have you ever seen the movie 1984 with john hurt ?

Question

if so, how can you relate the content of the movies with what is happening today in U.S.

do you think Bush is the new big brother?

Answer 1

I didn't see the movie, but I read the book,

I think there are some things to be said about having to have a perpetual war going on for one reason or another the establishment has, In the book it was to control people,
You could point to Vietnam, the war on drugs, war on terror....,
Big Brother was just a figure head...much like what can be said about our presidents.

Answer 2

1984 (sometimes Nineteen Eighty-Four, which is how the title appears on screen) is a British film based upon the 1948 novel of the same name by George Orwell; the film was made in the year imagined by the author.

The film was shot in and around London between April and June 1984. Some scenes were shot on the actual days noted in Winston Smith's diary (for example: April 4, 1984). Nineteen Eighty-Four stars John Hurt as Winston Smith and Richard Burton as O'Brien, and was directed by Michael Radford. Suzanna Hamilton was cast as Julia; and the late Irish actor Cyril Cusack appeared as Mr. Charrington. O'Brien was Burton's last movie role and the film is dedicated to his memory.

Michael Radford and cinematographer Roger Deakins originally wanted to shoot the film in black and white, but the financial backers of the production, Virgin Films, opposed this idea. Instead Deakins used a little-known film processing technique called Bleach bypass to create the distinctive washed-out look of the film's color visuals.

Answer 3

No. The U.S. is nothing compared to the society portrayed in "1984." In our nation, we are lucky to have groups like the ACLU on our side, protecting us from the government silencing us or our rights. Also, it is very unlikely for a totalitarian ruler to take power in the U.S., because of our system of checks and balances.

Go back to high school civics.