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RE: the epic 1984 - 11/25/2008 7:53:24 AM

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Orwell's 1984 is to Russia what Huxley's Brave New World is to America.

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RE: the epic 1984 - 11/25/2008 10:58:27 AM

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The movie with John Hurt as Winston (and that cute, hot little Suzanna Hamilton as Julia) is also great.

...however, the early BBC tv drama of 1984 with Peter Cushing is even better. Very hard to get hold of though.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPy0GGXYLRY

....oooh, just found part of it on youtube......enjoy.....

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RE: the epic 1984 - 11/25/2008 11:30:04 AM

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Thank you for posting that.

I was going to mention the production.

The final clip. Fuck`n killer.

If the production values had been better,the newer version would have had much less merit.

Parallels?

The basic ideas of perpetual war(and perpetual war powers),vicious propaganda that turns logic on it`s head (calling the war dept. the "Ministry Of Peace") instilling fear in citizens,de-humanize the "enemy" to make illegal war on "them" easier,and the use of torture.

The last 7 years looks very much like Orwell`s hellish vision.It`s spooky how many parallels there are.

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RE: the epic 1984 - 11/25/2008 7:36:52 PM

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