V for Vendetta (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Amazon.com "Remember, remember the fifth of November," for on this day, in 2020, the minds of the masses shall be set free. So says code-name V (Hugo Weaving), a man on a mission to shake society out of its blank complacent stares in the film V for Vendetta. His tactics, however, are a bit revolutionary, to say the least. The world in which V lives is very similar to Orwell's totalitarian dystopia in 1984: after years of various wars, England is now under "big brother" Chancellor Adam Sutler (played by John Hurt, who played Winston Smith in the movie 1984), whose party uses force and fear to run the nation. After they gained power, minorities and political dissenters were rounded up and removed; artistic and unacceptable religious works were confiscated. Cameras and microphones are littered throughout the land, and the people are perpetually sedated through the governmentally controlled media. Taking inspiration from Guy Fawkes, the 17th century co-conspirator of a failed attempt to blow up Parliament on November 5, 1605, V dons a Fawkes mask and costume and sets off to wake the masses by destroying the symbols of their oppressors, literally and figuratively. At the beginning of his vendetta, V rescues Evey (Natalie Portman) from a group of police officers and has her live with him in his underworld lair. It is through their relationship where we learn how V became V, the extremities of the party's corruption, the problems of an oppressive government, V's revenge plot, and his philosophy on how to induce change. Based on the popular graphic novel by Alan Moore, V for Vendetta's screenplay was written by the Wachowski Brothers (of The Matrix fame) and directed by their protégé, James McTeigue. Controversy and criticism followed the film since its inception, from the hyper-stylized use of anarchistic terrorism to overthrow a corrupt government and the blatant jabs at the current U.S. political arena, to graphic novel fans complaining about the reconstruction of Alan Moore's original vision (Moore himself has dismissed the film). Many are valid critiques and opinions, but there's no hiding the message the film is trying to express: Radical and drastic events often need to occur in order to shake people out of their state of indifference in order to bring about real change. Unfortunately, the movie only offers a means with no ends, and those looking for answers may find the film stylish, but a bit empty. --Rob Bracco On the DVDs On disc 1 is a 16-minute documentary "Freedom! Forever!: Making V for Vendetta" with discussions on the movie's origin and themes by the principal cast and crew (no Alan Moore or Wachowskis, to no one's surprise, but the graphic novel's illustrator David Lloyd is on hand to call the movie "a very good version"). On disc 2 is a 17-minute production featurette, a 10-minute history of Guy Fawkes, and the 15-minute "England Prevails: V for Vendetta and the New Wave in Comics." Lloyd and others from the comics industry such as Paul Levitz and Bill Sienkiwicz talk about the graphic novel and how it appealed to a different, older audience. The second menu of the second disc also has an easy-to-find Easter egg of a rapping and swearing Natalie Portman on Saturday Night Live. --David Horiuchi Beyond the Film The graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd More by Alan Moore From Graphic Novel to Big Screen More by Natalie Portman More by Hugo Weaving More by the Wachowski Brothers Product description This item cannot be returned V FOR VENDETTA-SPECIAL EDITION (DVD/WS-2.40/2 DISC/ENG-FR-SP SUB)-NLA ACTION/ADVENTURE A SHADOWY FREEDOM FIGHTER KNOWN ONLY AS 'V' USES TERRORIST TACTICS TO FIGHT AGAINST HIS TOTALITARIAN SOCIETY. UPON RESCUING A GIRL FROM THE SECRET POLICE, HE ALSO FINDS HIS BEST CHANCE AT HAVING AN ALLY.NATALIE PORTMAN HUGO WEAVING
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Author/Artist:Natalie Portman|Hugo Weaving|Stephen Rea|Stephen Fry|John Hurt|Tim Pigott-Smith|Rupert Graves|Roger Allam|Ben Miles|Sinad Cusack|Natasha Wightman|John Standing|Eddie Marsan|Clive Ashborn|Emma Field-Rayner|Ian Burfield|Mark Phoenix|Alister Mazzotti|Billie Cook|Guy Henry|Cosima Shaw|Megan Gay|Roderic Culver|Tara Hacking|Andy Rashleigh|Chad Stahelski|Antje Rau|Amelda Brown|Richard Campbell|Patricia Gannon|Mark Longhurst|Simon Holmes|Charles Cork|John Ringham|Oliver Bradshaw|Jack Schouten|Caoimhe Murdock|Juliet Howland|Brin Rosser|Raife Patrick Burchell|Joseph Rye|Adrian Finighan|Malcolm Sinclair|Bradley Steve Ford|Madeleine Rakic-Platt|Selina Giles|Carsten Hayes|Derek Hutchinson|Martin Savage|Grant Burgin|Gregory Donaldson|Imogen Poots|Jason Griffiths|Laura Greenwood|Kyra Meyer|Paul Antony-Barber|Anna Farnworth|Mary Stockley|Simon Newby|David Merheb|Daniel Donaldson|Dulcie Smart|Ben Posener|Ian T. Dickinson|Sophia New|Julie Brown (II)|Gerard Gilroy|Eamon Geoghegan|Matthew Bates (II)|David Leitch|Matt Wilkinson|Martin McGlade|Richard Laing|Michael Simkins|William Tapley|David Decio|Gordon Gram|Norman Campbell Rees|Peter Ryder|Nicolas de Pruyssenaere|Megan Guidarelli|Jason Oettle|Rogan Grant|Mathis Landwehr|David Hood (III)|Wolfgang Stegemann|Forbes KB|Christopher Fosh|Keith How|James McTeigue
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