S8 Ep966: (11) Titus Techera critiques the evolution of Animal Farm films, noting the newest version depicts Silicon Valley and AI as villains. He argues this shift denatures Orwell's original anti-totalitarian message for modern ideological purposes. The 1954 vers
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🗓️ 4 June 2026
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| 1:21.7 | Immediately you think George Orwell. |
| 1:31.6 | You think animals on a farm acting like brutes or victims, animal farm. It was published a great acclaim, and there was a movie made very early on, 1954. I learned from a new article at Civitas Outlook from Syvitas |
| 1:38.3 | Institute by Titus Tachara, executive director of the American Cinema Foundation, and host of ACF podcasts. |
| 1:47.2 | He contributes to modern age, national review online, and educating me about animal farm. |
| 1:53.7 | It's not only been remade since 1954, it's been remade twice and the most recent version is a revelation to me. |
| 2:00.0 | Titus a very good evening to you. Animal |
| 2:02.2 | Farm is a magical story that is impossible not to remember forever. All you have to see is that |
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