![]() ![]() ![]() But soon sinister implications begin to emerge as we, along with the children, discover the truth about them and the purpose they will serve in life. ![]() This haunting and heartbreaking tale centers on Kathy, Ruth and Tommy, three youngsters growing up in what first appears to be just another typical boarding school nestled in the British countryside. That means that none of these folk will live to see their 30th birthday. However, Ishiguro, rather than setting his story in the future, chose to place it in an alternate-universe version of the late 20th Century, when the life expectancy is now over a hundred, thanks, in no small measure, to the fact that society has found the means to "cultivate" clones for the sole purpose of harvesting their organs once they hit their early 20s. Like "Brave New World," "1984," "Fahrenheit 451," and countless others before it, "Never Let Me Go" offers a dystopic vision of a "futuristic" world that has profound implications for our present day. But "Never Let Me Go," based on a 2005 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, is here to remind us of just how profound and thought-provoking the genre can be when played in a minor key. Modern science fiction films tend to be big, brassy, noisy affairs, filled with bug-eyed aliens, intergalactic battle scenes, and sense-assaulting special effects. ![]()
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