Blog Homework for 1984
To see the film again at YouTube: 1984 Part 1 (for other parts see the "related videos" box on the right side of the screen).
Identify one technique (from our handout) used in the film. Briefly explain why the technique is used. (no more than 100 words or so; be sure to make it easy for us to know exactly where in the film it occurs)
What is your personal reaction to what you have seen today? Write a paragraph to explain your feelings. (up to 250 words; no more, please!)
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Film Technique
The composition of a scene where Winston has gone to Parson’s apartment to fix the sink is interesting. Once Winston finishes, we are presented with a tightly composed shot of Parson’s two children. In the shot, the dominant is Parson’s son, staring at Winston suspiciously. The subsidiary contrasts are Parson’s daughter, who is intently watching the telescreen, which displays a shot of people’s bodies rotating after being hung on multiple gallows. The shot feels claustrophobic and helps show how propaganda works on the young and also foreshadows Parson’s eventual and inevitable fate.—92 words
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Reaction:
Watching 1984 is an admittedly brutal experience, one that, no matter how many times I see it (or read the novel), I am never quite prepared for. One of you asked “Why do you show us this movie?” Because I feel it is a warning to us and, although the dystopian world of Michael Radford’s film seems unlike our own, the essential ideas expressed are, in fact, more relevant to us now than when the novel was published in 1949. In 1984, we see the abuses of a powerful state, the endless war making, the lies (and the “rewriting” of the past), the degradation of the poor (the helpless child near Winston’s apartment; the middle-aged prostitute selling herself for 10 dollars). We see Julia punched in the stomach by the thought police and carried off like a sack of potatoes and O’Brien, a torturer who makes people “pure” by destroying their personalities. And we say, it does not or cannot happen here. Anyone paying attention to the news for the past eight years can tell you that is not true. Police use their batons here, too, and taser a tired and confused traveler. Torture became institutionalized under George Bush; now, I hear the torturers will not be punished by the Obama administration. What appears on screen during the film is awful, dispiriting, degrading. Normally, we turn away from that which disgusts us. By watching 1984, I force myself to look on it with both eyes wide open. Remember that the Iraq war is called Operations Iraqi Freedom; in the world of 1984, the Ingsoc slogan reads, Freedom is Slavery. So, to truly understand brutal power, we can view the film 1984 and to truly understand we can seek the parallels in our own world.
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- One technique used in the film:
The film—“1984” a director uses underlighting so-called “party leader” to make him look scary. And, the director uses him to look even frightening because the director wants audiences to look frightened. Especially when a protagonist, Winston, writes his “secret journal” beside his telescreen, which he can’t turn it off, the leader looks like a devil that follows him around.
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To see this scene, go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii64ErBotvA
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-My reaction after the film:
“I can’t bear to watch it anymore . . . oh, please let it end it here” was my reaction when a protagonist sent to room 101. Of course, “the prediction of 1984” was wrong, but it certainly came true in later years. Because when I watched the film, I can’t help but to compare with North Korea, for instance, is so much alike the film, especially, the photographs of Kim Jong-Il and the party of the leader shown in the wall, and the ways of propaganda his people, it’s so disgusting even to think about it. And, the way the leader tortures the people; it was so horrible to watch it and even to think about it. I don’t even how to sleep at night because I’m afraid I might get nightmares.
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1984, A Movie with Impact
After authentic revolution failed in Iran, in 1980, and the mullahs stole the power over Iran deceitfully, the prisons became full of graduated of universities. They have been bitterly tortured, raped, killed and buried without any trace into the collective graves.
When I watched again the 1984, I went to washroom and wept bitterly, remembering all my generation’s sufferings. Everything just came back to my memory. When I was fifteen years old, I just knew that one day my turn will come to face with this brutal government. I knew that I never will be brave enough to face the torture. During my upgrading education, I chose to be silent in the university that its deacon came in with complete military cover and a colt in his belt, smashing with his military booths the students for wearing American jeans or speaking with opposite sex classmates. However, many times I got a warning that even you are very silent- seemingly student, we know what is in your mind from your writings, and those thoughts will lead you to trouble.
