Fahrenheit 451 (UK, 1966)
a film by François Truffaut
Fahrenheit 451 is a 1966 film of a dystopian future, based on the novel by Ray Bradbury.
The central character, Guy Montag, is a firefighter who lives in a totalitarian and isolated society where books have been outlawed by a government fearing an independent-thinking public. It is the duty of firefighters to burn any books on sight or said collections that have been reported by informants. People in this society including Montag's wife are drugged into compliancy and get their information from wall-length television screens. After Montag falls in love with book-hoarding Clarisse, he begins to read confiscated books. It is through this relationship that he begins to question the government's motives behind book-burning. Montag is soon found out, and he must decide whether to return to his job or run away knowing full well the consequences that he could face if captured.
About the book:
Fahrenheit 451 (1953) is a fiction novel by Ray Bradbury. The main themes in the book are the Individual Vs. Society, the Importance of Literature, Propaganda and Censorship, Techonology, Animal Imagery, Paradoxes, Religion and Knowledge Vs. Ignorance.
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