In the 1973 sci-fi film Soylent Green, their dystopian world of 2022 comprises many ominous portents, including voluntary euthanasia centres for humans. One of the movie’s most iconic scenes sees a depressed senior named Sol visit such a clinic. He drinks a deadly cocktail provided by comforting clinicians in white lab coats. Sol watches selected nature scenes on big screens while he is euthanized. Sadly ironic, Edward G. Robinson, who played Sol, was living with cancer at the time. 

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