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| 1984 | 
 enlarge | Director: Michael Radford
Actors: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack, Roger Lloyd-pack
Studio: MGM Entertainment
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Running Time: 106 minutes
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 Magnificent adaptation December 14, 2008
'1984' as I see it.br /br /Personally, I find myself terryfied (if not paranoid) of any brutal history repeating itself - be it identical or remotely similar to Orwell's disthopia. In real life we all survived a certain '1984', the year Orwell's claims were supposed to come to prophecy. But how much freedom can we expect from the 'modern' world today - growing fast on (amongst other things) greed, hipocrisy, paranoia, constant charge with weapons, poverty, mass-consumerism and finally - the media, that encompasses it all by controlling and warping average minds (young and old).br /br /The thing called 'Two Minute Hate' is not two minutes at all, it keeps outgrowing that timeline endlessly. Instead of learning from Orwell - whose idea was purely a noble sign of warning (of things that WERE and things that MIGHT BE) - people still naively surrender to the 'entertainment' factor one 'Big Brother', as today's form of a 'totalitarian' TV show, provides with faceless individuals willing to surrender to the public eye in front of hidden cameras. So, it is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.br /br /This film is a stunning adaptation, although to some extent it is veering from Orwell's book - however, the story visually reflects the atmosphere to its gross details of massive manipulation, respectively; the three main actors chosen for the film couldn't have done better impressions - John Hurt as Winston, Suzanna Hamilton as Julia and Richard Burton as O'Brien are magnificent by both - their dialogue and appearence. The rest of the starring crew despite minor roles are not to be underestimated as well.br /br /Horrific scenes of public executions (with amassed crowds' roars), on-screen confessions and background announcements, along with constant feeling of uncertainty under 'someone's' great eye should truly provoke thought - not crime! Try and think against another violent social experiment in the future by watching this masterpiece, no matter how hard it sounds and seems.br /br /I personally vote for this version with both - Dominic Muldowney and Eurythmics' score in it. Both seem to complement eachother just well, although Muldowney's 'classical' soundtrack to the film which provides a 'dreadful future' concept seems a bit off. Yes, the opening number to the film, the 'Oceania' anthem is very typical of its totalitarian tone but it is Eurythmics's cold, avant-garde noise inbetween that concludes the atmosphere with chilling hopelessness. Especially during scenes of torture - like the one in 'Room 101' with Winston facing his 'worst thing in the world'; the rats's squeak sliding into menacing electronic glitch. Truly terryfing. So, the question remains open - is this the world we seek out in the future? Or is it already happening for decades? The answer lies in the form of our very sense of individuality; how much it can resist the liability of falling to totalitarian mind. Because, war is NOT peace, peace is NOT slavery and ignorance is NOT strength. br /br /For educational purposes - watch this masterpiece and kill off the idea of such collectivism. Just like Orwell did.
Orwell's nightmare visions brilliantly realised. October 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Based on the book by George Orwell, this is one of the most disturbing films I've seen n a long time. In fact it is probably more relevant in the UK today than at any time since the novel first appeared. John Hurt is fantastic in a nightmare world of an overbearing government personified in the form of Big Brother staring at everyone in every room. The notion that things we take for granted - real food, freedom of thought, love and families - could one day become forbidden by law is certainly a terrifying one. Cleverly written and realised, cerebral but never boring, there are some creepy images that really stay with you. Mention must go to the scenes in Room 101 and the chief torturer, who is the picture of menacing calm. An all-time great.
 Good film of a great book August 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Given that '1984' is one of those books that's just too well-written to survive dramatic adaptation with all its depths and ironies intact, Michael Radford did a pretty good job of making a movie out of it back in the year that the book was actually set. He used as locations the same then-derelict London docklands that Kubrick would use for "Full Metal Jacket", giving the film an authentically bombed-out look. The largely English cast is excellent. Suzanna Hamilton, in her first film role, is as good a Julia as can be imagined; plucky, sharp and sexy to begin with, and in her final post-torture appearance, a sullen, dead-eyed shadow. Richard Burton is superb as O'Brien, giving the quietest and least flashy performance of his erratic film career. The supporting players are all great, but the gold palm goes to John Hurt, who manages to make Winston a more sympathetic character than he is in the book. Orwell had a good point to make about Winston, namely that he was the kind of guy who would have ended up selling out Julia; but the heartbroken look on Hurt's face in the last moments of the film lets you know that this Winston truly understands the extent to which he has betrayed his better self. The ending of the movie is both more ambiguous and more heartbreaking than the end of the book. br /br /Among the incidental pleasures: Dominic Muldowney's music is both authentically totalitarian-kitsch, and weirdly moving; the national anthem 'Oceania, 'Tis for Thee', played at strategic moments throughout, is, on a verbal level, a fascist hymn, but musically speaking it's a lament for the humanity that the characters have lost. Even the Eurhythmics' incidental electronica seems to work, for some reason. Not a very fun film, but a good one.
 Bobbins July 7, 2008
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
Rubbish. Boring.br /br /Watched this straight after reading the book. The book is a masterpiece of British literature. The film sent me to sleep.
Dial This April 5, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you're in the UK, and you have a telephone landline, dial: 1984br /br /You should get an INSTANT reply 'Specialist Services' ?br /br /???br /br /Anyway - this is a deep portrayal of the not so distant fate of humanity's hope, severely condensed into a theatre-bite-sized exposure.br /br /A great film either way.br /br /
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