1972 · dystopia · overpopulation · cult
Z.P.G.
Directed by Michael Campus1h 37m1972
In the not too distant future, an overpopulated Earth government makes it illegal to have children for a generation. One couple, unsatisfied with their substitute robot baby, breaks the rules.
Our read: Z.P.G. (1972) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive dystopia · overpopulation · cult entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured dystopia / overpopulation, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- intense
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