Lastly, I faced with trouble. I scared to death when I heard they started to complain about what I was teaching to my students. I chose to escape like a coward. I didn’t betray anybody, but I betrayed myself. This feeling bothers me very much. I know what Vincent Smith was facing to at the end of the movie with bitter tears. ( 236 words, without title)
Film Techniques in 1984
Using flashback in movie is a very tricky technique. Many amateurs use it frequently when they don’t know what to do. However, Michael Radford used this technique wisely in 1984. The flashbacks are like waves of travelling time, from present to the past and to the future. I like the opened door to landscape when Smith was dreaming. But, when he was remembering or dreaming about his mother and sister, he was mostly in the ruined city. He, really, doesn’t know nor do not want to know what happened to his dead sister in the mother’s arms, handling a half eaten chocolate. We see in another flash back before that his mother’s dead flesh was covered by rats. And a flash back after the scene with his sister and mother, he came back and saw nothing left from his family; just rats covered the room.
With these short and essential flashbacks, Radford told us lot about Smith’s past and his conscience that suffers him bitterly, without trapping himself into the cliché. (175 words)
Film technique
The color of a scene which Winston opens a door and overlooks a broad green field is appealing. Winston walks down an old, dark and narrow hallway. Then, when he reaches the end of the hallway, pushes the door, overlooks the field, he sees the whole field covered with fresh green grass. Green is the symbol of life and hope. So, the use of color in here perfectly reflects main character’s desire for hopeful life.
Reaction
Watching the movie”1984”, I experienced a variety of feelings like fury, terror, sympathy. But, the one made me think deeply is simply this—how miserable people live under the control of Totalitarianism.
Winston, working at one of government departments, has a simple and poor life which is no laugh and color. He goes through his daily routine under constant surveillance of the party from the telescreens and the helicopters. He keeps a diary on the sneak. In it, he writes “freedom is the freedom to say two plus two equals to four”. It evokes in me a deep pity that he lowers his standard of freedom in such a range. However, when he is tortured caused by having a sex with a young girl, the question “what does two plus two equal” is a hard one. He doesn’t know how to answer because he has no idea what answer the party wants to hear. The party deprives people of love, friendship or even telling the truth. The ruling class wants everybody to be an operated robot, which is no thoughts and desires but submission. I can imagine how despairing and helpless people like Winston are. Although the movie is not based on a true story, it still touches the viewers because all this has happened before, is happening now and will happen again.
Film Technique
one of the framing used in “1984” is internal framing. Winston is framed at a window,
where he stood facing it, staring out the window. A door way is used also to show the entrapment of the people. Internal framing (windows and doorways) was used repeatedly by the director to emphasize the “confinement” of the main character, and others as well.
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Reaction
My reactions to the film were tears and shock. I was born one year after 1984 and had no idea how life was for people back then. Winston is tortured and forced to say that he loves big brother; innocent people are hung to death. It shocked and caused me to sob because I’ve never imagined there could such place where people are treated like animals and are so deprived of their human rights, their freedom, which reminded me of Africa. Though electrical chairs weren’t used, they tortured people in other ways—like whipping them with a wire so they would support a certain government. In Sierra Leone, they cut people parts (foot and hands) because of what they say. A family friend of ours was killed because of his political believe and refusal to be a party of the Charles Taylor government. Furthermore, When O’Brien says that obedience is not enough and that Winston “must love” big brother, more tears ran down my cheeks. How could someone be forced to love someone? Being deprived of freedom is like telling someone not to breathe. Powerful people often get what they want and their victims (the poor and powerless) don’t only lose, but also suffer the pain inflicted on them. I averted my eyes (just like Brad mentioned in his film of impact), wiped my tears, but I couldn’t and wouldn’t, though it stirs up unsettling memory, stop stealing glances at “1984” because it surely has a lesson for us to learn.
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One filming technique that I noticed was frequently used during “1984” was the tracking shot. The camera appeared to be placed on a dolly which followed Winston as he went through his daily life. The first time it occurred was close to the beginning of the movie where Winston was at work. The camera focused on his hands and showed us every movement that he made as he completed his work. When he was done work, the camera followed him as he made his way through the dingy streets and into his home.
This scene is found on the first clip from youtube :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xns67AVkOeI . From around 6:22 - 7:49.
My personal reaction towards this film was the same as what I thought about the book. I found this movie to be a little grim and depressing, but I think that was George Orwell’s intention. Some parts, especially near the end where Winston was being tortured into obeying the party, were a little hard for me to watch. The idea of living in that type of society scares me. The thought of having no freedom at all and every movement being controlled/monitored by the government is quite frightening.
