although both films use overlapping voices , dissolving images and still photographs , `` african violet '' is a full-blown cinematic collage in which excerpts from george orwell 's `` 1984 , '' read aloud , take on an ugly new resonance when juxtaposed with pictures of an icy white south african matron preparing a formal tea party or with the fantasy of a woman confessing her sadistic feelings toward a servant whom she admits she increasingly enjoys hurting and humiliating .