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  • IvanB, on 10/12/2007, -10/+94I didn't like the movie.

    But please, be sure to read the goddamn book.
    • xtmno3, on 10/12/2007, -5/+25Finished the book 2 days ago. Really good book, and freaky at the same time.
    • xtremesniper, on 10/12/2007, -5/+28I double that one. Read the book, don't waste your time with the lackluster and incredibly boring movie. Let your own imagination soar. The director had a completely different view than me, that's for sure.
    • nslocum, on 10/12/2007, -3/+321984 - The movie doesn't compare to the book. Without a doubt one of the best books of all time!
    • Andicow, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14The movie doesn't compare to the book, but I find it intriguing nonetheless. The book will always be one of my favorites.
    • vandread, on 10/12/2007, -19/+7Oh come on, the movie has some great points! though that chick's bush needs a weed whacker and is scary as hell!
    • G-RaZoR, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9I plus what they said. The movie doesn't even come close to the novel. Frickin good.
    • deesnutz, on 10/12/2007, -13/+24I read the book some time ago. But that's not the reason why I won't see the film. The George W. Bush live version is in place. Watching the movie would just be redundant.
    • SlappyMc, on 10/12/2007, -14/+1Yeah the book is sitting on my floor. Bought it a month or so ago and haven't gotten around to reading it.
    • Charlotte_Web, on 10/12/2007, -15/+3In Soviet Russia...

      "1984" watches YOU!

      Sorry, too much time on Slashdot. Old habits die hard. Sigh...
    • Providence, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Haven't seen the movie yet (nice find though).

      I'm not really big on book-reading (I hate reading), but 1984 was the most enjoyable book I've ever read. My imagination SOARED, so to speak, when I read this book. The imagery is very good.
    • gadgetuk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3What's always astounded me about Orwell's particular view of totalitarianism is that it is just his vision - surely there are many other ways for that sort of regime to exist?

      Which is why it's all the more amazing that his version of it turns out to be the one we seem to be sleepwalking towards. Surely the powers that be could have thought of a different means to their ends - one that isn't so simlilar to a world famous work? Are they just unimaginative or do they see Orwell's vision as the epitome of the art?
    • MindTrigger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3
      I bought the book (1984) the other day, along with Fahrenheit 451. I'm heading out to Dumont Dunes this weekend here in California to go quad riding. Hoping to knock 1984 out before I head home on Sunday. Looks like a quick read. I'll pass on the movie.
    • sathias, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7George Orwell has a lot to answer for, I swear most of the Western leaders use 1984 as an "Idiot's Guide to Totalitarianism".

      Jokes aside, great book, I'd recommend anyone to read it.
    • ByteGuerilla, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Yeah, indeed, definitely read the book. I re-read it recently and found myself saying, multiple times, "holy *****, this was meant to be a warning, not a ***** guidebook!"
    • illwilly, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10I double-plus agree. READ IT!
    • carpeclunes, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Worst comedy ever.
    • BullyJack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I loved the book, "1984". It was depressing as hell. If you want to read something equally depressing, check out "Animal Farm".
    • noddyxoi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5If you want a great movie about dystopias try Brasil http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/
    • Dustyb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Darn good book, aswell I liked Animal Farm aswell.
  • Bara, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2Loved the book, but heard the movie sucked... anyone want to provide a small review?
    • TortfeasorG, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2They made a book out of this movie? o_O
  • bartscriv, on 10/12/2007, -4/+34The movie gets a 2 minute hate.
    • icexe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Nothing a short stint in the Ministry of Love couldn't cure..
  • MikeOSX, on 10/12/2007, -25/+4Am I missing something? Is this new? Why is this on here?
    • carlnewton, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16You are missing something: The priority of a user's tasks on this website is social bookmarking, not news. There's at least one comment like this in each topic on here now.
    • randf, on 10/12/2007, -16/+2i agree....why is this here? this movie is available anywhere in any format and that's diggworthy?
    • merr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Apparently quite a few people found it diggworthy, otherwise it wouldn't have made the frontpage.
    • VinceNoir, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1@merr