Film Technique
About the technique of basic camera movements, I notice that a subjective pan is used in a scene where Winston meets the middle-aged prostitute. In this shot, the movie camera becomes Winston’s eyes and follows the dominant, the woman. As the camera alters its position, we seem to be Winston as he slowly passes by her and turns his head to keep watching her. The same one is used in the following shot in the room, the camera stays at the height of Winston’s eyes, “looking down” at the woman’s face, her body, and finally stopping at her weird expression.
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Reaction
Undoubtedly, 1984 is a thought-provoking but thrilling film. To be honest, I got a stomachache during the viewing of 1984 because of the depressing and disconcerting atmosphere of it. I feel sad and despairing for the human being who is living painfully in such a situation without any freedom. The TV monitors that symbolize the eyes of Big Brother keep working anytime and everywhere in the film, and I also keep worrying about Winston’s secret journal and his secret affair with Julia. Many details in the film about how extremely oppressive and brutal the government is prepare me to get ready for the tragic ending, but the subsequent horrific scenes of the tortures still make me close my eyes now and then. Thinking that scenes like that possibly were or are happening in reality around our world, a kind of overwhelming depression makes my breathing difficult. Since both true love and free will all are forbidden, people can only gather their energy on the hysterical activities of politics, and that is also why wars will become more endless. If the aim of this film is to serve as a warning, I think it has worked well. It reminds us that the bleakness embodied by the film hasn’t gone away; we all need to think how we can avoid it.
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Film technique
Tight faming is used in the movie 1984 in many senses mentions drawing into difficulty or danger. There is a close shot when Winston sitting in a small chair, looking around sneaky, taking his diary from the wall and writing something. It also repeated when Winston and Julia standing close to the window and looking outside before they are arrested, the tight framed suggests their tense situation.
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My reaction
“Why should we watch this movie?” with a bitter voice I asked Sonya who was sitting close to me. But she just smiled and didn’t answer. I was very sad for a while until Brad gave a good answer, “Because I feel it is a warning to us…..” His explanation pleased me. After I escaped from my county Afghanistan I tried to forget my past, but the movie took me back. None of the sense was new for me. Food shortage, living in fear, and torturing innocent people are very familiar to me. In the movie Winston is beaten very badly until his lifeless body has no more energy to answer repeatedly sally questions. Lucky Winston he is suffering the pain by himself because he has no family and kids to tolerance his pain. I remember a lonely widow in my country that had no food at home to feed her only sick son. She was beaten in front of thousands people until she died for going out without a male company. Her only wish to get a piece of bread and give it to her son was buried with her for ever. The pain she endured spread to her sick son. What happened to him? There are thousands of widows in Afghanistan with more painful stories, so Winston’s life was a picture of our people. However, the movie 1984 made me feel sad it is a brilliant film that warns people to be aware of the possibility of being victim, and imagine these kinds of scary future.
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Depth
There is a scene while Winton was having his hair cut: he faced towards a beautiful landscape, the camera shot him as foreground and map out the distance between him and the far away landscape.
“Do you know where you are Winston?” O’Brien asked.
“I don’t know, I can guess in the ministry of love.” Winston answered.
“Do you know why you are here?” O’Brien continued “should I tell you why we brought you here: to kill you, to make you sin.”
The depth between background and foreground indicates how different what Winton’s view point is from what is actually meant to be.
To see this scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ze77D3Yw70&feature=related
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My reaction to the film is to live in a dark place; we are all living in a dark world. This film again approved the sinfulness of humanity and their vulnerability to temptation. I wanted to walk away from the screen if I have a choice.
Before Winston was sent to the torture room, he was having his hair cut. There is a scene that he was standing in front of a beautiful green landscape. O’Brien wrapped his arms around Winston and asked “should I tell you why we brought you here: to kill you, to make you sin.” Because he knew he wouldn’t be able to resist the temptation from Julia.
Winston recalled painfully to Julia that he grabbed the last chocolate bar from her mother and sister even though her mother called him form the window. Winston confessed “I couldn’t help myself, I knew what I have done, but I couldn’t help myself.” During the deepest hunger of this little boy, he just can’t help to meet his own needs first. There is nothing to blame about for it is just humanity.
