michael radford

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Website: http://darkinc1.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/@DarkInc1 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/DarkInc1/122489144460237?notif_t=page_new_likes Tumblur: http://darkinc1.tumblr.com/ An appreciation of George Orwell's 1984 and the enduring concept of Room 101,the psychological torture chamber in which Winston Smith finally cracked. This film is about Room 101 - the room itself,George Orwell's influences in creating it in his novel 1984 (his school days,his time at the BBC, Soviet Russia and communism), the psychology of fear used in Room 101, and its impact on popular culture since its creations. Broadcasting House's inspiration for George Orwell's Room 101 is demolished in the centenary year of his birth,artist Rachel Whiteread plans to cast the room in concrete as a memorial. Contributors including John Hurt, Michael Radford, Margaret Atwood and Tony Benn examine the powerful influence of Orwell's nightmare creation,and why the ideas behind it are still relevant today. (Shown as part of BBC4's 1984 Night, and originally made in 2003 in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of George Orwell) Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 -- 21 January 1950), known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist and journalist. His work is marked by clarity, intelligence and wit, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and commitment to democratic socialism. Considered perhaps the 20th century's best chronicler of English culture, Orwell wrote literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. He is best known for the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) and the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945), which together have sold more copies than any two books by any other 20th-century author. His book Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War, is widely acclaimed, as are his numerous essays on politics, literature, language and culture. In 2008, The Times ranked him second on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". Orwell's work continues to influence popular and political culture, and the term Orwellian — descriptive of totalitarian or authoritarian social practices — has entered the language together with several of his neologisms, including Cold War, Big Brother, thought police, doublethink, and thoughtcrime.