Fahrenheit 451 Movie Review

Starring: Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring, Bee Duffell

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FAHRENHEIT 451 is a movie directed by french director François Truffaut in 1966. Based on Ray Bradbury novel with a musical score by Bernard Herrmann.

Near future on Earth. Oskar - Montag - Werner is well integrated in the repressive society he lives in. He is a fireman whose job is to discover and burn books that a minority of people still read and hide in their apartment. He is married to Linda, a TV and tranquillizers addict. One day, Montag meets Clarisse, a young teacher, on his way home. He enjoys talking to her even if she asks him disturbing questions such as "Did you read a book once in your life, Montag ?". The next day, Montag spares a book, DAVID COPPERFIELD, during his job and read it the whole night through. He soons begins to hide books in his own apartment and gradually loses interest in his work. His fellow companions lead by the cynical Captain Cyril Cusack get suspicious and become potentially dangerous to him.

American/french sci-fi. What a melting pot!
Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar

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Plot
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Romance Yes
Repressive Society Yes
Repression: - controls your mind

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - police/lawman
Age: - 20's-30's
Hair color? - blonde
Hair type - (man) short/medium straight
Body type - average (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - introspective
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
How much in movie? - 40%

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Profession/status: - police/lawman
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can fly
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 90%-100%

Setting
Earth setting: - near future (later in 21st century) - Over controlled society
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Forests? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - vauge references only - kissing - society controls main character's sexuality
Non-American film? Yes
What language? - English
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a - book

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