1984 and dark city(original 2)

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WW2 Lens

allusion towards the Nazis and the Jewish imprisonment
Dr. Schreber: Scientist

Neo-noir film genre
gothic mise-en-scenebleak and claustrophobic atmosphere sepia color schemes
assimilate the audience into the perpetual night of Dark City.

Recollection, remembrance, and reminiscence
[Memories]

The ramifications of an uncertain reality is brought to light upon an individual’s mental depreciation.
"Is it your opinion, Winston, that the past has real existance?" - O'brien
Capitulation
"[the past] Is in the mind. In human memories" - O'brien
whatever the party holds to be the truth, is truth
[Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford]
"I do not remember it" - O'brien
Doublethink 
indoctrination with individuals expected to simultaneously accept two conflicting beliefs as truth
Cognitive dissonance
the mental discomfort that results from holding two conflicting beliefs 
"you're[Winston] falling to pieces. What are you? 
A bag of filth…If you are human, that is humanity" - O'Brien
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Metaphor/Dramatic irony
the collective experience of capitulation to Winston’s degrading humanity.
 harsh truth of humanity's endeavors
Human agency
Human autonomy
Totalatarian regime
bleak denouement revealing the futility of truth-seeking.

A single agent of existentialist nature aware of reality, is capable of determining their identity and memories detached from a falsified past. 
"So bright there" - John /"Brighter times I guess" - Uncle Karl
Binary opposition
Stylistic features
Sepia lighting
 dark city tones
gothic mise en scene 
harrowing and unsettling 
"These are all lies!' - John
 highlights inconsistencies, that is the disconnect between the past and present.
resist the temptation of safety within the limitations of conformity
John defies the stigma of his false reality
I won't conform!
 liberating essence of a rebellious individual
 the harsh truth of pain and sacrifice to retain autonomy.

Verisimilitude of fear and idiosyncrasy
[Propaganda]

1984 and dark city(original 2)

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