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In the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) by George Orwell, the Two Minutes Hate is the daily period during which members of the Outer and Inner Party of Oceania must watch a film depicting Emmanuel Goldstein, the principal enemy of the state, and his followers, the Brotherhood, and loudly voice their hatred for the enemy and then their love for Big Brother.
The Orwell Archive at University College London contains undated notes about ideas that evolved into Nineteen Eighty-Four.The notebooks have been deemed "unlikely to have been completed later than January 1944", and "there is a strong suspicion that some of the material in them dates back to the early part of the war".
This is a list of films that incorporate satire or were described as such. Made-for-television and animated films are also included. ... 1984: Directed by Rob Reiner ...
"1984" is still considered a fictional piece of literature to many, but a lot of what appeared in the book is now a reality. Like Big Brother: In "1984", there are TV screens and computer monitors ...
The satire has a deft, wicked touch. Spinal Tap is not that much worse than, not that much different from, some successful rock bands." [18] Ebert later placed the film on his ten best list of 1984 and would later include it in his Great Movies list in 2001 where he called it "one of the funniest movies ever made".
April 4 – The narrative of George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four begins and causes widespread discussion. G. K. Chesterton's The Napoleon of Notting Hill is also set in this year; and Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 (いちきゅうはちよん, Ichi-Kyū-Hachi-Yon, 2009–2010) is set in a parallel version of it.
Casino Royale, a 1967 surrealistic satire on the James Bond series and the entire spy genre. Get Out; This Is Spinal Tap, a satire on heavy metal culture and "rockumentaries" The Very Same Munchhausen, a 1979 satire of the late Soviet society; Clueless; American Beauty, a 1999 satire of life in the suburbs; Thank You for Smoking
Political fiction frequently employs satire, ... An early example of the political novel is The Betrothed ... (1984) and Ségou II (1985). Set in historical Segou ...