DVD
1984
Call Number
- DVD SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY (CEN)
Edition
Director-approved DVD special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher, James Walker.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2019]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (110 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Audience
MPAA rating: R.
Uniform Title
Summary
This masterly adaptation of George Orwell's chilling parable about totalitarian oppression gives harrowing cinematic expression to the book's bleak prophetic vision. In a rubble-strewn surveillance state where an endless overseas war props up the repressive regime of the all-seeing Big Brother, and all dissent is promptly squashed, a profoundly alienated citizen, Winston Smith, risks everything for an illicit affair with the rebellious Julia in a defiant assertion of humanity in the face of soul-crushing conformity. Through vividly grim production design and expressionistically desaturated cinematography by Roger Deakins, Michael Radford's 1984 conjures a dystopian vision of postwar Britain as fascistic nightmare--a world all too recognizable as our own.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the novel by George Orwell.
Originally released by as a motion picture in 1984.
Special features: New 4K digital restoration, supervised by cinematographer Roger Deakins ; two scores: one by Eurythmics and one composer Dominic Muldowney ; new interviews with director Michael Radford and Deakins ; new interview with David Ryan, author of George Orwell on screen ; behind-the-scenes footage ; trailer.