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Title: Harrison Bergeron in 2081
Review: This dystopian vision of the future is portrayed with chilling naturalism, and for twenty-five minutes or so you are a witness to a father's nightmare as he watches helplessly his son's final act of personal freedom and ultimate execution by the forces of state 'normality'. Kurt Vonnegut's story is surely up there for being one of the best 'futuristic' tales of the twentieth century, and this short film does the story almost full justice(the dance scene in the story is not captured on film as well as it might have been). Overall this is well worth a look at, and, if you are a teacher of Literature in English as I am then this is well worth having as a DVD resource. Not a film to enjoy, but a piece to cherish nonetheless as a cautionary tale. J. Bourke (Ireland).
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