Fahrenheit 451
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The film presents a future in which all books are restricted, individual people are anti-social and hedonistic, and critical thought is suppressed. The central character, Guy Montag, is employed as a "fireman" (which, in this future, means "book burner"). The number "451" refers to the temperature (in Fahrenheit) at which a book or paper burns.
It is anticipated that a second version will begin filming in 2008 (unless it really happens, then there will be no movie needed). At least two BBC Radio 4 dramatizations have also been aired, both of which follow the book very closely.
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury's dystopian soft science fiction novel, was published in 1953. It first appeared as the novella, The Fireman, in the February 1951 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction. It is a critique of what Bradbury saw as an increasingly dysfunctional American society, written in the early years of the Cold War.
Parts of this book still haunt me today and I believe this should be, if it isn't already, required reading.
It is anticipated that a second version will begin filming in 2008 (unless it really happens, then there will be no movie needed). At least two BBC Radio 4 dramatizations have also been aired, both of which follow the book very closely.
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury's dystopian soft science fiction novel, was published in 1953. It first appeared as the novella, The Fireman, in the February 1951 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction. It is a critique of what Bradbury saw as an increasingly dysfunctional American society, written in the early years of the Cold War.
Parts of this book still haunt me today and I believe this should be, if it isn't already, required reading.
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drymama
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The film was very cool, but I I felt like it kind of sugar-coated some of the details from the book. I wish they'd have kept some of the dark details from the book, because I agree, it's very powerful.
- 4 years ago
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drymama
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JanforGore
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Scared the hell out of me. I think Bradbury's main impetus in writing this was to show television's hold over society that had taken away the desire to read and become informed. In that respect then the book is not fiction as we can see clearly today that the television medium controls the message, which in essence has burned books without needing fire.
- 4 years ago
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JanforGore
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matlaroche
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i love that film!
- 4 years ago
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matlaroche
