The movie Fahrenheit 451 is directed by Francois Truffaut and is based off of the novel written by Ray Bradbury. Before this I had read Fahrenheit 451 and was quickly interested in seeing the movie based off such a great novel. The title of the novel and book is a clever reference to the temperature at which books burn at. The movie as do most movies based on books, strays from the book a fair amount, but still remains faithful at many points.
The movie follows Guy Montag, a firefighter in very bleak future run by a totalitarian government. However, firefighters in this future are the exact opposite of what we know a firefighter does. The government hires these firefighters to burn and destroy any book they can get their hands on. In this future books are illegal and harboring them is a crime. Guy Montag follows along blindly, living the same exact life as everyone else. This all changes when he meets his neighbor Clarisse. She makes him see what the government is doing and learns to become interested in the information he has been destroying all his life.
This movie lives up to the novel, and is an excellent view. It maintains its point against the reason things should not be censored as it leads to a future of a mindless culture groomed to do nothing but the governments bidding. The story is very compelling while I believe holds a very important message about censorship and the negatives it can cause.
No comments:
Post a Comment