Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

September 1, 2018 12:02 PM

A man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love in Orwell's dark novel of a bleak totalitarian society

Compare the book to the movie.

Cinematography by Roger Deakins.

"Sex Crime" 1984 by Eurythmics

Unfortunately, there might be a reboot for 1984 in 2019...

posted by growabrain (5 comments total)

IMDb's trivia
posted by growabrain at 12:10 PM on September 1, 2018

An American consortium that includes director Ron Howard is set to make a new film of George Orwell's highly influential novel

Ministry of Truth: "We have always been at war with Eastasia."
Ron Howard narration: "We actually haven't."
posted by otherchaz at 3:17 PM on September 1, 2018 [11 favorites]

This version is pretty much perfect so a reboot seems pretty silly. Or should I say, prolefeed doubleplusungood.
posted by kirkaracha at 10:12 PM on September 1, 2018 [1 favorite]

Someone should do a movie of We. Same book, more compelling characters, and it predates Orwell's uncredited reimagining. OTOH, a dystopian soviet collectivism may not be as compelling to the modern audience as the government watching us through our screens.
posted by Popular Ethics at 9:53 PM on September 5, 2018 [1 favorite]

Popular Ethics, apparently it was done
posted by growabrain at 5:20 PM on September 7, 2018 [1 favorite]