Faithful adaptation of the George Orwell novel
“1984,” based on George Orwell’s 1948 novel, is his dismal prediction of the fall of Western culture. In the year of the title, civilization has been damaged by war, civil conflict, and revolution. Oceania, one of three totalitarian super-states, is ruled by the Party under the leadership of Big Brother. The Party uses Thought Police and ubiquitous surveillance devices called Telescreens to ferret out and destroy anyone who does not fully conform to its regime.<br /><br />Winston Smith (John Hurt), a member of the middle class, works in a small office cubicle at the Ministry of Truth, where his job is to rewrite historical records to conform to the state’s constantly changing version of history. Haunted by painful memories and restless desires, Winston keeps a secret diary of his private thoughts.<br /><br />His life takes a turn when fellow worker Julia (Suzanna Hamilton) furtively entices him into an illicit affair. Their first rendezvous takes place in the remote countryside, where they exchange subversive ideas. Later, Winston seizes the opportunity to rent a room above a pawn shop in the less restrictive proletarian sector, where they continue to meet. Julia obtains contraband food and clothing, and for several months they secretly enjoy idyllic moments of relative freedom and contentment.<br /><br />This lasts only until the Thought Police raid the apartment, arrest, and separate them. Taken to the Ministry of Love for questioning and “rehabilitation,” Winston encounters O’Brien (Richard Burton), a high- ranking member of the Party, who inflicts psychological brain washing and physical torture to change Winston’s view of the Party, its principles, and his own opinions.<br /><br />Director Michael Radford has created a dystopia very much like the one described in the novel. Towering masses of decaying concrete and steel and bombed-out ruins provide a grim, cold landscape. The film opens with the showing of a propaganda film on a huge screen to a crowd of thousands. Worked up to a frenzy by film clips of devastation interspersed with images of the leader of the enemy state, Goldstein, the crowd cheers breathlessly when the Oceanic flag and close-ups of Big Brother ultimately appear. Workers, all dressed in nondescript dark uniforms, spontaneously stand and salute, cheering the larger-than-life portrait filling the screen.<br /><br />The movie doesn’t shy away from the strongest sections of the novel— the sex scenes between Winston and Julia and graphic images of Winston undergoing his “re-education” in the Ministry of Love in its gripping third act.<br /><br />Hurt is an excellent choice for Winston. His slight figure and haggard look suggests a man worn down by oppression. He goes through the motions of his dull life dutifully until Julia opens a door to unimagined freedom. Together, they risk discovery and attain a semblance of normalcy.<br /><br />Burton brings enormous screen presence to the role of O’Brien. Speaking calmly to Winston rather than browbeating him, he attempts to use reason before resorting to harsher methods to remedy Winston’s thought crimes. Burton conveys authority, menace, and power simultaneously, creating suspense. We know O’Brien will not stop until he breaks Winston’s will, whatever the cost. This was Burton’s last screen role. He would die two months before the release of the film.<br /><br />Bonus materials on the Blu-ray release include an interview with director Michael Radford; interview with cinematographer Roger Deakins; interview with David Ryan, author of a book about George Orwell; behind-the-scenes footage; two different soundtracks; theatrical trailer; and a booklet containing a critical essay.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : This masterly adaptation of George Orwell’s chilling parable about totalitarian oppression gives harrowing cinematic expression to the book’s bleak prophetic vision. In a rubble strewn surveillance state where an endless overseas war props up the repressive regime of the all seeing Big Brother, and all dissent is promptly squashed, a profoundly alienated citizen, Winston Smith (thrillingly played by John Hurt), risks everything for an illicit affair with the rebellious Julia (Suzanna Hamilton) in a defiant assertion of humanity in the face of soul crushing conformity. Through vividly grim production design and expressionistically desaturated cinematography by Roger Deakins, Michael Radford’s 1984 conjures a dystopian vision of postwar Britain as fascistic nightmare—a world all too recognizable as our own. DIRECTOR APPROVED BLU RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New 4K digital restoration, supervised by cinematographer Roger Deakins, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack • New interviews with director Michael Radford and cinematographer Roger Deakins • New interview with David Ryan, author of George Orwell on Screen • Behind the scenes footage • Trailer • PLUS: An essay by writer and performer A. L. Kennedy.