V for Vendetta - Visionary Vigilance by SARTRE
The power of ideas is the theme of a remarkable movie - V for Vendetta. No wonder that governmental Statists fear the message from this film. Shades of 1984 have been updated to the next century. The faces and circumstances have changed, but the lust for controlling society has remained constant.
Guy Fawkes lives in the V cap crusader unjustly tortured for being a threat to the ruling cabal. Hypocrisy and hubris by bureaucratic Creedy clones has not altered the goon stepping plan. Subjugation, suppression and silencing the public is still the official policy.
V identifies himself: “This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.”
His outcry is not of an anarchist or a nihilist, but that of a seeker of justice and justifiable outrage. The portrayal of tyrannical chancellor as an elected conservative does not go unnoticed. His ranting is the antithesis of a Howard Beale. Mad as Hell has disappeared as the public sleeps. Only V won’t take it anymore. The totalitarianism regime uses fear and deceit to mange reality, while V uses rebellion to regain human dignity.
The message is clear - vendettas are personal but vigilance is eternal. V proves that repression of ideas is transient when the will of popular insurrection can be resurrected. Hope is timeless when the spirit of historic resistance molds and bands together. Masks in a crowd of anonymous marchers regain legitimate authority when they face down their oppressors.
The veiled analogy to 911 and the War of Terror is noteworthy and the compliance of mass media propaganda in shaping public opinion is obvious. Conduct of conscience as a means to combat tyranny possess great risks under this fictitious despotic government. Violence against the leadership means dead. Security for the country is actually defined as obedience to the State.
V’s quest for revenge pushes the limits of civil behavior. Vengeance is mine is always dangerous, even from maltreated antiheroes. In contrast retribution against oppressive governments comes forth from civil disobedience determination. The inspiration that manifests in deposing unjust governmental hacks is universal. Within each person resides the ability to achieve noble action.
The lesson of V is that dictatorships exist only when good citizens withdraw from the struggle. Allowing artificial perception to be sold as a phony actuality is systemic to modern society. V reminds that true power resides with the people. This reality is what most governments fear the most - an active citizenry willing to attain self-determination and hold government accountable.
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Original Investigative Journalism from the
Columnist Guild News Bureau
Guy Fawkes lives in the V cap crusader unjustly tortured for being a threat to the ruling cabal. Hypocrisy and hubris by bureaucratic Creedy clones has not altered the goon stepping plan. Subjugation, suppression and silencing the public is still the official policy.
V identifies himself: “This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.”
His outcry is not of an anarchist or a nihilist, but that of a seeker of justice and justifiable outrage. The portrayal of tyrannical chancellor as an elected conservative does not go unnoticed. His ranting is the antithesis of a Howard Beale. Mad as Hell has disappeared as the public sleeps. Only V won’t take it anymore. The totalitarianism regime uses fear and deceit to mange reality, while V uses rebellion to regain human dignity.
The message is clear - vendettas are personal but vigilance is eternal. V proves that repression of ideas is transient when the will of popular insurrection can be resurrected. Hope is timeless when the spirit of historic resistance molds and bands together. Masks in a crowd of anonymous marchers regain legitimate authority when they face down their oppressors.
The veiled analogy to 911 and the War of Terror is noteworthy and the compliance of mass media propaganda in shaping public opinion is obvious. Conduct of conscience as a means to combat tyranny possess great risks under this fictitious despotic government. Violence against the leadership means dead. Security for the country is actually defined as obedience to the State.
V’s quest for revenge pushes the limits of civil behavior. Vengeance is mine is always dangerous, even from maltreated antiheroes. In contrast retribution against oppressive governments comes forth from civil disobedience determination. The inspiration that manifests in deposing unjust governmental hacks is universal. Within each person resides the ability to achieve noble action.
The lesson of V is that dictatorships exist only when good citizens withdraw from the struggle. Allowing artificial perception to be sold as a phony actuality is systemic to modern society. V reminds that true power resides with the people. This reality is what most governments fear the most - an active citizenry willing to attain self-determination and hold government accountable.
