David Ryan

George Orwell on Screen

Adaptations, Documentaries and Docudramas on Film and Television

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 421g
• ISBN-13: 9781476673691
• ISBN-10: 1476673691
• Artikelnr.: 50507097

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Foreword by A.L. Kennedy Preface Introduction The 1950s: Bashing the USSR 1.
Studio One: 1984 (1953) 2.
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954) 3.
Animal Farm (1954) 4.
1984 (1956) The 1960s: A Brief Revival 5.
The World of George Orwell: Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1965) 6.
George Orwell 1903-1950 (1965) 7.
The World of George Orwell: Coming Up for Air (1965) 8.
The World of George Orwell: 1984 (1965) The 1970s: Reclaimed by the Left 9.
The Road to the Left (1971) 10.
The Road to Wigan Pier (A Musical Documentary) (1973) The 1980s: Man of the Year 11.
The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura (1983) 12.
Arena: George Orwell (1983-84) 13.
The Road to 1984 (1984) 14.
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) The 1990s: Heritage Orwell 15.
A Merry War (1997) 16.
Animal Farm (1999) The 2000s: Centenary 17.
George Orwell: A Life in Pictures (2003) 18.
The South Bank Show (2003) 19.
Orwell Against the Tide (2003) The 2010s: Identity Politics 20.
Peaceforce (2011) 21.
Shooting an Elephant (2016) 22.
Assorted Orwell 23.
Not-Quites and Near-Misses Chapter Notes Bibliography Index