1984 - CDmp3 (Čte David Novotný a Zbyšek Horák)

"Freedom is the freedom to say that two and two make four. If that is guaranteed, everything else follows."
In the impoverished London of the superstate Oceania, in April 1984, Ministry of Truth clerk Winston Smith is compelled to rebel. He is tired of the cultivated herd mentality and the normpsych technique used as a bulwark against civil disobedience. He begins to secretly confide his doubts to a diary, even though every move in this grim country is monitored by the telescreens of Big Brother. The cruel rule of one Party, with Winston's help, is systematically erasing all memories of the time before the Revolution from history, as it intends to dominate the population in body, spirit, and heart through a distorted language called Newspeak – pure, immeasurable, totalitarian power. Is there at least a glimmer of hope for freedom? Nevertheless, even Winston's love for Julia and their criminal acts together represent a protest, so the cage will probably soon fall on both of them. And then...? Then only the crushing culmination of a brilliantly crafted anti-utopia about an inhuman regime that has dominated its literary genre for nearly three-quarters of a century. The visionary novel was adapted into a film in 1984 by director Michael Radford, starring John Hurt and featuring music by the Eurythmics. The film was declared the best British...