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... Each worker – in both the 1956 and 1984 films – darts furtive glances at his co-workers; with ferret-like faces, they hunch over their Speakwriters and, deception and distrust that these Party members feel toward each other. ... A constant state of war was displayed by the colorless environment in both films and in Orwell’s verbal description of the world of 1984. ... The Casts
In the 1984 release, which was filmed in London between April and June (the locale and period the book concerns itself with) and dedicated to Richard Burton, the actors more closely resembled Orwell’s physical descriptions. ... ”
Suzanne Hamilton, in the 1984 version, was Orwell’s dark-haired “Julia. ... She was more overtly sensuous than the blonde in the 1956 release, who appeared softer and more feminine was, much less animalistically sexual was.
As the inner Party member “O’Brien,” Richard Burton was the epitome of Orwell’s imagination. ... Donald Pleasance (1956) did not have the character or lined face as the book denoted, nor was he nearly as chameleon as one imagined while reading the original story, or watching – quite with fascination – Burton’s role. ... ”
As previously mentioned, the characters and the film itself were less severe than the later release due, no doubt, to the prevailing attitudes of 1956. When Winston discovered the room above the antique shop, it was cozy and homey – much less stark than in the ’84 film. Obviously, technology was not as advanced, nor the imagination as intense as the later release, when the scenes of working conditions and equipment, Julia and Winston’s sexual awakening to each other, their subsequent discovery and capture, and Winston’s interrogation and torture were created in 1956. ... A documentary-type film was shown after the lead-in of “Who controls the past, controls the future; who controls the present, controls the past.” This docu-film was to, of, and for the people: “This is our land…a land of peace…harmony…Oceania; these are our people. ... This physical violence could not have been allowed in a film produced years ago.
During Winston’s enforced stay at the Ministry of Love, his torture was a near duplication of Orwell’s words, right down to O’Brien yanking out Winston’s rotting teeth and his pain on “the rack.
Approximate Word count = 1844
Approximate Pages = 7.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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