After the first run of torture, O’Brien pulled him in front of a mirror - we saw a bony and pale corpse like Winston – and said “Look at you, you rotten man,” O’Brien pulled one teeth out from Winston and continued, “that is last man, not a human, that is humanity.” That is humanity, it has been, it is, and it will be.
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After finished day’s works, Parson returned to his apartment and writing his diary, dated April 4, 1984 at the corner of his dirty room. Suddenly the scene has changed that Parson is walking dark corridor and the camera are dollying with certain distance behind him until front door opened and he stand in front of green hill. Dominant color is changed by blue, black and green. The same scene of this green hill is appeared several times in this movie but it is not the real scene but only Parson’s imagination or dream whenever escaping to the beautiful world.
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To see this scene go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii64ErBo#t=9m14s
Reaction:
It is very difficult to see the movie from the beginning until the end because it shows us all the miserable facts of human being. There are dictatorship, severe surveillance, continuing war, collective life, brainwashing, living in dirty ruined city, cheap prostitution and torture to the innocent people.
I have been heard the noble “1984” several times with “Animal Farm” but this is the first time to see the movie. It is very interesting that George Owell who has no experience living under the rule of dictatorship, could wrote so realistic novel in 1948. From that time, the same things happened in Communist Russia since Stalin, China, North Korea, Vietnam, Khmer Rouge Regime in Cambodia, and some countries in Africa and East Europe.
During the movie I am reminded of dictator of North Korea, Kim ilsung, learned from Stalin how to control the people with highly organized surveillance system with collective farming. He started the Korean War and descent his position to his son, Kim Jungil. Even though people are in the starvation condition, the second communist king is endeavoring to produce nuclear weapon and intercontinental ballistic missiles. For what? In his rule, million people are died of starvation, several hundred thousand political prisoners are living in the concentration camps located far away in the mountains. Why dictatorship is continuing to exist in this world? Are there any way to exterminate? I found that a famous British actor, Richard Burton, died in 1984 right after take a picture of this movie named “1984”
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Film Technique:
Although the low key lighting is used throughout the whole movie, there are still several scenes using the high key lighting. One of these is about the first date of Winston, the protagonist, and Julia. It is the first time that the audience sees bright images – verdant forest with mild breeze, green mountains with fluffy lawn, and blue sky without any cloud. Absolutely, “it’s a dream.” Comparing with the protagonist’s messy, destitute, and contorted routine life which is presented with low key lighting, the use of high key lighting here obviously emphasizes a relative normal circumstance which has beautiful natural environment and basic humanity. -103 words
To see this scene go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIezHW4jTTo#t=5m14s
Reaction:
To be honest, it is not my movie absolutely (I mean it will not be listed into my favorite films). It is about politics and seems trying to reveal some truth to the public or predict the suppositional future of a totalitarian society. The atmosphere of the movie is depressive and choky; the most colors are grey and black; the decors are messy and dirty; the characters are ugly and weird. The worst thing is there are many scenes about pale and faint nudity and disgusting torture. But, I have to admit that the film is very successful if its aim is to convey the feeling of desperation. I never knew George Orwell and his “1984”, his last and most famous novel, before, but I know the real value of a prediction is not to impart people some secrets about the future but to help the people to avoid the possible disaster or tragedy. So once again, I have to admit that everybody needs to watch it - at least one time - despite how bad one will feel after watching in order to remember his warning. Standing in 21 century, we find George Orwell, a talented predictor in social politics, has accomplished the value of his prediction in his masterpiece “1984”, which was written in the end of 1948 and published in 1949: more or less, the reform and open policy performing in some socialist countries must derive from his alert and is trying to avoid his predictive novel becoming a real story.
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-Film Technique-
In the movie "1984", I picked "zoom in" film technique as one of the repeatedly used in the movie. In the beginning, Winston wrote down his three years old memory on his note. At this time, the camera director used "zoom in" technique such as he kept zooming in to Winston's face. I believe the director wanted the audiences to fall into Winston's memory together when Winston set his mind back to three years momory.
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-Personal Reaction-
The background of the movie "1984" describes that winston who violates the regulations in the totalitarian state. Moreover, under the surveilance network system, it show how its system destroys person and ruin his or her life. Also, the movie shows how the totalitarian state gives the punishments and how they make them to obey the state if the person resists the country.
