... I moved from far-right to far-left while serving in SEA early 1970's. Rollerball opened my eyes to the fact the giant corporations were the bad guys.

Maybe I'll watch again. Thanks for posting.

thought those parts other than the game were boring. Now, as an adult I find it to be wonderful fleshing out of a world and depiction of a society in decay. The sequence where they kill the trees for sport is chilling.

Everything was fine until he found Jehovah a couple years ago. Now he's too busy preparing my grandchildren for an everlasting life when the end times come to worry about politics or corporate interest. Fortunately, he named my oldest grandson after himself, and he's got that rebel spirit, so I still have that for as long as I'm allowed to see him.

Obviously, the movie had an impact on me at the time. I too believe it was quite prophetic.

In the film, the world of 2018 is a global corporate state, containing entities such as the Energy Corporation, a global energy monopoly based in Houston which deals with nominally-peer corporations controlling access to all transport, luxury, housing, communication, and food on a global basis.

was not to interfere with management decisions".

The most chilling part in that movie to me was when Jonathan's trainer asked "where does the music come from, who makes the music". The insinuation that you are force fed everything including entertainment is creepy as hell.