--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > > Yesterday I mentioned the BBC 1980 "Brave New World" which can be > > found on Google (both US and UK): > > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3536993421073315692 > > It is startling to see how close we've come to the "Brave New > > World." > > Think about how many store clerks these days actually behave like > > the "Gammas" in the show. > > Thanks for the link! I had no idea the there was a > movie of BNW, it's always been one of my favourite books, > I used to try and explain to people why most of it had > already come true, but they never got it.
A warning. I downloaded it and started watching it last night, and then checked out its entry on the IMDB, where the general consensus among reviewers was, "Arguably the worst film ever made of a novel." They have a point. The acting and dialogue are wooden and forced, and the profundity of some of Huxley's concepts have been lowered to the lowest common denominator. I may or may not finish it. It's of interest pri- marily if you knew the novel and want a short "refresher course" in its concepts. But at the same time it's a little like preparing your high school book report by reading a Classics Comic Book of "War and Peace" instead of reading the novel.
