Sofia Lamb and 1984 - A BioShock Video Essay | Part II

Part II of a series of video essays dissecting the world of the BioShock video game series and its source materials, Atlas Shrugged and 1984.

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PART I - Andrew Ryan and Atlas Shrugged
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PART III - BioShock and Humanity
BioShock and Humanity - A BioShock Vi...


References:

"1984," dir. Michael Radford (1984)

"1984," George Orwell (1949)

"Adoration of the Mystic Lamb," Hubert and Jan van Eyck (c. 1425-32)

"The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth," Edmund McMillen (2014)

"Comedian," Maurizio Cattelan (2019)
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mau...

"The Creation of Adam," Michelangelo (c. 1512)

"The Fall of Hephaestus," C. Van Poelenburg (17th century)

"Hephaestus at the Forge," Guillaume Coustou (1742)

"Nineteen Eighty-Four," dir. Rudolph Cartier (1954)

"Number 1A, 1948," Jackson Pollock (1948)
https://www.moma.org/collection/works...

"The Rape of Proserpina," Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1621-2)

"The Starry Night," Vincent van Gogh (1889)

Statue of syncretic Isis-Persephone (c. 180-190)

"Tree falling in the woods," Mark Hall (2013)
Tree falling in the woods

"Utopia Hub," Mitchell Stuart (2018)
https://mitcharts.artstation.com/proj...


TIME STAMPS:

00:00 Intro
03:11 Lamb's Ideals
07:40 Eleanor the Savior
10:20 Lamb's Family
15:28 Religious Allusions
18:05 Neglecting Eleanor
20:48 Lamb v. Ryan
27:25 Ideological Preservation
29:36 The Contrast to a T
30:50 Conclusion