1984, O’Brien

Spartacus (1960). he tells the story of the guy who leads a revolt against the roman empire for a years, freeing slaves and slowly building an army. slant theme: the fight against empire.

Lolita (1962). the story of a middle aged guy seduced by a young teen. slant theme: the ease with which sex can corrupt, and the implicit gender power imbalance therein.

Dr. Strangelove (1964). the story of how cold war escalates to hot, driven by crazy people with weird agendas. of note the phrase "precious bodily fluids". slant theme: how commies are corrupting our reproduction.

2001 (1968). the story of humanity's progression into "space", and the fight between a rogue ai and the hero tasked with shutting it down. of note Kubrick perfected his editing techniques for faking the moon landing here, and also gave us a model with which to compare what we would see during the apollo missions. slant theme: warning us about ai.

Clockwork Orange (1971). the story about how a society has gone to shit and the gov of the day introduces mind control tech to put control over this trend. slant theme: mind control tech and the explosion of slang and idiom.

Barry Lyndon (1975). a story about bourgeois society. of note, NASA lent him the zeiss lenses they used during the apollo missions, perhaps for the work he did for them. slant theme: social and moral corruption.

The Shining (1980). story about a family trapped in a psycho hotel that corrupts the dad into monolithic thought and murderous behaviour, with hints of eternal traps and second sight. of note, the slant apollo references. slant theme: living in a simulation that never ends like groundhog day and the reactions such a thing produces.

Full Metal Jacket (1987). war story showing how crazy develops. not so slant theme: the machine of violence.

Eyes Wide Shut (1999). story of elite sex magick and the tendrils it has into society. slant theme: pedo networks.

Orwell's novel 1984, O’Brien, a powerful member of the Inner Party who tricks Winston into believing that he is a member of the revolutionary group called the Brotherhood. This is the most tragic part of 1984 in my opinion as is drives home the idea that you are powerless. You are in the Labyrinth and you are not going to escape. Your search for truth will lead you to one realization. There is no hope.

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