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‘Orwell: 2+2 = 5’ Review: Raoul Peck’s Documentary Highlights George Orwell’s Relevance at the Expense of His Mystery


The film is too interested in the brutality of totalitarianism to fully explore Orwell's great theme: the sinister unreality of it.

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