Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5 Trailer #1 (2025 Movie) Damian Lewis

The ultimate and comprehensive documentary film about the exceptional writer George Orwell.

Transcript

00:00When I sit down to write a book, I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose.

00:18Again, how many fingers?

00:20My starting point is always a feeling of injustice.

00:24The very concept of objective truth is fading out of this world.

00:34I'm going to sit down what I dare not say aloud to anyone.

00:39This prospect frightens me much more than bombs.

00:45The words democracy, freedom, justice have each of them several different meanings.

00:54Which cannot be reconciled with one another.

01:02Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful.

01:07The love in the air, I've never seen anything like it.

01:10And murder respectable.

01:18Freedom is slavery.

01:21War is peace.

01:24Ignorance is strength.

01:28Totalitarianism, if not fought against, could triumph anywhere.

01:33Death!

01:34Death!

01:35Death!

01:36Death!

01:37Death!

01:38Death!

01:39Death!

01:40Death!

01:41Death!

01:42Death!

01:43Death!

01:44Death!

01:45Death!

01:46Death!

01:47What kind of world we are creating?

01:49You