# Is there a movie uglier than 1971's Get Carter?

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**Created:** [May 17, 2019, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-movie-uglier-than-1971s-get-carter/834085 "2019-05-17T00:09:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-movie-uglier-than-1971s-get-carter/834085/21 "2019-05-18T04:10:24Z")

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> You want ugly?
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> Watch the 1984 version of George Orwell’s **1984**. They wanted to depict Orwell’s dystopian England as he described it, so it truly is a depressing mess.
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> The wonderful thing is, they shot it on location, in Britain, during the precise time the story is alleged to take place. They didn’t have to build the sets or go out of their way to find ugly, depressing locale in then-present-day London.

I lack the cinema experience of many in this thread, but Cal’s right: 1984 is one of the ugliest movies I’ve ever seen. That the filmmakers could simply look around and find the grime and squalor in 1984 Britain is icing on the cake. It makes it painful to want to watch again, which is a pity, as I remember John Hurt did a great job as Winston.

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