Big Data, Big Brother

Big Data, Big Brother

53 mins | Documentary, History, TV Movie | Nov. 11, 2020

The story of the cross destiny of George Orwell (1903-50) and Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), the genius authors of the two most groundbreaking novels of anticipation of the 20th century: 1984 and Brave New World; two lucid witnesses of the maledictions of the modern world whose novels have found a considerable echo with our time.

Big Data, Big Brother

53 mins | Documentary, History, TV Movie | Nov. 11, 2020

Big Data, Big Brother
The story of the cross destiny of George Orwell (1903-50) and Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), the genius authors of the two most groundbreaking novels of anticipation of the 20th century: 1984 and Brave New World; two lucid witnesses of the maledictions of the modern world whose novels have found a considerable echo with our time.
Producers ARTE, Les films en vrac, Histoire
Original title George Orwell, Aldous Huxley : « 1984 » ou « Le Meilleur des mondes » ?
Directors Caroline Benarrosh, Hauke Lanz, Philippe Calderon
Writers Frédéric Gazeau, Caroline Benarrosh, Hauke Lanz, Philippe Calderon

Cast

Bruno Paviot

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Richard Blair

as Self - Orwell's Son

David Brin

as Self - Writer

Cynthia Fleury

as Self - Philosopher

Isabelle Jarry

as Self - Writer

Josée Kamoun

as Self - Translator

Félim McMahon

as Self - Human Rights Specialist

Nicholas Murray

as Self - Huxley's Biographer

Boualem Sansal

as Self - Writer

Jeffrey Steinberg

as Self - Reproductive Endocrinologist

Xi Jinping

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Vladimir Putin

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Donald Trump

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Aldous Huxley

as Self - Writer (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

as Self - Politician (archive footage)