Farms: Animal Farm 1954 Halas & Batchelor
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Animal Farm is a 1955 British animated film by Halas and Batchelor, based on the book Animal Farm by George Orwell. It was the first British animated feature to be released. The C.I.A. paid for the filming, part of the U.S. cultural offensive during the Cold War, and influenced how Orwell's ideas were to be presented. The "financial backers" impacted on the development of the film - the altered ending, and that the message should be that, "Stalin's regime is not only as bad as Jones's, but worse and more cynical", and Napoleon "not only as bad as JONES but vastly worse ". And the "investors" were greatly concerned that Snowball (the Trotsky figure) was presented too sympathetically in early script treatments and that Batchelor's script implied Snowball was "intelligent, dynamic, courageous". This implication could not be permitted. A memo declared that Snowball must be presented as a "fanatic intellectual whose plans if carried through would have led to disaster no less complete than under Napoleon." de Rochemont accepted this suggestion. In Orwell's original book, the animals simply look on in dismay as they come to realise that the pigs have become nothing better than the human masters of old. In a stark departure from Orwell's book, the film ends immediately after this iconic image with the animals revolting against the pigs.
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Am I the only one who thinks that Mr Jones looks like Murdoc Nichols from the Gorillaz?
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Is that Richard Chamberlain doing the narration?
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This reminds me of something that's been on the news recently. hmm...
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In fact, this book isn't true only about the Russian Revolution. It's an ingenious timeless insight into how people change when given power. And how public turns to believe anyone who promises them changes for better. How skillfully presented lies are perceived by the hungry, greedy or just tired crowds as a revelation. How we are constantly being manipulated by our incumbent governments. How truth is being concealed or modified by transfers of information through qualified PR specialists. My country, Poland, has been undergoing difficult transformations after the collapse of communism our grandparents started 30 years ago. And now, more than ever, after we joined the European Union in 2004, those manipulations have been revealed (predominantly due to the improved and yet unrestricted access to independent sources through the Internet). But nothing much has changed. New manipulators take the place of the old ones. In Poland we even have a saying that refers to the Orwell's book: "the trough is the same, just the pigs change".
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some incredible work of motion picture, for a book-movie, its just as brilliant as the book
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I had to read the book for school
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56:40 new meme
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The Beauty Of Corruption. Reminds me of the USA today. They are no different from Rome and its cruelty and dictatorship. Only difference is we have more benefits to a limited degree than Roman Citizens
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For historical perspective people should recall that George Orwell was a communist who was a big fan of Trotsky. Thus why Snowball is depicted so favorably (Trotsky) and Napoleon is such an asshole (Stalin).
Orwell believed in the ideals of communism but was very capable of reflecting on and anticipating its shortcomings. Mainly what he saw the USSR become under supervision by Stalin. -
Old major throwing the nazi salute in the beginning.
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1000x better than zootopia or any other furfag shit.
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I like this ending better than the book ending (The part where all the animals rebel)
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i actually like the ending in the movie more than the book, its nice to know that benjamin got revenge for boxer
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Read the book first and hated the ending because i wanted napoleon to get his ass kicked. now my life is complete.
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If only Snowball was leader
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I read the book the animals are the communist Long live animal farm jk
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About 1:08:40 is pretty much how the book ends so if you get rid of the last few minutes it's pretty close to the book
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my history teacher showed this movie to the class back in 10th grade and at the time, I didn't understand it, all I knew that it was disturbing, but now I understand
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This movie is the perfect allegory for the state of America. The only difference is that the pigs in power have divided each group of animals up and pit them against each other. Half of the animals will fight against their own interests in favor of the government that oppresses them as long as it means that they think they are being treated better than other animals. Unfortunately for the pigs in this movie, they never developed dividing political tactics to retain power.
Do you think this film can be seen by children? Justify.
Please answer and let me know...
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