Greene’s Screen Podcast: V for Vendetta

Today we are joined by Leo, Konstantin, Johnny, and Ethan, students at Greene’s College Oxford, as we take a look at the 2005 film, V for Vendetta.

V for Vendetta, based on the DC comics series of the same name written by Alan Moore, is a 2006 dystopian political action film directed by James McTeigue (Mc-Teeg) in his directorial debut, with a screenplay written by the Wachowski sisters. The film is set in a futuristic, fascistic, totalitarian United Kingdom where a masked vigilante and anarchist, only going by the name of V, played by Hugo Weaving, attempts to ignite a revolution through elaborate terrorist acts. A young woman named Evey Hammond, played by Natalie Portman, is caught up in his plot after he saves her from a group of secret police known as the “Finger Men”. A police detective named Finch, played by Stephen Rea, attempts to unravel the mystery behind the vigilante but gets caught up in secrets that may threaten his own life in the process.

 

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In the Greene’s Screen Podcast, students at Greene’s College Oxford take a look at films and short films and tackle the questions that often go unanswered. Tune in every other Friday!