      Aparently quite a few digg readers are complete ***** morons. 1984 the movie is not new. It's not good. It doesn't do the book justice. It's not noteworthy in any way. It's not news. And for the cocksmoking teabaggers here who say Digg is a social bookmarking site, it's not. If it were then we wouldn't be hearing the vapid claims that Digg is "democratizing news" now would we? So why don't all of you worthless pieces of clown ***** go back into Bozo Bush's ***** where you came from and stop polluting the ***** internet. Thanks and have a really ***** day.
  • CanceledCzech, on 10/12/2007, -7/+8Have the book sitting on my nightstand, haven't read it yet. I read Brave New World though.
    • Asystole, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Both of those are amazing. 1984 is one of my favourite books of all time and I can heartily recommend reading it, especially if you liked BNW.
    • cresswga, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I read both back to back for an English essay. For someone who had previous been reading whatever was on the 'teen' shelf in the library it was a real eye opener. Both very good books.
    • bshultz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2While you're at it, look up the book "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin.
  • clownbaby, on 10/12/2007, -10/+4The movie was just "ok", pretty far from epic. Good book though. And I agree with Mike.. I have no idea why this is on here. Is Fedguip another one of those loonies that think that this movie/book is relevant to anything actually going on in the real world or that the book itself is becoming a realization?
    • Homunculiheaded, on 10/12/2007, -2/+161984 is exceptionally relevant, it's discussions on the nature of power, the use of torture, the use of perpetual warfare to exhaust resources, social control are tied to topics that make it to the front page of digg everyday. Orwell himself would probably consider his message miss-read if applied to today's political environment, the enemy he imagined was much different and, to him specific to his time. But his analysis of power is brilliant and frighteningly appropriate when applied to current world conditions (not just the US either.)

      "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — for ever"
  • bonked, on 10/12/2007, -1/+27How about 1984 - Full Text... http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/ much better than the movie (although I feel the movie was a good attempt and gets judged much too harshly due to the subject it is attempting to recreate.)
  • artman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12This movie was a lot more faithful to the book and has fantastic performances by John hurt and Richard Burton. Overall a very sad visual telling of the book but 1984 was not meant to entertain. It is to inform.

    Honestly, rent the DVD or buy it. Either that or find a better quality version online than this. It is worth it.
  • mikep51, on 10/12/2007, -20/+4Never heard of the book or movie- but Van Halens Album 1984 Rocked!!!
    • mikep51, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1Oops!! looks like i got all the fanboys panties all ruffled!!!

      HaH!!
    • vvvv, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Nah dude it's just that 1984 was a ***** 'Halen album.
    • VinceNoir, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1@vvvv

      I modded you up (I refuse to use the ridiculous term "Dugg"). You're too right about that VH album. It sucked Jerry Lewis' balls.
  • RedZeppelin, on 10/12/2007, -14/+3Why bother? Just watch Fox News.
  • Schroder, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1Has subtitles in it....I think in German
  • EricPeters, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11In my English class last year we had to read the book. From the moment we started reading it we were begging my teacher to just let us watch the movie, but she said no and wouldn't tell us why. After we finished the book, we watched the movie and saw why she made us read the book first. I'm still amazed every time I see something today that resembles something in the book. Kinda freaky.
  • zephc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I have it in audiobook format, unabridged of course. You can find it on BT etc.
    • Raingwc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Same here, audio books rocks. Especially when spending all those hours going through traffic
  • killinger777, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Educational videos, eh?
  • RetardoCrisp, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13Yeah...the book hits pretty close to home with the current regime in power now, does it not? ; ) Scary
  • ray4389, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Book is great--and I have unabridged audio. Watching movie now.
  • themayorpwns, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Throw away your TV...but watch this movie first. haha

