Six Degrees of V for Vendetta
•A brief biographical sketch of the director and/or writer of the screenplay. When did the writer/director live? What was his/her country of birth? Where did s/he live most of his/her life? What significant event occurred in his/her life?
•What other works influenced the artist? If the movie is based on a novel or another film you need to fully discuss this.
•What other works is the writer/director known for?
V for Vendetta
“During the preparation of the story Moore made a list of what he wanted to bring into the plot, which he reproduced in "Behind the Painted Smile":
Orwell. Huxley. Thomas Disch. Judge Dredd. Harlan Ellison's "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman..” (“V for Vendetta”).
Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World
The title Brave New World is an allusion to
Shakespeare’s The Tempest
V quotes from Shakeseare’s Macbeth and also from Twelfth Night (which is
subtitled “Or What You Will”)
V for Vendetta
Directed by The Wachowski brothers
The Matrix directed by The Wachowski brothers
V for Vendetta
depicts a totalitarian government controlled by
Chancellor Sutler
Star Wars depicts a totalitarian government controlled by the
evil Chancellor
Star Wars : The Legend Revealed shows the connection between Palpatine and Hitler
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V for Vendetta
V dies in a funeral pyre that is a train
At the end of Beowulf, the men send him out
to sea on a funeral pyre
Towards the end of Going Bovine, there is
a similar funeral
V for Vendetta
V and Evey represent the
“union of opposites”
V is figuratively born of fire
Evey is figuratively born of rain
V’s “birth” from Lockhorn is similar to the narrator’s “birth” after his accident in
The Gargoyle