Which in Orwell's world written in the late Forties the target date was 1984. But we will sacrifice a lot for security.

Whether we move into the society that George Orwell describes in 1984 or retain a significant measure of individuality is up to us.

Unnecessary, as unless you are a blithering idiot, you'll clearly get this message in the film! Very well made and I enjoyed it more than the much grimmer 1984 version with Richard Burton and John Hurt.ĩ/11/01 is the date we lost a lot of freedom, perhaps irrevocably. The film a handles the scene where Smith betrays his lover is sanitized a bit-again, films in the 50s weren't about to be this graphic-and they would not show Smith with a rat cage strapped to his face! However, otherwise the film is pretty close to the book.apart from a totally unnecessary epilogue where the audience is admonished about the importance of freedom. Films back in 1956 could only imply sexuality and the fact that the film talked about the 'anti-sex league' is actually a bit surprising. One of the most obvious is de-sexualizing the relationship between Winston Smith and Juilia. Instead of explaining the rather familiar plot, I'll point out a few ways that it differs from Orwell's book. And, the actors do a good job in keeping to the spirit of the story. This dystopia is supposed to be colorless, lifeless and grim and the film succeeds. The first thing that becomes apparent is how stark and minimalistic the production looks-exactly the way it should look based on the book. This is apparently the first movie version of the George Orwell book '1984', though it was actually the second version overall-with a made for BBC version coming out two years earlier.

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