I learned that human's three basic desires are sleep, food appetite and sexual desire. However, in this state "INGSOC" regulates all desires to the people. For example, they can not sleep enough, can not eat as much as they want, and can not love anyone. I definitely believe that no one can not follow these regulations because these desires and more others are always naturally occur in their mind. So much so, Winston falls into love and write down all about his own thinking on the note even though these actions are illegal.
In my opinion, humans absolutely can not live with those regulations, surveilleance and same pattern of life-style, because they have their own thoughts, ideology, life-style and experiences. therefore, this kind of country will perish from the people someday.
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When Winston was tied in the chair, they showed him the cage in which there was two mice. Winston felt very scared about it, and then a scene appeared: Winston was standing in a mountain. In this scene, a long shot was used to show his anxiety of freedom. Just before this scene, a close shot was used to give us a contrast between these two scenes which made a strong vision effect.
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After I saw the film, I feel so sad for the people in such a society. They haven’t any freedom: they are monitored by the government everywhere from the helicopter to the hiding video camera; they are controlled by the screen from when to get up to what they should do at home. People also lived in a poor condition. We can see there was almost nothing valuable in their rooms except the huge screen. That’s really crazy! I just don’t understand why people can endure that. I think it’s absolutely a kind of meaningless and hopeless life for them. But the people didn’t do anything to rebel the government. I’m wondering if people felt satisfied to the way they lived in. I think they didn’t. Then they should struggle to change the situation even they would probably die for it because freedom is the most important thing for human being. I think what we see in the film can not happen in our real world. Refer to the history, we can always find a lot of people struggle for human’s freedom. Sometimes they lost their life but finally they will succeed. So in my mind, what the first thing people should do in the film is to smash all the screens.
About “1984”
In the part 4 of the movie, among the people watching the prisoners of war passing by, the director use RACKING FOCUS and contrast to present different expression on the faces, showing up totally different inside worlds. The focus diverted from the prisoners to an exciting man, next focus on Winston. The prisoners are downhearted and despairing, but the man camera choosing was exciting and happy. However, Winston was vague and surprising at that screen. A set of shots made a magical chain to show audience a special situation and the real emotions underneath the surface.
Reaction
I have to confess that this movie is really shocked my soul. To be honest, I never have seen any other movie to show me an “restraint” world like that. The technique of expression is too much focus on the criticism, while it is short the deeper explosion of human nature. As a typical film against Utopia, it is full of lots extreme screens which twist the real world too much.
After watching the movie, the only expression left to me is, it is so heavy to watch. At the beginning of the film, I even think it happened in a prison because the people wear the same uniform and they are guarded everywhere. It is so hard to recognize it is a city. People have no freedom, from body to spirit, because the leader is controlling every cell in the human body. High pressure management, brain washing, restraint, the leader could use everything to control the city, even the mice and instruments of torture. Lies, lies, lies, there is nothing left in the reality of that crazy world. To survive, there is nothing to choose except to lie. What is a desperate life!
If the director wants to warn us that “1984” is a disaster, he did it definitely, but I think it is missing some kind of connection between “1984” and our reality. How could it happen? Is it possible to happen in our world? Personally, “1984” did remind me the period of “Hitler”, not Utopia.
Film technique
In the movie <1984>, a lot of film techniques are applied to create a repressive, chaotic and brutal atmosphere. For example, to portray the oppressive rule of the “big brother”, we can see a big screen in a lot of scenes. A typical scene impressing me is where Winston gets up one morning and is ordered to touch his toes by a solemn woman from the screen on the wall. In a tightly composed frame, a close shot of the woman’s face is the dominant image occupying the whole height of the scene, contrasting the fuzzy view of Winston’s back. It implies that there’s nowhere to hide and escape from the leader’s control.
To see this scene go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii64ErBotvA&feature=related
My reaction:
The movie <1984> effectively conveys a feeling of sharp depression in a totalitarian nation. The most miserable thing is that the basic freedom becomes an extravagant hope which can only be written on a notebook hidden inside the wall and can only be experienced in illusion. More miserable tragedy is that individuality and independent thinking are totally forbidden. If anybody tries to be different like Winston Smith, who has in fact deeply hidden his thoughts, he or she must be reformed both physically and mentally. The original novel was published in 1949, of which some details probably refer to the ex-USSR. For example, The leader of “INGSOC” in the film is called “big brother”, while the ex-USSR was regarded as “big brother” in the communist camp. However, it’s not a realistic work; it predicted the situation 40 years later by supposing a world dominated by totalitarianism. George Owell is amazing because similar stories have been taking place until today in various nations. We can easily find quite a few common elements in a lot of realistic movies such as < The Lives of Others>(2006, Das Leben der Anderen, German). Maybe an evil factor exists in every human being’s mental and is ready to become dominant when lit by an evil flame. So, what kind of political ideology is more ideal for human society? Maybe we can find some testimonies as well as lessons from history.
