One of my favourite books - I enjoyed this.
I knew it would be very different from the source material, but I thought it was well made.
shareI liked it well enough when I watched it a few months ago, but didn't remember much about it. I had to look back at comments I made here to refresh my memory.
Did you understand or figure out what was in that box that Bernard carried at the end? The thing that turned out to be his passport back onto the reservation. I never did.
Have you seen the 1980 version? Much more faithful to the book, although it contains some contemporary jokes that would be lost on an audience today, e.g., characters with names like "Nixona Byck."
Part 1 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmlMgeQGOWs
Part 2 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNaa48Z-3ww
I’m still trying to work it out myself.
I haven’t seen the 80s version yet.
There's also a 1998 version, with Leonard Nimoy as Mustapha Mond. It seems to be available on Netflix, but when I tried to play it just now I got a message saying it's unavailable in the US. Maybe you'd have better luck with it.
I liked this one overall, but I didn't like what they did with the Bernard character. He's supposed to be a misfit, nearly an outcast, but he doesn't come off that way here. And Lenina is supposed to be more of an airhead, but she's more thoughful and mature. The 1998 movie did the same things with both characters. The '80 movie pretty much keeps the major characters the same as in Huxley's book.
I don't know if you're into audiobooks. I got an Audible membership a few months ago and have been listening to them, as a change of pace from reading. I listened to Brave New World a couple of months ago. British actor Michael York does a good job with it, although for some reason he decided to give Bernard what sounds to my American ears like an Irish accent. Odd. On the other hand, the scene when Bernard and Lenina are checking in with the warden at the Savage Reservation is hilarious, because of the (well done) Wild West accent and over the top personality York gives the warden. https://www.amazon.com/Brave-New-World-Aldous-Huxley-audiobook/dp/B0012QED5Y
I will definitely check out the live versions that you have mentioned, thanks.
Unfortunately, in between playing with my daughter, listening to music, reading comics, watching TV, films, sport drinking beer, travelling, racing cars, flying light aircraft and running two companies, I don't get time to listen to audiobooks. lol.
"Did you understand or figure out what was in that box that Bernard carried at the end?"
Having given it some thought, was it: -
1. Indra V2.0
2. Ingredients for Soma
3. The last surviving bottle of Jack Daniels (just kidding)