If you thought the book was weird, check out the BBC's take on it.
The people are a bit robotic at times, their clothes are a bit , but overall, the creative liberties taken by director Burt Brinckerhoff make things pretty easy to understand.
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Meet Aldous Huxley
Get to know Aldous Huxley, the man behind Brave New World, which has been celebrated as a quintessential dystopian British novel. (What exactly is meant by "dystopian literature"? Click here to find out.)
For more Aldous Huxley, check out the interview segment below in which Huxley discusses culture and human intelligence:
Based on the clip above and following quotes credited to Huxley, what do you make of his world view?
- "Experience teaches only the teachable."
- "Maybe this world is another planet's hell."
- "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."
- "Most human being have an almost infinite for taking things for granted."
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