AboveDeepBuggy Some things I liked some I did not.

Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

qmtv This week I viewed 3 versions of 1984. First the 1984 version, inferior. Then the 1956, much better. And now the 1954, much better. The 84 version was confusing. If you hadn't read the book, or like me it was so long ago, there were details missing that made the film incomprehensible. The acting was also inferior except for Burton, John Hurt did well toward the end, but not great. 56 version was much better. Better details of what was going on, much better acting, cinematography, music, etc. 54 version was superior. Here we have superior screenplay. If you hadn't read the book, things were show or explained. The acting was top notch. Peter Cushing was great. Yvonne Mitchell did well. André Morell was also great. All the other actors portrayed their parts much better than the other versions. Take away the production value of sets, color, and multiple takes, and what you are left with is a professional screenplay and acting. This is what we have here.Rating is a B, 7 stars.

r-c-s This great, silver age rendition of "1984" is available via peer-to-peer, although very rare. Well, the budget is rock bottom, exteriors are worth twenty dollars at most...BUT! Acting is just great and lines are delivered in a mostly heartfelt, credible and professional manner. Cushing at his best. On the pop-culture side, i strongly disagree with the poster who claimed " Nowadays Big Brother is little more than the title of a cheap, spineless TV series. Back then it was a terrifying possibility.". Well, judging by the amount of cameras, concealed cameras, data storage, speed traps and how recent international events of magnitude have been handled by media, we can safely guess big brother is more alive today than he ever might have been in the imagination of the most warped writer harboring the most sinister hallucinations just a few decades ago. I find the character of Julia pretty well acted. The final plot twist, although not so original, is very well rendered and the final encounter between the two is gut-wrenching. The torture scenes are good and i loved how big brother diminished food supplies in a row, only to save the day increasing them a little, when none ever recalls the past shortages...sounds much like petrol prices to me. Worth watching more than once.

exadx Since these posts are relatively old, maybe there could have been a DVD or VHS release in the meantime. I'm a 1984 addict and if anyone has heard stg about it, could he please let me know. Serious 61, does your offer still hold?. If the answer is yes, I'm interested.I collect everything linked with dystopia, books, of course, but also movies. If you have some suggestions, it would be very helpful And I would be very grateful.It goes without saying that 1984 is way above the others dystopia novels (Brave New World, We, Farenheit 451 etc..) in my opinion, but I'll sturdily stand by Orwell 'til my last breath

Wombat-46 There is very little which can touch this programme. Made with extremely limited resources, given the extra strain of being performed mostly live with just a few filmed inserts, Nineteen Eighty-Four had a profound effect on television at the time. Questions were asked in parliament about it, and the BBC came in for considerable criticism at the time for broadcasting it. However, the production found its way into the minds of the public, giving the world such expressions as "Big Brother is watching you". Nowadays Big Brother is little more than the title of a cheap, spineless TV series. Back then it was a terrifying possibility. I've been fortunate enough to see Nineteen Eighty-Four, and I have to say that if TV was still prepared to take risks like this, it wouldn't be seen as cinema's poor cousin any more.