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- Filmmaker Robert Kane Pappas's long-winded yet terrifyingly bleak Orwell Rolls In His Grave argues that the mainstream American media are no longer the voice of American freedom. Instead, they're part of a repressive political power structure that has uncanny parallels with the dystopian world of George Orwell's novel 1984.
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Orwell Rolls in His Grave is a 2003 American documentary film directed by Robert Kane Pappas and written by Pappas and Tom Blackburn.
Apr 6, 2010 · Orwell Rolls in His Grave is a 2003 documentary film written and directed by Robert Kane Pappas. It examines the current and past relationships between the media, the US government and ...
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Oct 23, 2003 · Orwell Rolls in His Grave is a comprehensive and pointed analysis of America’s controversial media/democracy dynamic. Filmmaker Robert Kane Pappas paints a portrait of American democracy in crisis at the hands of an increasingly powerful media complex.
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Jul 13, 2004 · Unlike Fahrenheit 9/11, though, Orwell Rolls in His Grave isn’t concerned with undermining Bush’s rationale for going to war against Iraq, instead choosing to focus on the current administration’s chokehold of the media and silencing of its adversaries.
Wordy talking-head dominated movie parallels George Orwell's Big Brother totalitarianism in “1984” with the current relationship of U.S. media and government. Interviews conducted in dull settings and comically ominous soundtrack music detract from the main objective.
In his novel 1984, George Orwell wrote: "They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations . . . and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening." A good description of contemporary America.
Orwell Rolls in His Grave 2003 1h 24m Documentary List 79% Tomatometer 24 Reviews 91% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings Filmmakers examine the media's effects on democracy.
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