![]() ![]() The year is 1984, set in the bleak future (despite the fact that it is now in the past). Oceania, ruled by a totalitarianism government, is at war with East Asia. ![]() Dispensing with CG and action/adventure allows for a more prominent examination of the harsh sociopolitical environments, which would have made Orwell proud, but prevents casual viewers from enjoying typical, over-the-top visual construction. The movie was photographed in and around London during the period of April – June 1984, the exact time and setting imagined by author George Orwell. Michael Radford’s version, released in 1984 itself, is perhaps the most notable due to the faithfulness in which it translates the weighty themes found in the book (first published in 1949). ![]() Ineteen Eighty-Four” is rarely adapted for the screen, especially in forms that don’t make use of heavy special effects or extensive artistic reworking. ![]()
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