V for Vendeta
V for Vendetta: The Answer to 1984 That We Still Need Today By Zacharias Liangas Some films entertain. Some films provoke. And some films become a mirror held up to society, reflecting our fears, our hopes, and our deepest anxieties about power. V for Vendetta belongs to the third category. It is, in my view, the direct continuation of—and the ultimate answer to—George Orwell's * 1984 * . The Question That Remains There is only one question the film leaves unanswered: Who exactly was V? The answer, of course, is that it doesn't matter. As Evey Hammond (Natalie Portman) says in the film's final moments: "He was all of us." V is not a man. V is an idea. And ideas are bulletproof . Why V for Vendetta is the Answer to 1984 In Orwell's * 1984 * , Winston Smith breaks. He betrays his love, Julia. He learns to love Big Brother. The novel ends with the terrifying image of a man who has been hollowed out, his spirit crushed, his individuality erased. It is a warnin...