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George Orwell on Screen: Adaptations, Documentaries and Docudramas on Film and Television - Couverture souple

Ryan, David

 
9781476673691: George Orwell on Screen: Adaptations, Documentaries and Docudramas on Film and Television
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1476673691 ISBN 13 : 9781476673691
Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2018

Synopsis

British author and essayist George Orwell shot to fame with two iconic novels:  the anti-Stalinist satire Animal Farm and the dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four.

A few years after his death in 1950, the CIA bankrolled screen adaptations of both novels as Cold War propaganda. Orwell's depiction of a totalitarian police state captivated the media in the 1980s. Today, mounting anxieties about digital surveillance and globalization have made him a hot property in Hollywood.

Drawing on interviews with actors, writers, directors and producers, this book presents the first comprehensive study of Orwell on film and television. Beginning with CBS's 1953 live production of Nineteen Eighty-Four that mirrored the McCarthy witch hunts, the author covers 20 wide-ranging adaptations, documentaries and biopics, including two lost BBC dramatizations from 1965.

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À propos de l'auteur

Freelance journalist David Ryan is a former film critic, arts writer and features editor for London's Ham & High newspaper series. He lives in Hartlepool, United Kingdom.

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Éditeur
McFarland & Co Inc
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1476673691
ISBN 13 
9781476673691
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
255
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