What Should You Know About That “V for Vendetta” Scene?
The inedible dialogue “remember, remember the fifth of November,” reminiscent of an eternal revolutionary effervescence is a dialogue from the movie V for Vendetta. In this time of political enthusiasm and the expanding opinions in the social-political landscapes, a need for change has led us to remember a film from 2005 whose philosophical ideas are still relevant today. The film was made by James McTeigue based on a DC Vertigo graphic novel written by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, which explored the turbulent United Kingdom reeling from a fascist regime led by Adam Sutler. Sutler receives no challenge to his brutal dictatorship until the point an obscure man wearing a mask called V (played by Hugo Weaving) threatens to challenge him. He attempts to start a rebellion in the city by causing a few bomb blasts across the capital. He takes the help of a young and enthusiastic reporter Evey (played by Natalie Portman), to destabilize the regime and start a new just world. The film ...