#enigma machine

10th year anniversary of The Imitation Game

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the US release of The Imitation Game on 14 Nov 2014. A beautiful, important film.

In this scene, Alan Turing (portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch) and his colleagues at Bletchley Park finally cracked the code for the Enigma machine using the computer Alan invented and built.

This helped the war effort no end, saving an estimated 14 million lives and bringing the end of the war forward by two years. Sadly, rather than be fêted for the visionary genius and hero that he was, Alan Turing was vilified and cruelly mistreated by the UK state for being gay (he was chemically castrated). He ended up committing suicide.

Listen to Matthew Goode in today's other post talking about why it is important that this story be told:

NY premiere - the cast, director and Sophie:

Credits:

Director: Morten Tyldum. Written by Graham Moore. Cinematography by Óscar Faura. Music by Alexandre Desplat.

📷 The Imitation game (2014) my edits + official movie stills and theatrical release poster (via matthew-goode.net)

📷 Photo of Alan Turing by Godrey Argent Studio via The Royal Society

Link to red carpet interview:

Happy Rosie Friday! We're back with and Canada themed ep for you. Season 2 of X Company might be the most brutal yet — and we're here for it. On this week’s Rosie the Reviewer, we’re talking:

🕵️ Alfred’s Magneto prison aesthetic 💔 Aurora’s emotionally devastating choices 💍 Sabine’s stolen necklace of doom 🧠 The Enigma machine (aka fancy Nazi typewriter) 👀 And Faber, the soft-spoken war criminal you want to punch

Also? We dive into some alternative theories about why the Dieppe raid happened. Was Ian Fleming involved? Who knows, really. Check out the trailer:

🎧 Listen now and tag a friend who loves historical drama with feelings.

The assignment was not about Alan Turing whatsoever. It was about WW2, specifically D-Day. The assignment was to watch a video and write 3 annotations. I responded to one which was referring to covert intelligence used by the Allied forces, which then prompted me to bring up Enigma, and if I bring up Enigma I have to bring up Alan Turing, AND THEN ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER AND I ACCIDENTALLY WROTE AN ESSAY ABOUT ALAN TURING AND BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND JOHN FUCKING LEECH (fucking love you, John Leech <3)