Tim Robbins Mulls New 1984

Robbins added: “When we think about the authoritarian world that Orwell painted, the catchphrases are one thing, but when you read the book again, the specifics and relevance for now are stunning.”

Robbins wouldn’t tell the site whether he wanted to act in the movie. Whether the film actually happens is “really a matter of whether I can raise the money for it,” he said. “We’ll see if there’s an appetite for it. Orwell may have been 20 years off, but I know that I find it incredibly relevant.”

I actually draw some comfort from this, since in order for it to be “relevant” now we must be torturing captured al Qaeda terrorists with ravenous rats. Glad to know we aren’t just doing non-harmful, non-lethal stuff like waterboarding. OK, OK, I’m kidding. Robbins’ film may not happen, since all dissent is stifled in our present police state.