Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)


George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

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Released Year: 1984
Runtime: 113 minutes
Directors: Michael Radford

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George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

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88
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert
The 1954 film version of Orwell's novel turned it into a cautionary, simplistic science-fiction tale. This version penetrates much more deeply into the novel's heart of darkness.
75
Miami Herald - Bill Cosford
Radford's 1984 is a time of relentless oppression in every corner of life, and his images -- corroded, soiled, darkly corrupted -- speak of Orwell as eloquently as the characters. [15 Mar 1985, p.D6]
70
The New York Times - Vincent Canby
This 1984 is not an easy film to watch, but it exerts a fascination that demands attention even as you want to turn away from it. That the Orwell tale still works so well - and this version works far better than the 1956 film adaptation - also makes it apparent that the novel was always more cautionary in its intentions than prophetic.
60
Empire - Ian Nathan
A solidly made, sternly acted, and faithful realisation of the distopian novel.
60
TV Guide Magazine - Unnamed
The performances in the film are excellent, and its look is entirely appropriate and mesmerizing--but only for a while. The film's basic flaw is that it's just too painful, too depressing, and too slow to watch.

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