The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
This film is an adaptation of Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel of the same name. It tells of a dystopian time in the future of a country (Republic of Gillard), facing declining fertility due to widespread pollution and sexually transmitted diseases, is ruled by a Christian fundamentalist militant group. The group rules by force and archaic theological teachings. They have degraded women as baby making machines with no rights whatsoever.
The ruling junta has devised a way to re-populate the state. They select fertile women among the general public to mate with selected officer to bear children for the officers as they and their wives are mostly barren.
Even though the plot of the story may have seemed implausible when it was written, thirty into the future, now, it no longer appears as a far-fetched idea. A small group of the population are content to propagate their lewd idea and sell it as a God-sent decree. The funny thing is that even though this group may be small, the voices are loud enough to create a clear and present danger to the rest of the population and generations to come. Somehow, the mention of the name of God cows most, even the wisest of them, to helpless submission. The most educated and the scientific-minded of them prefer silence over a debate. It is also comical to see how, in a mob situation, how easily anarchy prevails. It is so easy for the years of human civilisation to crumble and for Man to regress to their primordial beastly roots.
Rules and regulations are only made for the masses. They are always exceptions to the rule when it involves the people in power.
The mini-series based on this novel is currently being screened on Hulu.
This film is an adaptation of Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel of the same name. It tells of a dystopian time in the future of a country (Republic of Gillard), facing declining fertility due to widespread pollution and sexually transmitted diseases, is ruled by a Christian fundamentalist militant group. The group rules by force and archaic theological teachings. They have degraded women as baby making machines with no rights whatsoever.
The ruling junta has devised a way to re-populate the state. They select fertile women among the general public to mate with selected officer to bear children for the officers as they and their wives are mostly barren.
Even though the plot of the story may have seemed implausible when it was written, thirty into the future, now, it no longer appears as a far-fetched idea. A small group of the population are content to propagate their lewd idea and sell it as a God-sent decree. The funny thing is that even though this group may be small, the voices are loud enough to create a clear and present danger to the rest of the population and generations to come. Somehow, the mention of the name of God cows most, even the wisest of them, to helpless submission. The most educated and the scientific-minded of them prefer silence over a debate. It is also comical to see how, in a mob situation, how easily anarchy prevails. It is so easy for the years of human civilisation to crumble and for Man to regress to their primordial beastly roots.
Rules and regulations are only made for the masses. They are always exceptions to the rule when it involves the people in power.
The mini-series based on this novel is currently being screened on Hulu.
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