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The Film Technique
One of the film technique used –color values—which helps me understand Winston Smith’s brutal fate, undying hope and desire! Color symbol has intelligently put together. Like for example; Smith’s (faded) “blue” overalls conveys a depressed, structured and boring life on a daily basis. The open “green field” which means Smith’s hope is just an illusion and just happens in his dreams. Lastly, the manipulative used of color contrasts in the film was excellent! It made a big impact for a better understanding not only in the film, but also in the novel.
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Reaction:
"1984", Patriotic Film?
After seeing the film, “Nineteen Eighty-Four”, I was shocked, and disbelief of its nature; truly frightening, depressing and degrading especially for the powerless poor! I ended sobbing and asking myself a question, Is there a possibilities to stop hatred or abuse in the world? Maybe, I don’t know!
In the beginning of the film, when people watching a show or a video clips about, “INSOC” I saw people’s faces were lonely, emotionless (straight face), angry and oppressed and controlled by the propaganda of “The Big Brother”. The contrasts emotions of the ordinary people over the people in the front row were emphasized purposely, which is the gap between the people who are in the party and the ordinary people was terribly huge!
Although Winston suppressed for his freedom; I admire him for his courage and hope to be true as a person in spite of the consequences he perceived. I can feel he is such loving and sensitive person, but in the last part, betrayed by Julia that caused his torture.
While watching the film, “1984”, I can’t help myself to be frightened by the brutality of an abusive state. In fact, it came to my mind, the dictator Ferdinand Marcos: who became abusive in the human rights, he became controlling and manipulative; he puts people in jail and kill the lefties. But later, overthrown through, “People Power” (a massive people in the street) causing hundreds of death people and thousands o injured.
Lastly, the kind of government is not a measure to prevent war; whether it is a democracy, communism, totalitarianism, I am certain that “1984” will happen, maybe after fifty years hopefully.
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In the film based on the novel 1984, there is a scene where Winston Smith is writing in his journal. His thoughts are conveyed to the viewers in the first person. This is set up through the scene itself when the camera zooms in on Winston’s face leaving the viewers sympathetic to his situation. The scene itself also brings about a commonality with the viewers in comparison with their own real life circumstances.
My reaction to the film 1984 is that of understanding, that if a government, given the opportunity can intrude on an individual’s personal and private life in the name of protection for society as a whole. Also the fact that individuals are also willing to sacrifice their personal identity and freedom for that protection. Many can relate to this notion within their present lives and situations. People are currently required to sacrifice some of their freedoms for the safety and security of heir country as a whole. An example of this is the creation of Homeland security within the USA shortly after the terrorist attack on September 11th. 2001. Many freedoms were lost after this agency was created but it is still enforced and operating within the he US culture with very little opposition from its own citizens.
Framing is one of the techniques that have been used in the film, “1984,” by George Orwell. The director uses loosely framed when Winston is on the way to the station square, where he has to meet Julia. When he is walking to his destination, a long shot has been used. This suggests the freedom of Winston where he is freely walking in an open place. The director uses also the basic camera movement which is tracking. When Julia and Winston are walking to show him the beautiful view, the camera follows them from behind as they walk.
Watching the film “1984,” by George Orwell was tormenting. The people don’t have any freedom at all. They are like robots; they do what the controlling government says. I am terrified that people back then were totally manipulating every body. There are televisions every where for people to watch and listen on what is going on. There are armies with guns checking for people if they are doing what the government wants. People are not even allowed to have a relationship. For example, Winston and Julia, they were hiding in a place where people don’t see them. They do this every time the wanted to see each other. Then, one time, they were caught. Since that day, they were punished and tortured really hard. Watching this wonderful film makes me realized how lucky I am. Before I used to complain about how hard my life was. I am thankful for watching “1984,” by George Orwell because it changes my view in life. I am so glad that I don’t have to suffer like what I’ve seen in the film. And most importantly, I am blessed that mostly I have freedom on what I want to do.
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