    Love the film, book was fantastic.
  • JonnyTrombone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9The movie wasn't very good. They are doing another 1984 movie, for release 2007... hope it's good.
  • jet87, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I've read 1984, Brave New World, and Animal Farm. Out of all of them, 1984 is my "favorite." The things that happen in the book seem more than just plausible, but likely to happen soon if something doesn't happen. I thought that when I read the book 4 years ago, and it keeps coming up and keeps getting worse. The Tim Robbins' production is on campus tonight and tomorrow, and I'm really thinking about going to it. Anyone here see it?
    • chromatin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Funny you should say that. I feel that Brave New World is quite close what is happening. Animal farm is based on what happened in early Soviet Union. 1984 is something I sincerely pray never happens.
  • absentmindedjwc, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1edit.... digg me down
  • tsf5000, on 10/12/2007, -4/+17Unfortunately, Bush and Co. have used the story as an instruction manual.
    • KingMoses, on 10/12/2007, -6/+7It really bugs me when liberals invoke 1984 when it comes to things like spying; they're missing the point. Surveillance is not the main form of oppression in 1984. It's part of it, yes, but the main form of oppression is Newspeak: Controlling what people think by controlling the language. Of course, we get it every day now ...from the left! They just call it "Politically Correct" instead of "Newspeak."

      You can smear the right all you like, god knows I hate them too, but don't trick yourself into thinking the left is blameless. Both sides want to control your life, just in different ways.
    • BabyWookie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7No, the real Newspeak is ***** like "Islamofascism", "Axis of Evil", "Homicide Bombers", "Evil-doers", "Judicial Activism", "Freedom Fries", "Enemy Combatants", "Coercive Interrogation", "Coalition of the Willing", "Freedom-loving People", "They Hate Us For Our Freedom", "Spreading Democracy to the Middle East", "War On Christmas" and a bunch of other ridiculous, deceptive catch-phrases this administration propagates through channels such as the FOX News Network.
    • KingMoses, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1"No, the real Newspeak is ***** like "Islamofascism", "Axis of Evil", "Homicide Bombers", "Evil-doers", "Judicial Activism", "Freedom Fries", "Enemy Combatants", "Coercive Interrogation", "Coalition of the Willing", "Freedom-loving People", "They Hate Us For Our Freedom", "Spreading Democracy to the Middle East", "War On Christmas" and a bunch of other ridiculous, deceptive catch-phrases this administration propagates through channels such as the FOX News Network."

      ...and I suppose that Bush is also the trigger-man behind 9/11. And Wal-mart castrates babies.
      Listen, dude; it saddens me that you're eating up the ***** you're getting fed. It frightens me that you might convince young diggers with this senseless rhetoric.
      The world you're seeing is not the world as it is, and the filter you've made for yourself is going to be a very tough one to crack.
    • BabyWookie, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Yes, KingMoses, you are right. I have been fed too much of this crazy ***** called "reality", which seems to have a bit of a liberal bias.

      Seriously, Karl Rove and the Neocon think tanks regularly coin certain phrases designed to be catchy, dramatic, easily-remembered and manipulative. These first appear in Bush's speeches and are then repeated day after day on Fox News until they stick into the public's consciousness and serve their purpose of manipulating perceptions. Take, for example, the phrase "Death Tax", which they started using in place of the "Estate Tax", in order to manipulate the public perception against such a tax. It worked wonders. The average Joe thought: "Death Tax?!? Death? That's something that could happen to me! I better vote against it, gosh darn it!" If that ***** is not today's Newspeak, I don't know what is.
    • KingMoses, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Fine, dude, but if you can't be equally critical of ***** like Air America, then you're obviously getting your opinions spoon-fed to you instead of thinking for yourself.
  • ohgr, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2God I couldn't handle watching this film. It felt like I was back in 9th grade history class, and it was Video Day.
  • Fogdelune, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Ironic how John Hurt plays the tyrant in "V for Vendetta". He is a wonderful actor. "Elephant Man" was his best.
  • scorchedearth, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Orwell was a genius

    Read the book. The movie was OK but the book is where its at.
  • ohgr, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6If you guys want a good modern rendition of the book, check out the movie
    Equilibrium. It's one the best movies I have seen in a long time, and it follows the whole "Big Brother" conspiracy in the future.

    And Christian Bale plays the lead character. It's kick ass stuff trust me.
    • KingMoses, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3That flick had maybe two decent fight scenes and a whole lot of ***** unoriginal exposition and wooden acting.
      And if you need any further evidence the director is a hack, his following movie was Ultraviolet.
  • uptown, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Still waiting for this on DVD
  • mutatron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4The movie's not that bad, but it's best to read the book first so your mind isn't polluted with images from the movie. Still, Richard Burton is good as O'Brien.

