jimc@haddock.UUCP (02/03/85)
I first read the book "1984" when I was sixteen years old (in 1979), and I was captivated by Orwell's vivid and stunning vision. The book haunted me for several weeks afterward; it still has a great deal of power over my perceptions of society and of life. Thus, I expected a great deal from this movie. I felt that no one would be as staunch a critic as I; I went in feeling that if so much as one important detail of Orwell's world was stricken from this movie, I would be gravely disappointed. Well, my guess is that Michael Radford, the director of this movie starring John Hurt and Richard Burton, shares my respect for the subtelty of this novel. I have never seen such a faithful transition from the printed page to the screen. This could not have been any easy task, for, as Evelyn C. Leeper writes, this book is quite cerebral and is probably not the simplest basis for drama. Since a very accurate and well-informed review precedes this one, I will not continue. This is simply a seasoned Orwell fanatic's recommendation of a powerful, splendid picture. I give it a 4+ out of 4. Jim Campbell
ecl@ahuta.UUCP (e.leeper) (02/11/85)
REFERENCES: <331@haddock.UUCP> > easy task, for, as Evelyn C. Leeper writes, this book is quite cerebral > and is probably not the simplest basis for drama. > > Since a very accurate and well-informed review precedes this one, I will > not continue. This is simply a seasoned Orwell fanatic's recommendation > of a powerful, splendid picture. I give it a 4+ out of 4. > Thanks, but *I* didn't write that; Mark R. Leeper did. (Now that he has a login on a system on Usenet, this confusion will soon cease--I hope!) Evelyn C. Leeper ...{ihnp4, houxm, hocsj}!ahuta!ecl