Original Investigative Journalism from the
Columnist Guild News Bureau
8 Comments:
I heartily agree. Wasn't it interesting to see the plot of this movie be so blatant in its comparisons to the Bush Administration? There are those who will label the behavior that this movie encourages, not the bombing - rather the questioning of government and its power - as dangerous, terror-loving, and evil. The latter two are false, but it is indeed dangerous - for a tyrannical government, that is. When a government decides to increase its power at the expense of its people, the government should be very afraid. One cannot suppress a people and expect perfect subjugation, for no one wants to live like that. I loved this movie.
By Maenad, at 9:37 AM
Be sure to read the comics themselves, they are even better and more poignant than the film.
Originally published, in Warrior magazine, in 1982 and then finished in 1988, the story rang true in the 80s and is just as relevant today. It begs the question as whether any of us will ever learn?
By robb, at 2:14 PM
I would really like to see this movie and am inspired to take V-like revenge on the author of this review. The language is terrible and needlessly lofty while the sentence structure is without any feeling of flow from one idea to the next. In a word - choppy. That said, despite such terrible writing style, I would still really like to see this movie.
Have a nice day.
By The English Major, at 2:58 PM
In the film, the US no longer exists but is a mess of civil war after Bush's endless wars upon other nations. Britain is a Big Brother state with cameras all around and roving monitors who scan private conversations through the walls (which is what British actually fear is happening). A monster corporate scheme infected innocents with a plague (remniscent of Cathy O'Brien's allegations about Bush Sr.) and has created an NWO-like perpetual emergency state of fear. During an official reaction, dissenters were killed and imprisoned without trial. The film has good elements of public vigilance and closely mirrors the docile crowd of our time, but sometimes goes overboard: a little too much blood, and a scene in which V, himself, uses disguise and tortures the leading woman to teach her to venture beyond fear, into the willingness to die for the revolution. All in all, we need more films of the sort, even if V has some odd thematic catches (a Robin Hood rich hero, torture by the good guys, and patently industrial solutions as when V. distributes masks to thousands, without being caught). What we really need is a blockbuster expose of the US black budget mafia, with an uprising theme (and no single hero, but millions of them).
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By Anonymous, at 9:49 PM
Jewish V For Vendetta movie glorifies terrorism by Bush Crime Family. Gunpowder Plot to bomb British Parliament was exactly 400 years ago, perped by Constable Thomas Percy, ancester of Barbara Pierce Bush, mother of George Bush Jr.
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/piratenewsrss/message/174
VIDEO DOWNLOADS:
http://vforvendetta.warnerbros.com
(Includes Hangman game to test your knowledge of history of
totalitarian dictatorships, and full history of Gunpowder Plot of
1605)
The Gunpowder Plot
http://parliament.uk/documents/upload/g08.pdf
The Gunpowder Plot Society
http://gunpowder-plot.org
The Gunpowder Plot Game BBC
http://bbc.co.uk/history/games/gunpowder/index.shtml
Interactive Guide: Gunpowder Plot
http://guardian.co.uk/flash/0,5860,1605605,00.html
The Weekly News newspaper - 31 Jan 1606
http://exmsft.com/~davidco/History/fawkes1.htm
http://September911Surprise.com
Bush, third cousin to Jewish German Queen Elizabeth of England, did it for the international banksters forclosing US Govt's mortgage. His daddy is Sir
George Bush Sr Knight of the BRITISH Empire, that bombed Washington DC and New Orleans in 1776, 1812, 2001 and 2005.
By Anonymous, at 11:35 PM
To the above inbred, maybe from the south? Do you sit on the verandah, have buck teeth and play a banjo?
By Anonymous, at 10:56 AM
Update: October 1, 2006:
Congress appoints Bush High Chancellor
With bi-partisan support, Bush has been handed broad new powers of interrogation and incarceration.
* Habeaus Corpus repealed
* Constitution now considered "Quaint"
* Geneva Convention Cancelled.
* Torture Legalized
* Gonzales to Judges: Don't screw with Bush
By Anonymous, at 5:32 PM
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