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Review of 1984 (1984) A very effective adaptation of the George Orwell novel, which depicts a future totalitarian society — bleak in every aspect, thoroughly controlled, and impossible to escape. [Dir: Michael Radford/ John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton/ 115 min/ Drama, SciFi-Fantasy/ Anti-Socialism, Propaganda, Government as Torturer]
1984. 90 minutes ‧ R ‧ 1984. Roger Ebert. February 1, 1985. 3 min read. George Orwell made no secret of the fact that his novel 1984 was not really about the future but about the very time he wrote it in, the bleak years after World War II when England shivered in poverty and hunger. In a novel where passion is depicted as a crime, the ...
Box office. $8.4 million (United States) [5] Nineteen Eighty-Four is a 1984 dystopian film written and directed by Michael Radford, based upon George Orwell 's 1949 novel. Starring John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, and Cyril Cusack, the film follows the life of Winston Smith (Hurt), a low-ranking civil servant in a war-torn London ...
Michael Radford. 1984. This masterly adaptation of George Orwell’s chilling parable about totalitarian oppression gives harrowing cinematic expression to the book’s prophetic dystopia. In a rubble-strewn surveillance state where an endless overseas war props up the repressive regime of the all-seeing Big Brother, and all dissent is promptly ...
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1984 Reviews - Metacritic. 1985. TV-MA. Atlantic Releasing Corporation. 1 h 53 m. Summary In a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love. Drama. Sci-Fi. Directed By: Michael Radford.
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Jul 22, 2019 · The Film: At one point or another, it seems that everyone ends up reading George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel “1984.” Whether it’s because of it still being a staple of literature in schools, or whether one is simply curious because of its immense reputation, it’s a novel that continues to draw attention and admiration. As far as adapting the novel for the screen, it seemed like ...
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Apr 8, 2022 · Adaptions of Nineteen Eighty-Four haven’t always cycled between film, TV and radio (and, in the case of Ridley Scott, an Orwell-themed Apple commercial screened at the 1984 Super Bowl): the dystopia also reached the stage, most notably in 2005 when Lorin Maazel helmed an Oceanic opera. It was savaged by critics, but Simon Keenlyside is authentically physical during the torture scenes, and ...
