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Feb 20, 2019
The 1980 TV movie has never been released on DVD. The quality was good, so it is strange it is ignored, but other predictive programming/dystopian films such as Clockwork Orange have a lot of exposure. At least there is one BBC tv rip version on Youtube that a few have re-uploaded over the years. I laughed when I read the comment below for a few reasons ; "I recommend reading this with other people in order to stimulate discussion. Huxley imagined even in 1932 that the world could be headed in this way and the satire on advertising and mind control has not lost its bite in more than 80 years. I recommend NOT inflicting *Brave New World* on your high school students, though. It’s a much smarter book later in life." I read this book alone when I was 13 or 14 years old, it was not part of any school curriculum. THESE days, I understand why adults do not want children or teens reading it, as now most of them are narcissists and idiots. They would only like that the future society says it acceptable to escape their emotional problems via prescribed drugs or use narcotics to have energy. Aldous Huxley is considered by many to have written Brave New World as a warning, but his glowing letter to George Orwell for "1984" and how governments could better control their population, proves to me he wrote this novel with something other in mind.