Fahrenheit 451

Nitcentral's Bulletin Brash Reflections: Movies: Science Fiction/Fantasy: Fahrenheit 451

By John A. Lang on Tuesday, April 22, 2003 - 11:51 am:

This is for sci-fi movies which may not take up an entire board to nitpick or discuss.


By John A. Lang on Tuesday, April 22, 2003 - 11:56 am:

FAHRENHEIT 451:

Interesting stuff: The main credits are READ ALOUD to the audience...there are no layovers....to get the audience into the spirit of the movie...about a society that is not allowed to read)

Cool stuff: The monorail system. The flamethrowers.

NANJAO: Julie Christie plays both Montag's wife and mistress. (To save $ on the budget I guess)

NITS: If no one is allowed to read books, why is newspaper reading considered ethical? (Montag reads a newspaper several times)

The flying firemen with the jetpacks was totally fake looking...you could see the wires from a mile away.


By LUIGI NOVI on Tuesday, April 22, 2003 - 9:56 pm:

How do you know it may or may not take up an entire board? When people start a new board for a movie not already listed, they may likely just give the movie it's own board, rather than put it here. I've certainly started boards for movies for which I had as much to say as you did here, John, or even less. :)


By Butch Brookshier on Wednesday, April 23, 2003 - 9:27 am:

I think Jake needs to make the call on this. Whether he would rather have a Miscellaneous category or a number of individual boards that don't get much discussion.


By John A. Lang on Wednesday, April 23, 2003 - 10:22 am:

Another thing I found funny about "F-451" was...one of the books in the hidden library was a book by "MAD" magazine publishers.

CUTE MOMENT: One of the "Book People" said that he memorized "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury


By Chris Diehl on Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 8:09 pm:

I can think of a reason why newspapers would be accepted. They are probably government-run and contain only approved information and propaganda. All the newspapers would be alike and tell people the same things, whereas books are all different and confusing (the rationale behind destroying them). Radio and TV would probably be more common sources of information, but such a government would cover all the bases.


By Tim McCree (Tim_m) on Saturday, December 30, 2023 - 5:36 am:

An expansion of an idea that Mr. Bradbury did in The Martian Chronicles. A segment called Usher II, which was about a book burning Fascist government.


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