Hurt rather excels in finding what is special within the observation of the average man in this society. John Hurt emphasizing though effectively the average nature of Winston, he is not a man who is of some great note, and Hurt plays into this, however he does not use this as an excuse for a boring performance.
This where he delivers in a way perhaps one of his most straight forward performances, this to the point that he even seems to ease back on his throat just a bit, that which typically carried a harsher tone even as relatively younger man. The early scenes of the film are as we come to experience the existence through John Hurt's performance. Hurt only showing a minor hesitation, a minor hesitation of any free will, and with that we have our man that is Winston Smith. This being part of a mass hysteria, albeit less intense one, supporting the violent causes of the their government against the apparent traitors. We follow Winston Smith as he enters into the world seemingly content to be part of it, as we open the film by watching him watch the government propaganda broadcast. Returning again to the great John Hurt, in his banner year of 1984, where he made for a surprising, yet convincing, sporting lead in Champions, a notable against type turn as a cunning hit-man in The Hit, and here in the role Winston Smith, a character very much created with the intention to be our average man in this world. 1984 is not quite definitive, but certainly an effective adaptation of George Orwell's tale of a dystopian future, where thought itself is strictly regulated.
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