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1984 - Free 40th Anniversary Screening at the Michigan Theater
A discussion of the film, featuring U-M faculty, will accompany the screening.
Privacy@Michigan is hosting a free screening of the 1984 film adaptation of George Orwell’s “1984” at the Michigan Theater on March 6, 2024 starting at 5:30 pm. Admission is free and the screening is open to the general public.
Location: The Michigan Theater - 603 E Liberty St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
ABOUT THE FILM
Based on the classic George Orwell novel, director Michael Radford’s version of 1984 was released during the book’s titular year. The Criterion Collection describes Radford’s 1984 as “The definitive film adaptation of George Orwell’s prophetic literary classic, starring John Hurt and Richard Burton. This masterly adaptation of George Orwell’s chilling parable about totalitarian oppression gives harrowing cinematic expression to the book’s prophetic dystopia. 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 (thrillingly played by John Hurt), risks everything for an illicit affair with the rebellious Julia (Suzanna Hamilton), defiantly asserting his 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 bleak vision of postwar Britain as fascistic nightmare — a world all too recognizable as our own."
A discussion of the film, featuring U-M faculty, will accompany the screening.
Event Website: https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/Privacy-at-Michigan/1984-40th-anniversary-screening
Michigan Theater: http://michtheater.org/
Location: The Michigan Theater - 603 E Liberty St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
ABOUT THE FILM
Based on the classic George Orwell novel, director Michael Radford’s version of 1984 was released during the book’s titular year. The Criterion Collection describes Radford’s 1984 as “The definitive film adaptation of George Orwell’s prophetic literary classic, starring John Hurt and Richard Burton. This masterly adaptation of George Orwell’s chilling parable about totalitarian oppression gives harrowing cinematic expression to the book’s prophetic dystopia. 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 (thrillingly played by John Hurt), risks everything for an illicit affair with the rebellious Julia (Suzanna Hamilton), defiantly asserting his 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 bleak vision of postwar Britain as fascistic nightmare — a world all too recognizable as our own."
A discussion of the film, featuring U-M faculty, will accompany the screening.
Event Website: https://safecomputing.umich.edu/events/Privacy-at-Michigan/1984-40th-anniversary-screening
Michigan Theater: http://michtheater.org/
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