George Orwell’s 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'

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Professor John Bowen explores truth, fiction, repression and freedom in George Orwell’s iconic 1949 novel, 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'. The film is shot at Senate House in London, formerly the Ministry of Information, and the building on which Orwell based the Ministry of Truth.
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@larrywhited3070 3 жыл бұрын

"1984" is no longer a novel providing warnings regarding the future; it is now in 2021 a "how-to" book being used by those who are obsessed with implementing control with themselves being the power brokers.

@bthemedia 2 жыл бұрын

COVID-1984 has taught us so much! Let’s make 1984 fiction once again!

@paxotium7971 2 жыл бұрын

And now here we are

@newbeequilter 8 жыл бұрын

Orwell's notes (at 11:40) re. writing the book: "The General Layout As Follows - Build Up of: a) The system of organized lying in which the society is founded, b) The way in which this is done - falsification of records, etc., c) The nightmare feeling caused by the disappearance of objective truths

@alexkey9372 2 жыл бұрын

You know it's not fiction when you live in it starting from 2020

@bobcummings8228 3 жыл бұрын

the 1st time I read 1984 in the 80's it scared the crap out of me. A lot of stuff in the book came true and it was wrote in the 1950's! What was he thinking back then??

@SabFANationalAcrobat 4 жыл бұрын

This is a very insightful analysis. In every section of the presentation. Particularly about the element of contradiction. Thank you.

@rodsimmons9337 2 жыл бұрын

We are living through frightening times.

@bthemedia 2 жыл бұрын

Soo difficult to hear his soft deep voice against this rather loud background music… but great book!

@mfmf100 4 жыл бұрын

That contemporary critics describe 1984 as other than a critique of or warning about socialism, especially its form and apparent trajectory in the mid 20th century, is telling.

@kennethmorrison7689 2 жыл бұрын

And now come the American comments about their boogy man: Socialism.

@mfmf100 2 жыл бұрын

@@kennethmorrison7689 not an American boogeyman but the bane of mankind

@kennethmorrison7689 2 жыл бұрын

@@mfmf100 An issue with no consensus in world affairs & I suspect that regarding both economics and the climate crises there will be a change in the #'s of adherents, pro or contra. But I feel that arguments over capitalism vs socialism. in YT is futile & stupid, when the future will require a more convivial blend of both. That's my final comment on this matter.

@mfmf100 2 жыл бұрын

@@kennethmorrison7689 well congratulations 🎈

@thomasmartel7436 5 ай бұрын

Amazingly insightful 👌

@user-kq5qp6dh8l 5 жыл бұрын

Yep,nothings changed then! Just honed to another level🤔

@blueocean2058 4 жыл бұрын

It was quite well !

@tranquillities1205 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for creating this analytical look at a book that I was on the fence about reading. Nice to see content true to form.

@EvolvedApe 3 жыл бұрын

I'll bet George is like "you believe me now, don't you"...

@LuckyGuu 6 жыл бұрын

1:40 - 2:03 Q: Rewriting the past? Were all books, newspapers and magazines collected from homes, then rewritten, then returned to the original owner? This doesn't make sense.

@krashd 5 жыл бұрын

Why would someone have reading material in their homes? That is state theft.

@StuartOswald 4 жыл бұрын

Read the book.

@MachineRot 4 жыл бұрын

That would be a thought crime

@user-vd2jk7dl3p 3 жыл бұрын

You gotta read the book. From what I remember, it was a gradual thing. The dictionary, for example didn't change over night. They would put out new ones over the years with fewer and fewer words. They used popular culture to inforce the language and the party standard. So it's like, as the new comes in the old is pushed further and further away and demonized as evil. So even if someone were to encounter something from the past they really would have no real way to process it. It would like just be rejected as "double bad". The control on language and culture allowed the Engsoc government to control the minds.

@darkhall8227 2 жыл бұрын

room 101

@Nodularguy1 2 жыл бұрын

Biden forms the ministry of truth 4-28-2022

@kennethmorrison7689 2 жыл бұрын

That BBC building has to be the most ugly structure imposed on the human race. I picture Orwell confronting the exterior and mounting that dreadful staircase -- it must have felt like a climb into perdition. Now I better understand the terror and dehumanization he evoked so well in 1984. I could not have returned there on a regular basis.

@helen4997 3 жыл бұрын

This is repeating the never-ending story of Adam and Eve and the Serpent/ Demon story about our plane of existence. Wen will we go back to God, let's wake up people, and quit going around in circles.

@StuartOswald 4 жыл бұрын

Most definitely is a piece of anti socialist literature.

@StuartOswald 4 жыл бұрын

@Matthew Sanders was it the capitalist collar (my tie)?

@StuartOswald 4 жыл бұрын

@Matthew Sanders you're not intelectual enough to understand the writings of Orwell (and probably not another above a 6yo). 1984 is not about being watched. It's about state control. I suggest you start start the book over again and leave your biases at the cover. Do not try to confirm your biases either. As for rubbish collection that is just silly. If anything it proves Orwell's perspective. People are compelled to labour and pay for for state control. Think about it. Off you go.

@StuartOswald 4 жыл бұрын

@Matthew Sanders it's the free 'market' that pays for everything the government/state does. Learn some basic economics. Low information voters.

@StuartOswald 4 жыл бұрын

@Matthew Sanders you'll find that it's the free market that bailed out the state. Also, you'll find its those rich people that are sustaining your use of the state. One of them is keeping you alive and pays more than you could ever imagine into your state racket. Now read 1984.

@StuartOswald 4 жыл бұрын

@Matthew Sanders lol, a commentary blog post with scant references. You're desperate. Read the book for yourself. Can't believe you're trying to argue this.

@mrsmartins7360 6 жыл бұрын

The music in the background is really boring. Was this really necessary? It spoils the listening.

@sizzlean9459 3 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna guess it was the remote control that spoiled you, the music was perfect. Don't worry I'm sure most of the world is annoying and spoilsome to you but one day you will find he Mute Button ...and just in the nick of time too.

@larrywhited3070 3 жыл бұрын

@@sizzlean9459 Well, Sizzlean, it might surprise you that mute buttons are not task-specific, and the obnoxious & constantly repetitive music was an unnecessary distraction. It was tolerable in moderation, but as the video progressed it became quite irritating to those of us who do not need noise 24/7 to be contentfully distracted.

@sizzlean9459 3 жыл бұрын

@@larrywhited3070 LOL well please share your secret. I don't consider myself one who needs to be distracted contentfully but if you've got a way share it with me