Raoul Peck's 'Orwell: 2+2=5' Is Brilliant and Exhilarating

Raoul Peck's 'Orwell: 2+2=5' Is Brilliant and Exhilarating

Raoul Peck is one of our most valuable documentary filmmakers. Instead of just presenting us with information, he shows us ways of seeing, inspiring us to look for patterns and connections we might not have seen otherwise. That’s the principle at work in his new documentary Orwell: 2+2=5, premiering at the Cannes Film Festival. You can know George Orwell’s work backward and forward and still find something new in Peck’s film; or you can be an Or…