Winston Smith is a seemingly faithful low level bureaucrat for the Party, his job to rewrite history to the Party's guidelines, in the process he destroying any hard evidence of the reality of actual history. Anyone breaking the rules, in action or thought - the latter called ThoughtCrimes - are dealt with by the Thought Police. Individual freedoms are seen as the cause of all society's problems, hence Big Brother's control over what everyone says and does, which includes a move to end not only the thought and practice but also the need for love and sex. When not broadcasting, a still photograph of Big Brother is on the screen representing his omnipresence. Big Brother is ever seeing through a two-way camera system, which not only broadcasts continually about the regime and its fight against enemies, especially the resistance led by Emmanuel Goldstein, but has eyes on the populace, who are referred to as brothers and sisters. It is ruled by a totalitarian regime led by Big Brother espousing an ideology called Ingsoc. He didn't look short next to Joanne Whalley, 5ft3 then, in 'Scandal', but in 'Skeleton Key' he is clearly smaller, though as a general rule, he has a good straight back and stands as tall as he can! I will say 5ft8.75 for John at his peak and 5ft7.5 for his height nowadays.It's 1984 in the Territory of Oceania, formerly England. He does a lot of sitting though, as the film is set in a prison! When I saw it recently, I thought John looked at the very most 5ft9. I believe the film was from '78 I'll get back if I find out that I'm wrong! John was still young in that film, and that is why I am citing it as a prime example of a film which shows him at his optimum height. Twice running, I have ended up watching it when I hadn't planned to! I love the music, the plot's based on fact and the outcome's positive, but I don't like the hanging of John Hurt's pet cat! He's made films which leave a lasting impression - like 'The Elephant Man', and who can forget his part in 'Alien'? Not me, that's for sure!Įvery so often on TV, 'Midnight Express' gets shown on what is now called the 'Sony Movie Channel', whereas it used to be 'Movie Mix'. John's one of our finest actors of all time. Please can you add 'Midnight Express', Rob?
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