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Kiel 2022-07-29 23:32:53
neither fish nor fowl
If you haven't read the book and watched this film, you might think it's okay, but you might be confused. If I read a book and then watch a movie, it's really a bit unsatisfactory.
What surprised me most was that what O'Brien said to Winston was: we shall meet in the place where there is no... -
Lilliana 2022-07-29 19:59:31
Old feeling new
Born in 1984 and van Hallen’s album <1984>, I
thought Orwell’s "Nineteen Eighty-Four" was more or less related to the
movie. The film was adapted from the author’s book in 1948. The name is just upside-down and has no meaning
. A dystopian work,
but the temptation of utopia has also had a lot of...
Shirley Stelfox
Extended Reading
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[Winston writes in his forbidden diary]
Winston Smith: [voice-over] April the 4th, 1984. To the past, or to the future. To an age when thought is free. From the Age of Big Brother, from the Age of the Thought Police, from a dead man... greetings.
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Syme: Beautiful thing, the destruction of words.
