Director: John Stephenson
Scenario: J. Orwell, Alan Jaynes, Martin Burke
In roles: Kelsey Grammer, Ian Holm, Julia Ormond, Paul Sofield, Wig Stewart, Peter Ustinov and more
Description: The film is based on George Orwell's novel Animal Farm. One day, the animals living on Mr. Jones' drunkard farm decided to make a coup and get rid of their offenders — humans. They are tired of enduring humiliation and feeling the constant fear of turning into dinner for cruel two-legged oppressors. Having started an uprising, the animals drove the owner and his workers out of the Lord's Court, created their own party and decided to start building a new life according to their own theory called “Scotism”.
Viewer review
Under pork oppression
To begin with, I would like to say that Orwell's dystopia “Animal Farm” is very difficult to convey on screen, because, in my opinion, the main thing in an allegorical work is not humor, but meaning, and it is read with serious attention to detail. It is almost impossible to make a film based on a work of this kind without the predominance of comical elements. The goal of every satire is to express a flaw through comic means. The comic nature of this film is absolutely off the charts, and for us it is becoming more of a comedy than a serious work worth considering. Even looking at the cover, it feels like we're sitting down to watch some “Babe”. Now for the story. The film has a lot of “self-made” inserts. For example, the finale was entirely thought up by the authors. But while a deliberately created closed ending can still be justified, some episodes (like a bed scene) have nothing to do with the plot and do not affect its development. Anyway: since you're making a comedy for family viewing, why show a farmer sleeping with another farmer's wife? But in some places, the creators of this movie have had a blast. What
only the Barnyard propaganda TV is worth it. Here you will find executions of infidels, patriotic hymns, and interviews with ordinary farm residents (“Thanks to my favorite leader, I laid 6 eggs in 5 days”, etc.). All the animals watch what is happening on the screen in awe. It was also very amusing when animals enter the meat cutting room and see the corpses of their brethren. The horror is reflected in their eyes. (Not a bad idea for a vegetarian video, by the way). Even the old donkey can't stand it and tears a mean donkey at the sight of the meat carcasses suspended. The cinematography in this episode deserves special praise. The moment of immortalizing the old instigator of the revolution, Major, was also amusing. Here, the level of satire is simply off scale: a dirty pig's skull on a stick, as a reminder of the leader, is a clear reference to the notorious mausoleum. The animals are afraid of the pig's corpse, but under threat of reprisal, they are ready to sycophantly glorify the power of scoundrels and worship the skull. You can also see that Napoleon the boar goes to the farm with the Order of Portugal. I can't even call it a blunder. Well, yeah, it's probably too hot to hang a red star around a tyrant pig's neck. Overall, it turned out to be a good politicized comedy, but it's unlikely that she's attracted to Orwell's “Animal Farm”. Despite its immodest budget, the film was warmly received by the audience and received a lot of negative reviews from critics. And the main reason, perhaps, lies precisely in the fact that the authors of the film failed to fully reflect the original work on the screen. If you judge the picture without reference to the original, it is quite possible to reward it with a modest seven for its positive emotions. Oh yeah. Kudos to Animal Farm! Glory to Napoleon!
Author Blackman Redemption
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