The film can be said to be quite faithful to Orwell's original work. From the dialogue to the portrayal of the characters and the arrangement of the scenes, it can be said that it is quite consistent with my imagination when I read the original work. The classic "five minutes of hatred", Big Brother, telescreen, etc. in the original work are faithfully reproduced, completely restoring the ignorant and terrifying era that the author intends to present. But after all, the movie is only two hours long, and the description of the details obviously cannot be compared with the delicacy of the original work. Therefore, the impact on the audience's psychology is obviously greatly reduced. Because of the movie itself, the feeling of depression that I felt unable to calm down for a long time when I read the original book did not reappear. Perhaps more audiences who have not read the original book just thought it was a ridiculous farce after watching it. But people who have experienced or know something about the "Cultural Revolution" see it more as a serious black humor, because the world it depicts once really existed in some countries on Earth, and even still exists today . It was a violent and terrifying world full of deceit, ignorance, and personality cult. The country was under the firm control of the inner party, and individuals had no freedom at all. I admire the author's ability to make such accurate political predictions in 1948. He lives in the "free world" of England, how can he predict what will happen in China, North Korea and other places in the future? Perhaps it is just a reasonable guess based on the totalitarian politics of the Soviet Union. I remember that in the original book, the translator Dong Leshan once said that the author was a socialist and pursued true social equality, but the world the author described existed in all Leninist socialist countries in different forms, and I had to doubt the author's true intentions , maybe my reading ability is not enough.
The final ending of the film is a big mistake. In the original book, the protagonist seems to have been transformed by the party in the end, and he loves Big Brother sincerely, but at this moment a long-awaited bullet pierced his head. This is a very ironic and tragic ending, but in the film, the protagonist looks at the head of Big Brother with tears in his eyes and ends the whole film, which greatly reduces the irony of the whole film, which is also my greatest love for the film. dissatisfaction. Overall, the film is still very good, I recommend watching it.
Finally, I would like to talk about my biggest feeling after reading the original book "1984" and watching the movie: In fact, the words "revolution" and "ism" are highly political and subjective words, and are often used as incitement tool, but quickly became a thing of the past. I still quite agree with Hu Feinian's proposition, talk less about doctrines and study more practical issues. As for revolution, what is revolution? Different parties have different interpretations, only one thing is the same, that is, revolution is always a compliment. In my opinion, revolution must be a great change that meets the requirements of human development, otherwise, no matter how eloquently politicians talk about revolution, they will inevitably be drawn into the garbage heap of history, without exception.
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