Fahrenheit 451 Movie Download

6 / 10

Fascinating but lacks tension
Based on the 1951 Ray Bradbury novel, Guy Montag (Oskar Werner) is a part of a book burning squad in the future. The world is a cold heartless place where the totalitarian government has banned all books. His wife Linda (Julie Christie) as well as the rest of society has been drugged and watching TV constantly. He falls for his lively neighbor Clarisse (Julie Christie) who turns out to be a book reader and he reads books that he confiscates.

It’s certainly an interesting piece of art. However I’m not sure it’s a great movie. There is a cold sterilized feel to the movie. The style is definitely dated. It’s a sci-fi more in keeping with the earlier era with a human touch delivered by great french filmmaker François Truffaut. He gives the somewhat flawed but fascinating source material an European touch. The dystopia world should be a lot more scarier but Truffaut is set on making the audience think. The poetic ending is fascinating but still flawed. Nevertheless, it is a very cool idea.Read More