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George Orwell was one of the most visionary authors of the 20th century, whose novels 1984 and Animal Farm foretold a chilling, authoritarian future. Acclaimed director Raoul Peck interweaves clips, readings from Orwell's diary, cinematic references, and modern-day footage to craft not only a portrait of the writer, but a fresh take on how prophetic his work has become.
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00:00Υπότιτλοι AUTHORWAVE
00:30The very concept of objective truth is fading out of this world.
00:35I'm going to sit down what I dare not say aloud to anyone.
00:39This prospect frightens me much more than bombs.
00:46The words democracy, freedom, justice have each of them several different meanings,
00:54which cannot be reconciled with one another.
01:03Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful.
01:08The love in the air, I've never seen anything like it.
01:10And murder respectable.
01:19Freedom is slavery.
01:22War is peace.
01:25Ignorance is strength.
01:29Totalitarianism, if not fought against, could triumph anywhere.
01:43Do you begin to see them?
01:47What kind of world we are creating?
01:49Let's go Lord of mine.
01:50Ah.
01:55Thunder, it's a powerful deal.
01:56You are everything.
02:01correspondence.
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