The_wild_card@lemmy.today to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 months agoI might be a little out of the loop but what happened on 1984 ?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down123file-text
arrow-up1-3arrow-down1message-squareI might be a little out of the loop but what happened on 1984 ?The_wild_card@lemmy.today to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down1·7 months ago1984 is a book written by George Orwell in 1949. It involved life under a dysfunctional, authoritarian government. Generally required reading in American high schools, it’s had an outside influence on everything from the first Apple Macintosh ad: https://youtu.be/ErwS24cBZPc To the film version of V For Vendetta: https://youtu.be/jFfROj-onjk https://youtu.be/DvCrDIPSEM4
minus-squareThe_wild_card@lemmy.todayOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·7 months agoV for vendetta is the movie adaptation of 1984 ?
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·7 months agoNo, just heavily influenced by it. It’s the movie adaptation of the comic book V For Vendetta. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_for_Vendetta
minus-squarespacecowboy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoIt’s also based off of a real event that (didn’t) happen.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoYou mean the gunpowder treason, which did happen or the Larkhill concentration camp (which was made up for the book.)
minus-squaremumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agoThere is a movie adaptation of the book though.
minus-squaremumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agohttps://m.imdb.com/title/tt0087803/
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months ago1984 - Funnily enough starring the same actor who played the dictator in V For Vendetta.
1984 is a book written by George Orwell in 1949. It involved life under a dysfunctional, authoritarian government.
Generally required reading in American high schools, it’s had an outside influence on everything from the first Apple Macintosh ad:
https://youtu.be/ErwS24cBZPc
To the film version of V For Vendetta:
https://youtu.be/jFfROj-onjk
https://youtu.be/DvCrDIPSEM4
V for vendetta is the movie adaptation of 1984 ?
No, just heavily influenced by it.
It’s the movie adaptation of the comic book V For Vendetta.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_for_Vendetta
It’s also based off of a real event that (didn’t) happen.
You mean the gunpowder treason, which did happen or the Larkhill concentration camp (which was made up for the book.)
There is a movie adaptation of the book though.
Which is ?
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0087803/
1984 - Funnily enough starring the same actor who played the dictator in V For Vendetta.