Very much a film of its time, from its post-hippie sentiments to Rosalind Cash's cool haircut, this is still a surprisingly moving apocalypse film with several set-pieces that have slipped into cult movie history. Robert Neville (Heston) plays chess with himself and floodlights his house, a liberal-conservative trapped in the past, desperate to pretend that the world hasn't ended, yet he watches reruns of 'Woodstock' until he knows all the words. His time is ending, and perhaps the new world will belong to the light-sensitive infected creatures who roam the city streets...
There's a thudding Christ-analogy at the end, but before that you get great shoot-outs, creepy deserted streets and a sensational score by English composer Ron Grainer, who sank bells in water to create it. And no-one but Heston can wipe a shirt under his sweaty arms and still look cool...
There's a thudding Christ-analogy at the end, but before that you get great shoot-outs, creepy deserted streets and a sensational score by English composer Ron Grainer, who sank bells in water to create it. And no-one but Heston can wipe a shirt under his sweaty arms and still look cool...
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