Francois Truffaut’s, "Fahrenheit 451" (1966) - Part 1

An excellent adaptation of a great novel and in keeping with the spirit of Bradbury’s classic story.

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“Fahrenheit 451” is a 1966 British dystopian sci-fi film directed by François Truffaut, starring Julie Christie, Oskar Werner, and Cyril Cusack. The film is based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Ray Bradbury. The story is set in a future tightly controlled society in which the government deploys firemen to incinerate all literature in order to prevent any independent thinking that might upset the established order of things.

This post concentrates on Truffaut’s film version of Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451.” Any mention or consideration of Bradbury’s excellent novel is confined to “The Points Of Interest” section in the next post (part 2).

Note: In the world of “Fahrenheit 451” books and print have been banned and upon discovery are put to the flame and burned to ashes. Therefore, the story’s synopsis will be in the form of a mp3 file which you can download here:

Mp3 File Film Synopsis

PDF Download (Film Synopsis)

BBC Radio Play Adaptation

EPUB/PDF Book 

Audiobook

Full Film Link

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