1984 [VHS]

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You will not find a better movie version of 1984
Naturally any film media can not place the entire book on the screen with maybe the exception of "Hamlet" (1996). With anything less than a mini-series. Second is it the story or the philosophy that needs to be transmitted? If you are lucky you get both.

In this case we are lucky because both the basic story and the basic philosophy were transmitted in this movie. An added plus, you could say double plus good, was the portraying the environment as a period piece as described in the book and not as some modern version. The story “1984” was envisioned in 1948.

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In a society that has eliminated many imbalances, surplus goods, and even class struggle, there are bound to be deviates; Winston Smith (John Hurt) is one of those. He starts out, due to his inability to doublethink, with thoughtcrime. This is in a society that believes a thought is as real as the deed. Eventually he graduates through a series of misdemeanors to illicit sex (Suzanna Hamilton) and with the help of an encouraging inter party member (Richard Burton) even plans to overthrow the very government that took him in as an orphan.

If he gets caught, he will be sent to the "Ministry of Love" where they have a record of 100% cures for this sort of insanity. They will even forgive his past indiscretions.

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This version is a little more graphic than the other two earlier commercial movies. However each movie version brings a different emphasis on this classic story. There is a 2007 version in the works

Read a review of the book "1984" by George Orwell. The movie can stand on its own merit, but knowledge of the book will help fill in the gaps and explain the inferences. Better actors could not have been picked. Richard Burton is in his element.

Many people think this is happening today.

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１９４９年に発表されたジョージ＝オーウェルのディストピア小説の名作「１９８４年」を、実際に１９８４年になって映画化した作品。監督は「イル・ポスティーノ」で有名なマイケル＝ラドフォード。この作品が映画監督デビューだが、ドキュメンタリー製作に携わっていた手腕をいかんなく発揮して原作に忠実に、そして鬼気迫るリアリティーとともに悪夢の管理国家体制を描いた。テリー＝ギリアム版「１９８４年」といってよいであろう「未来世紀ブラジル」とは全く異なった、冷静な傍観者の視線がより強く管理社会への反意を訴えてくる。特にラストなどは見ているのか実際に拷問されているのか曖昧になってくるほど。

監督の演出もさるものながら、主演のイギリスの名優・ジョン＝ハートは、「ウィンストン＝スミス（主人公）は私だ」と言っていただけあってまさにはまり役。無意思と有意志、反抗と恭順のはざまでもがき苦しむ人間の心を、完璧な演技で体現している。

２１世紀の今になってこそ現実味、重要性のある作品だろう。この作品を見てこんな未来はもうないと思う無かれ、民衆が一部の支配層に踊らされる愚鈍さは、歴史が証明してきているのだから。