V+for+Vendetta

Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici ( By the power of truth I, while living, have conquered the universe) **Directed** by James McTeigue Hugo Weaving Stephen Rea Stephen Fry John Hurt
 * Produced ** by Joel Silver, Larry & Andy Wachowski
 * Date of Release ** on March, 2006 (scheduled to be release a day before 400th anniversary of Guy Fawkes but was delayed.) **Starring**: Natalie Portman


 * Genre: Sci-fi / Thriller / Dystopia **

V for Vendetta fits into the science-fiction genre because there are certain elements that work out side current science laws and conventions. The thriller side of the genre is present through unexpected and surprising plot developments such as when audiences find out that Evey’s capturers near the middle of the film was V instead of the presumed Norsefire, the totalitarian government. V for Vendetta fits into the dystopia genre because the 2027 Britain is an imagery place but still a very possible path for the human race to follow. The people are dehumanized by the system and the totalitarian government that V rebels against.

** Subject matter- ** Character –**V** V is one of the main characters in ‘V for Vendetta’. He has enhanced abilities, such as inhuman reflexes, due to being experimented on in Larkhill. He is neither a hero nor a villain. V is classified as an anti-hero. V is an interesting character because he acts out of vengeance but he also acts out of compassion for those who also suffered with him at Larkhill. He’s fighting for the good of people but he’s doing it in a way in which hurts others. It’s hard to tell if he is an antagonist or protagonist or if he is neither and just completely insane. Due to his lack of alter ego, which is usually a trait of heroes / vigilantes, it is hard to tell what kind of man V is. V is very much a renaissance man, his underground accommodation shows us this with old mirrors, paintings and suits of armor, he is incredibility well spoken. He tries to help Evey by imprisoning her, which seems very extreme but V says he is freeing her from her fear of the government and that “only when you have no fear are you free”. V is a symbol for all those people who wished to rebel against the totalitarian system, Evey, near the end of the film, says “ He was Edmond Dantes, and he was my father...and my mother...my brother…my friend…he was you, and me…he was all of us”, describing V to Finch.

Idea 1:** The totalitarian government in V for Vendetta controls every thing and their authority knows no bounds. This idea shows that with one leader (the high chancellor in V for Vendetta played by John Hurt) with complete power not only corrupts that on person but all who follow them. Those who follow start to rebel just as V did, and the leader begins to lose power and chaos breaks loose. This shows the effect of trying to control people completely and that humans naturally want to feel in control of their own lives and don’t want to be controlled by someone else, especially against their will. V for Vendetta also shows the way that the government controls what people think, audiences see this through the Lewis Prothero (‘the voice of London’) character, who is a unofficial spokesperson for the Norsefire government. media type="youtube" key="rFQAnj41tdU" height="344" width="425" This is a video for the beginning of 'V for Vendetta'. Evey is being harassed by some Nosrefire police and V comes to her aid. In the clip we also see how incredibility well spoken V is,although a bit annoying. Very cool. :) This is V's first speech and he uses 45 different V words in it.
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V for Vendetta shows the idea of the strength in words, in ideas. V’s speech which is broadcast all over Britain, near the beginning of the film, is the only thing that gives the British public the strength to rise up against the Norsefire government. V’s words give strength, power and courage to the people of Britain. V’s ability to speck well enhances the ideas that he conveys with his calm and seeming truthful voice. The government also uses words to keep faith among the British People (“Strength through unity, unity through faith”). Even minor character such as Valerie mention that words lost there meaning when the Norsefire toke over the government. All V had to do was say the right words at the right time in the right place to put an idea in peoples minds, where the government can’t control people through violence, this way the government can’t stop people because “ideas are bulletproof”.
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