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1984
Posted on 12/20/10 at 12:34 am
Posted on 12/20/10 at 12:34 am
I watched this film a long time ago on Netflix instant, and I revisited it again tonight. I really think this is a completely underrated film in the dystopian genre. It's a very close adaptation of the novel by Orwell, and I think it does a great job of fleshing out some of the novel's concepts. Has anyone else seen it?
Posted on 12/20/10 at 12:42 am to crazy4lsu
seen it a couple of times. i think it was very well done considering the material the filmmakers were working with. not easy to translate that into film but they did a fine job. the movie brought a sense of realism and plausibility that I thought would be hard to achieve, but they pulled it off. John Hurt was a great fit for that role.
Posted on 12/20/10 at 1:34 am to Rohan2Reed
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John Hurt was a great fit for that role.
Really perfect for that role. Funny that later he played the "Big Brother" character in V for Vendetta. The movie was so gritty. They really captured the poverty of the dystopian environment. It's a shame more people don't know about this movie in my opinion.
Posted on 12/20/10 at 1:39 am to crazy4lsu
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Really perfect for that role. Funny that later he played the "Big Brother" character in V for Vendetta.
that was the first thing I thought when I first saw the preview for V. another excellent film. i agree that the cinematography and set design did a good job of creating a deprived society.
Posted on 12/20/10 at 7:31 am to Rohan2Reed
sex crime..sex..sex..sex..sex crime....
eurythmics captured the essence of the movie in a picture-perfect vid back in the day
eurythmics captured the essence of the movie in a picture-perfect vid back in the day
Posted on 12/20/10 at 10:21 am to CAD703X
I NEED TO GET THIS!! i was wondering if they made a movie just never looked it up. read the book and loved it.
Posted on 12/20/10 at 10:26 am to crazy4lsu
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Has anyone else seen it?
LINK
There's also a 50s version that's not too bad but I liked this one better. Hurt was good but I was also impressed by Richard Burton's O'Brien. He died like a week after making this movie.
This post was edited on 12/20/10 at 10:29 am
Posted on 12/20/10 at 11:13 am to constant cough
the eurythmics song was money
Eurythmics - Sex Crime
really captured the spirit.
oh and annie lennox is
Eurythmics - Sex Crime
really captured the spirit.
oh and annie lennox is
This post was edited on 12/20/10 at 11:17 am
Posted on 12/20/10 at 2:56 pm to CAD703X
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eurythmics captured the essence of the movie in a picture
I disagree. I thought the orchestral score did a much better job of creating a beautifully paranoid atmosphere. I really didn't like the Eurythmics score.
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