[Simmy2.5]

I just love this gem...

“When we think about the authoritarian world that Orwell painted, the catchphrases are one thing, but when you read the book again, the specifics and relevance for now are stunning.”

[garyhope]

I'm sure he'll make it into an anti-capitalist, anti-war, anti-white men and anti-Bush screed

[LibFreeOrDie]

“It’s really a matter of whether I can raise the money for it,” he said.

Well, Tim, I'm sure Babs Streisand would sell her Malibu property to fund this! And George Clooney has a lovely villa in Italy he could mortgage.

(Tim Robbins, Mr. Leftie, is wondering if he can fund a movie? Perhaps the tide is turning in Hollywood?)

[SampleMan]

Orwell will be spinning in his grave with a communist making a movie of 1984.

[LA Conservative]

Those slimy Socialists don't get it, possibly due to their narcissism. Orwell wrote 1984 after becoming disillusioned with Socialism during the Spanish Civil War, when the Socialists, Fascists, and Communists (same bird, different feather lengths) all fought against each other. Read his account of the war in the book Catalona.

[IranIsNext]

I just love this gem...
“When we think about the authoritarian world that Orwell painted, the catchphrases are one thing, but when you read the book again, the specifics and relevance for now are stunning.”

I wonder if he is talking about hate crime laws and "hate speech" laws in Europe? Oh wait, that stuff is for "civil rights" so Orwell must have approved. ::sarcasm::

[SunkenCiv]

ain't nothin' like the real thing baby...

George Orwell "1984" from Bibliotheque ~ Virtuelle
http://sami.is.free.fr/Oeuvres/orwell_1984_1.html

[seems to me that 1984 was made into a movie back in the 1980s sometime]

[right-wingin_It]

Ping

[Jack Deth]

I'll stick with the 1984 John Hurt/Richard Burton/Cyril Cusack remake of George Orwell's opus.

A superb adaptation. Burton's last (and one of his best) film roles, BTW!

Jack.