area on earth and hong kong and macau and have never suffer a famine in modern time . likewise the expansion of shanty town around city a see here isn ` t strictly down to overpopulation it down to economic factor where people flock to city to find good paid work than in the countryside ( it a symptom of industrial progress not of too many birth ) so the image of the street of new york city be too congest to walk through and of have people sleep in stairwell be somewhat laughablebut don ` t be fool into think soylent green be a pile of corny tree hug crap because i consider this to be the best ecological film of the70s . it play on the contempary audience knowledge of the world where sol and thorn be beside themselves with joy at find fruit and brandy and fresh meat . thorn gasp in amazement at have ice in his whisky and puff on a cigarette and deliver the classic line if i could afford it i ` d smoke two and maybe three of these a day . but it the visage of the euthanasia chamber that memorable a thorn gaze at the image of wild animal and flower and run water and snow cover mountain and a world thorn generation have never know . this be a very haunting scene which make soylent green a very memorable film and combine with the fact it feature the final screen appearance of edward g robinson a the wise old jew sol roth .