Strictly Classified Part 9: What We’ve Learnt
We’ve reached the end of our sojourn into surveillance and if we weren’t worried about being watched before we’re completely convinced now. Stop reading this and do a little wave […]
We’ve reached the end of our sojourn into surveillance and if we weren’t worried about being watched before we’re completely convinced now. Stop reading this and do a little wave […]
In V for Vendetta, the UK is ruled by a fascist government – not such an enormous leap of the imagination. That’s a joke, I don’t really think David Cameron is […]
Another day, another dystopia. In Kurt Wimmer’s 2002 sci-fi film, the world has been devastated by a Third World War, from which the authoritarian state of Libria has emerged. Its […]
This documentary outlines the range of ways the Labour government dismantled key civil liberties in the UK between 1997 and 2007. Opening with the story of a small legion of […]
Minority Report is set in a scary dystopian future where Tom Cruise is still in movies. The year is 2054, and Cruise is in charge of the precrime unit which […]
When discussing the theme of surveillance, it would be an oversight to ignore the Watergate scandal – the root of much of this cinematic paranoia which brought these fears and […]
With the huge array of Hollywood films vilifying foreigners and foreign governments, it’s refreshing to see a thriller which looks closer to home for its antagonists. Tony Scott’s Enemy of the […]
Released in 1974, The Conversation is a true classic about a surveillance expert starring Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall and of course John Cazale – who appeared in 5 of the […]
With revelations about the NSA’s programme of spying on US citizens earlier this year, we have never been more watched, and the security versus privacy debate has never been more […]