"In a bleak futuristic society, a party operative writes desperate letters to a bookshop in London."

I got the 84 Charing Cross Road reference (three of my favorite actors:   Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, and Judi Dench) right away, but being something of a science fiction fan, I've seen a fair number of movies about bleak, futuristic societies and I was thinking more along the lines of the "Mad Max" trilogy. I did see 1984 with Edmond O'Brien on late night television umpteen years ago, but the book was so much more impressive that I've never thought of it in terms of a movie. Suddenly, of course, it becomes obvious!

Don Firth