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The classic science fiction novel by Ray Bradbury was a curious choice for one of the leading directors of the French New Wave, François Truffaut. But from the opening credits onward (spoken, not written on screen), Truffaut takes Bradbury's fascinating premise and makes it his own. The futuristic society depicted in Fahrenheit 451 is a culture without books. Firemen still race around in red trucks and wear helmets, but their job is to start fires: they ferret out forbidden stashes of books, douse them with gasoline, and make public bonfires. Oskar Werner, the star of Truffaut's Jules and Jim, plays a fireman named Montag, whose exposure to David Copperfield wakens an instinct toward reading and individual thought. (That's why books are banned--they give people too many ideas.) In an intriguing casting flourish, Julie Christie plays two roles: Montag's bored, drugged-up wife and the woman who helps kindle the spark of rebellion. The great Bernard Herrmann wrote the hard-driving music; Nicolas Roeg provided the cinematography. Fahrenheit 451 received a cool critical reception and has never quite been accepted by Truffaut fans or sci-fi buffs. Its deliberately listless manner has always been a problem, although that is part of its point; the lack of reading has made people dry and empty. If the movie is a bit stiff (Truffaut did not speak English well and never tried another project in English), it nevertheless is full of intriguing touches, and the ending is lyrical and haunting. --Robert Horton
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | François Truffaut |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 14 November, 1966 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Universal Studios |
| MPAA RATING: | Unrated |
| FEATURES: | Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Adult Situations, Allegory, Atmospheric, Bleak, Cathartic, Color, Drama, Eerie, English, Feature, Fighting the System, France, Future Dystopias, Horror / Sci-Fi / Fantasy, Message Movie, Movie, Psychological Sci-Fi, Questionable for Children, Science Fiction, Stylized |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| MPN: | D21240D |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 025192124020 |
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Customer Reviews of Fahrenheit 451
An interesting,under-rated film The reviews of this film have been generallu unfavourable since it was released in 1966.I think they miss the point as well as being unjustified. <
>This is a Europeon take(hemed by Francoise Treuffaut) on a Ray Bradbury novel set in the Mid-West of the USA in the future.It's about a dystopian society that burns books to establisf an intellectuaectually bland and pointless consumer driven society. <
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>The film and script are intentiomally stilted.Many critics toof exception to this,bur I believe it is faithful to Bradbuty's vision and the requirements of the story.The performances by Oskar Werner and Julie Christie,who plays two characters(The vacuous wife(Linda) of Werner's character(Montag) and the woman(Clarissa) who changes his life) are both good.Of special mention is Cyril Cusack as Montag's enigmatic and sinister boss. <
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>There are incocsistancies in the plot,but on the whole this unusual film is worth the effort of watching.
A great classic
A great classic that is pretty faithful for the book. The cinematography is superb and the overall DVD image and sound quality is superb.
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Fahrenheit 451
Timeless story of the evil of political correctness. The cast in this movie is outstanding. Michael Moore deserves to burn in hell for besmirching the name of this movie for his petty drivel.