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Original was very slow, never saw the second version.
I did, back in the '80s. I wasn't impressed. But I might have been too young to appreciate it at the time.
The only thing I can really remember about it is the truly horrid Eurythmics music in the movie. And I say that as someone who likes the Eurythmics, but I don't know what they were thinking for that movie. The music isn't quite LADYHAWKE bad, but it's real close.
i have a question about the novel - it would be an obvious guess, for most people at the time, that the authoritarian regime was referring to Soviet Union; now in 2020, looking back, which government more resembles the one in the novel, Soviet Union or America?
i have a question about the novel - it would be an obvious guess, for most people at the time, that the authoritarian regime was referring to Soviet Union; now in 2020, looking back, which government more resembles the one in the novel, Soviet Union or America?
I'm not sure your premise is correct. While the capitalist vs. communist pundits of the time may have used it in warning of the excesses of the soviets, the Kafkaesque authoritarian regime in the novel was not a good match for any functional group. Orwell was writing more as a social warning, by taking current policies and extrapolating to extremes. Socialism in England has always had a dark side. Even today, if someone speaks out against the government line or commonly held beliefs, they may get a knock on the door by the police and warnings to desist Further proof of that cautionary intent abounds in the novel, not the least of which is the naming of the oppressive ideological core Ingsoc, which is short for English Socialism.
Americans who have limited or no experience outside of U.S. culture suffer from myopia, where cricket and baseball get equated, and the real aspects of the various "-isms" are as correct as the attempts of a two year old to draw within the lines of a coloring book, trying unsuccessfully to use the correct colors.
Another Brit novel that gets similar distorted interpretation in the U.S. is Golding's "Lord of the Flies." British youth culture is far different than what is expected of youth in the U.S. Put "LOTF" and "Clockwork Orange" as a double feature to see some underlying theme and commentary on its problems.
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