    Another book that's far superior to the movie is Zorba the Greek. I always loved the film, so then I finally read the book. Then I rented the film again and was so disappointed, it was like a comic book version of the book.
    • Providence, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'll definitely have to agree there. Zorba the Greek was a very enjoyable read (even though it was a forced read for school). The movie was...eck.
  • LLLSecretChimp, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6After you've read "1984", be sure to check out "1985" by Anthony Burgess (the guy who wrote "A Clockwork Orange") written in 1978. It starts with an excellent essay on "1984", and why he doesn't think it presents a plausible future e.g., the pleasures of inflicting cruelty are too limited. A boot stamping a face forever would get boring, even if you're wearing the boot. He then presents a novel set in what he believes a "cacotopia" in 1985 would be like. Essentially, trade unions and Islam dominate Great Britain. However, Islam didn't conquer by the sword.

  • LLLSecretChimp, on 10/12/2007, -7/+6Those of you who truly believe and post comments that America under Bush is like England under INGSOC are exhibiting doublethink, because if it were true, the thought police would certainly be monitoring the Internet, and would track you down. You'd be afraid to post it, or the equivalent of the Ministry of Truth would delete it, so you wouldn't bother posting it. Yet, it gets posted. So, you both believe they are being suppressed, and are free to express that fact without consequence.
    • vvvv, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9He is defying the Digg hive mind! Mod him down!
    • trogdoor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Nobody thinks that it is currently even close to that bad, I think the current situation in America is great, what I and others are getting at is that it seems we are moving toward another McCarthy era with Bush using terrorism as an excuse for doing a lot of unconstitutional and immoral things. Please tell me you see no parallels between Orwell's depiction of the fear instilled by the Eurasian threat being used to justify the constant surveillance, and Bush using the threat of terrorism to justify wiretapping.
    • mabhatter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0no, we're not there, yet, but the infrastructure is being put in place day-by-day. We "certify" flight lists before people leave on an airplane, the govt illegally records phone records with cooperation of the phone company, the president has ignored international law, and broken laws relating to tourture and illegal detention of citizens of other countries by the US military.

      All that's missing is one more really scary "terrorist" act under a different president to make everybody scared enough to "flip the switch" and turn all this survailance against normal citizens.
  • sruffelman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1The movie is terrible -- it discourages people from reading the book when they see it.
  • AssultMonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Simply the scariest book ever. Which also means it is really, really good.
    The film was a bit "meh" compared to the book, but ok I guess.
  • futurekill, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Check out http://www.1984comic.com if you liked the book. They are working on a graphic novel of the book and have some cool (if not scary) posters (that we may see sometime in the future for real).
  • vvvv, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7It's funny because 1984 is about the evils of totalitarianism and the person who submitted this story is telling everybody what they should do.

    "*Think for yourself*!"
    "I don't want to."
    "*Shut up fool!*"
  • AirRaven, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4This movie makes my eyes bleed.

    Seriously. The book itself is unpleasant enough- but the movie actually puts the horror across in a way that the book never manages.

    There's a world of difference between imagining and seeing the nightmare.
  • SimonDonkers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Full screen without Google ad banners everywhere:
    http://www.dailymotion.com/flash/flvplayer.swf?rev=1162521619&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymotion.com%2Fget%2F12%2F320x240%2Fflv%2F982605.flv%3Fkey%3Df9f6b2d1bc4b1c08fbafc4548c879555127b8e6%26log%3D1%26log_blog_key%3D1eFkBdOWkUeqt47Ct%26log_referer%3D&previewURL=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.dailymotion.com%2Fdyn%2Fpreview%2F320x240%2F982605.jpg%3F20061102170827&autoStart=0&playerURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymotion.com%2Fvideo%2Fxl26l_1984&estatEnabled=1&estatClient=players_dm&estatSection=blog
  • JuyLe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Boring movie, amazing wonderfull insane freaky so damn good book. My favorite book.
  • Ironcitizen, on 10/12/2007, -10/+5Orwell pwned the socialist / lefty mindset. If you pull 1984 out of the body of his work on socialist tyranny you might make stupid connections to Bush because that serves your hate rather than truth. How typically lefty as anyone who has read more deeply into Orwell understands.

