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The dictionary defines a dystopia as a state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror. These scenarios have been the inspiration for countless novels and movies. They reflect our darkest fears and sometimes, actual elements in the modern world.
THX 1138
George Lucas made his name with Star [...]
Posted by Anne Iredale on Friday, October 9, 2009 at 12:02 am
Filed under All, Literature, Movies · Tagged 1984, Aldous Huxley, Big Brother, Blade Runner, Brave New World, Clockwork Orange, Controversial, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep, dystopia, fahrenheit 451, film, films, George Orwell, Harrison Ford, metropolis, Nineteen Eighty-Four, orson welles, Richard Burton, stanley kubrick, the handmaid's tale, The Terminator, The Trial, thx 1138
You will notice an anti-war stance with this list. John Wayne is noticeable by his absence! The films have a common mission and that is to tell the truth as the writers and directors see it. Before I receive a deluge of comments on why ‘Saving Private Ryan’ isn’t included, I think that the first [...]
Posted by Anne Iredale on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 2:47 am
Filed under All, Movies · Tagged All Quiet on the Western Front, apocalypse now, born on the fourth of july, das boot, donald sutherland, elliot gould, fourth of July, full metal jacket, john wayne, MASH, Oh, Paths of Glory, robert altman, saving private ryan, Schindler's List, stanley kubrick, Steven Spielberg, Thin Red Line, Tom Cruise, top 10 lists, u boat, Vietnam War, War, war movies, What a Lovely War, wolfgang petersen, world war i, world war ii
