1984 (1984)

Bob Flag: Big Brother

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Quotes 

• Winston Smith : [observing the Prole woman from their hideaway]  The future is hers... we are the dead...

  Julia : We are the dead...

  Big Brother : [voice]  YOU ARE THE DEAD!

  [Winston and Julia look around the room, startled] 

  Big Brother : [voice]  Remain EXACTLY where you are! Make NO move until you are ordered!

  [a painting falls from wall, revealing a telescreen] 

  Julia : Now they can see us...

  Big Brother : [voice-over from the still image on the telescreen]  NOW WE CAN SEE YOU! Clasp your hands behind your heads! Stand out in the middle of the room! Stand back to back. Do NOT touch one another!

  Winston Smith : [Winston and Julia immediately comply, and then hear the sound of helicopters approaching]  The house is surrounded...

  Big Brother : [voice]  THE HOUSE IS SURROUNDED!

  Julia : [to Winston]  I suppose we may as well say goodbye...

  Big Brother : [voice]  YOU MAY AS WELL SAY GOODBYE! While we're on the subject, here comes a candle to light you to bed, here comes a chopper to chop off your head!

  [the Thought Police soldiers arrive] 

• [first lines] 

  Big Brother : [voice-over]  This is our land. A land of peace and of plenty. A land of harmony and hope. This is our land. Oceania. These are our people. The workers, the strivers, the builders. These are our people. The builders of our world, struggling, fighting, bleeding, dying. On the streets of our cities and on the far-flung battlefields. Fighting against the mutilation of our hopes and dreams. Who are they?