Tuesday, 20 July 2010

'A Life in Pictures - George Orwell' 14.6.2003 BBC2

"Biography with Orwell's words are married to his essays, journalism, dairies, letters...(creating) a portrait of a rebel whose life was shaped by momentous world events"

There are no recordings of his voice...They chose to visualise him and his words and wanderings.Uses pictures of him as a youth, dramatic reconstructions of him, abstract and representational, with some repetition of shots.

Refers to him pretending to be down and out. Yeuk! "Great consolation in poverty" as he learnt about working men.

I was put off him for lots of this, but he still interests me. Calls me closer. Interesting piece..some questions answered, many just opened up.

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