Transcript V for Vendetta

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?
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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":
V quotes from Shakeseare’s Macbeth and
also from Twelfth Night (which is subtitled
“Or What You Will”)
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 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’s “birth” from Lockhorn
is similar to the narrator’s
“birth” after his accident in
The Gargoyle
V is figuratively born of fire
Evey is figuratively born of
rain