Winston dares to accept the invitation of love brought on by Suzanna Hamilton as Julia – the act of sex for her is an act of revolt to the State, and she enjoys listening to Winston’s articulation of Party oppression.
WINSTON SMITH 1984 JOHN HURT SKIN
Frail skin and bones, he is a malnourished man obliterated from individual existence Hurt is half-there, drained, emaciated, and thereby, an actor of no peer. John Hurt’s commitment to Oceania Outer Party member Winston Smith, a news fixer technician who helps rewrite history of the party that aides to the squashing of Thoughtcrime, is unassailable. When we see mass hanging executions, dealt out cringingly matter-of-factly, I felt it was more graphic than my head images when I read it in the book.
WINSTON SMITH 1984 JOHN HURT MOVIE
Yet any scene can happen that vehemently activates recall of Orwell’s passages, fusing great recollection of intellectual thought and visceral discomfort you had with the book, and the movie suddenly takes hold of you in that moment. A few minutes of it and you could be bored and fatigued and drained and inattentive. The inherent downside was that it is such a repellant-looking film. And damn, with its rubble and rust and charcoal and greyness and coldness, it pulled it off as well as one could hope. It was one of the most impossible undertakings – adapting the iconic George Orwell book and make the film texture akin to the reader’s vision. And its object is not victory over Eurasia or Eastasia, but to keep the very structure of society intact.” – John Hurt’s character Winston 69 minutes in The war is waged by the ruling group against its own subjects. “In principle, the war effort is always planned to keep society on the brink of starvation.
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