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Agreed. 'You know what they call Victory Gin in France?'
Tim Burton To Remake '1984'?
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Agreed. 'You know what they call Victory Gin in France?'
rollinder
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Apprently there's a cleaned up/remastered version sitting on a self somewhere because they only want one version available at a time so won't let it be released as long as the film's on sale
it's been a while but doesn't the cartoon have the animals overthrowing the pigs at the end? (but the new version sounds worse)
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I bet it ends up with:
Johnny Depp - Winston Smith
Helena Bonham Carter - Julia
Anthony Hopkins - O'Brian
And John Hurt will play the shopkeeper, just like he did in Diagon Alley (Harry Potter)
Johnny Depp - Winston Smith
Helena Bonham Carter - Julia
Anthony Hopkins - O'Brian
And John Hurt will play the shopkeeper, just like he did in Diagon Alley (Harry Potter)
Yeah but it's sooooo the wrong role for him.
I don't want a Burton 1984. Fuck that.
Now, a director who could do it really well is Andrew Niccol (Gattaca).
No he doesn't, he always has to make everything 'gothic'.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
it's not really gothic at all.
there are 'dark' elements to his work for sure, but there's always a mischievous, absurd element that would not work on something like 1984
there are 'dark' elements to his work for sure, but there's always a mischievous, absurd element that would not work on something like 1984
I agree anyway, I just disagree on the reason he'd be wrong 
But yeah... who could do a good 1984... I think someone like Nolan or Fincher maybe...
But yeah... who could do a good 1984... I think someone like Nolan or Fincher maybe...
I think Paul Verhoeven would do it fucking well actually 
I quite like this idea. The film version that was actually released in 1984 wasn't that great; probably because, no matter how horrible and oppressive the Thatcher years felt, it still seemed a world apart from Orwell's dystopia.
But now that we're living in an era where a lot more of the destruction of civil liberties that Orwell was warning about has actually come to pass, then it's obviously going to strike much more of a chord than it did 25 years ago.
I can see why the idea of having Tim Burton as director horrifies some people but I'm prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt for now, at least until more information comes out about exactly how he plans to do it.
Nah, thinking about it, Burton cannot be allowed to do this one. It has to be Verhoeven's.
David Lynch would be better still IMO.
I don't like Lynch, but if he honed in his wierdness and we got the Lynch who made Elephant Man, I might agree.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
a more suitable director would be someone like vincenzo natali, or to be really bleak and dour, john hillcoat
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zero tolerance for walkers
Uh oh.
I saw the poll thread first, and wasn't sure who I thought should direct (preferably no one) but WAS sure that Burton was at the very bottom of my list.
I think it should be bleak and industrial looking, not Burton like qualities at all. The very opposite!
I saw the poll thread first, and wasn't sure who I thought should direct (preferably no one) but WAS sure that Burton was at the very bottom of my list.
I think it should be bleak and industrial looking, not Burton like qualities at all. The very opposite!
Plus it's just not on to do Alice and Wonderland and then 1984! How greedy?!
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
HBC wouldn't be too bad, but I think she's too old for the part. I could see Keira 'too skinny' Knightley doing well as Julia, though.
andy2002
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gaslit at scale.
Should we start a petition to make Burton not direct 1984?
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