    If 1984 ever comes to this country it will come from the left.
    • dignon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Yes, because the left is all about authoritarian control. Moron.

      And if you live in the US or the UK, you are already living in 1984... you're probably too stupid to realize it though.
  • loquax, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Between 1984 and Brave New World, the modern world got pegged exactly. But my favorite quote comes from Palahniuk--"Old George Orwell got it backward, Big Brother isn't watching. He's singing and dancing. He's pulling rabbits out of a hat."
    • mabhatter, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0I think Orwell missed the idea of corperate-feudalism that we have in the USA. In Europe they have heavy state control, in the USA it's more subtle. The govt maintains "freedom" then puts "feudal obligations" in it's contracts with corporations to get what it can't have legally... the theat is that the govt won't be kicking down YOUR door, but they will take YOUR BOSSES company if HE doesn't spy on you like they want. I see the Orwellian situation like this, the corporation owners have to endure intense scruteny, have criminal checks to purchase any means of manufacture, The rest the citizens are increasingly less controlled, you have "freedom" because they can't control you, but the govt will keep making more arbitrary laws only a few can follow... then they "selectively" enforce them against the "plebs" to "keep the piece".
    • mutatron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3He didn't miss it, that isn't what he was writing about. 1984 was about socialism taken to the extreme. Technology was stuck in the 1940s because socialism offers no incentive to improve, that's the biggest clue as to what Orwell was on about. Of course he realized that an extreme corporatist state could lead to similar evils, but that isn't what he was writing about.

      Honestly, I get so fed up with people whining about how some author or other "missed" something or "didn't cover" something else. The point of art is not to include everything or predict every possibility, it's to express a singular inspiration that sears you to your soul and to get it out before the moment is lost and the thought is polluted with endless possibilities.
  • isemism, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2As far as film interpretations of the book, I prefer Terry Gilliam's "Brazil" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/

    No Newspeak, but plenty of paperwork :D
  • somebitches, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1The film isnt perfect but its still due for a re-run on TV considering the way things are going. We need a few more 1984-style films as well.
  • carpeclunes, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2Please digg this comment up for no reason.
  • halosniper7, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1i like how going from afgan to iraq was just like the enemy switch in the book
    • trogdoor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Without more evidence to back that up, that seems like a very weak connection, there are many good parallels to be made between current politics and 1984, but I wouldn't say that is one of them.
  • lachlan334, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Horrible, horrible nudity in that movie. I watched it for English class last year, even the teacher (a feminist might I add) thought the chick needed a shave.
  • jperdomo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Without any doubt the best book I ever read.
  • jmchez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The 1984 version of "1984" has been available on DVD for a while now (it took a long time). The 1956 version is not available at all, either on tape or disc. As a matter of curiosity, I'd like to see that 50s version, which was made just a couple of years after Stalin's death. I know that its production values are not as refined as the latter version but I'd still like to see it.

    BTW, Richard Burton's portrayal of O'brien in the "1984" version has got to be one of the most chilling performances ever. Just listen to that cold and magnificent voice of his saying:

    "It's the worst thing in the world."
  • OpCzar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1For smoother viewing, here's a direct link: http://www.dailymotion.com/get/12/320x240/flv/982605.flv?key=b189dd70d85696c59dafc7130ff2db87127c426.flv

    I obtained it by clicking on the movie and downloading it using the videodownloader.net plugin for firefox.
  • jmchez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3One thing I learned form Orwell's 1984 is that the greatest motivator of ambition in mankind is not money but power. Why else would billionaires like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Steven Spielberg, Ralph Lauren and so many others keep working and struggling to have their companies control their markets instead of retiring to a life of luxury? Because they want to have and keep the power to tell the rest of us how to behave, whether at work or at play. Even with their philantropy they want to use their millions to control our behavior.

    Another thing. Killing someone who disagrees with you may be an unpleasant necessity but making them agree with you, no matter how. Well, that's victory.
  • ScottMaximus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11984 and Farenheit 451 are 2 of my favorite books. Both are Fantastically Metaphorical and Scarily Prophetic.
  • moovitz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I hate that they changed the ending in the movie.. It ruins it,
  • yano, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Great book. Just recently finished reading it. Everyone should watch the movie but to obtain more of an impact you must read the book.
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