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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Aug 4, 2012
Pros: Intriguing revisit to 1960's futuristic world
Cons: Movie left out quite a bit from the book.
Summary: The theme is all too familiar, that being the State attempting to control the people through pervasive means without respect to privacy. Some citizens resist this form of dictatorship, yet their brothers and sisters will be compelled to turn them in. The ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 14, 2003
Pros: Great music score; snappy opening
Cons: Robotic acting by all
Summary: Movie legend has it that a foreign film director wanted his actors to be robots. He rehearsed the actors dozens of times until, too tired to put their own emotions into their work, the actors came off like zombies when they were filmed. That director w ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 11, 2002
Pros: Brilliant cinematic vision; incredible socially relevant content
Cons: Slow moving
Summary: Francois Truffaut, recognized French director, took a bit of a diversion from his usual film with his 1966 film FAHRENHEIT 451, which was filmed in English and in color, both firsts for the director, and was based on the 1951 novel of the same name by ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 8, 2001
Pros: Well, it did come from a great novel
Cons: Truffaut's worst film, and wooden acting from most of the cast
Summary: When one loves Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, and films like Truffaut's The 400 Blows, and Jules and Jim, the fusion of the two great talents is going to work, right?
Right?
Well, not necessarily, as Truffaut's version of Bradbury's novel ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 8, 2001
Pros: Truffaut does a fine job directing Ray Bradbury's great story.
Cons: The special effects are admittedly dated by today's standards.
Summary: When François Truffaut took on the task of making Fahrenheit 451, he was so excited that he forgot to make it as great as it could have been. Now, lets not say that it is a bad film, but it is not really what might be considered a stand-out Truffaut ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 7, 2000
Pros: Serious adaptation of the book
Cons: A difficult movie to love in some ways
Summary: Most of the reviews of "Fahrenheit 451" have centered on comparisons to the book, which, I've heard, ranks as one of the classics in the area of futuristic philosophy. Well, I haven't read the book. (I know -- shame, shame.) When I had the ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 28, 2000
Pros: Great symbolism-wonderful plot- great(non Hollywood)ending
Cons: no special effects-70s style sets(eye popping orange and chrome)
Summary: This is a movie which you have probably seen part of. It is one of those movies that pop up on cable-late at night- while your flipping through the channels and you watch for 15 to 20 minutes. It is a little abstract but once you are in the flow ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 5, 2000
Pros: Good balance between fantasy and realism
Cons: No Mechanical Hound
Summary: Interprets the book liberally, but powerful in its own right.
It is fair to say that Francois Truffaut's ("Shoot the Piano Player," "Love on the Run," etc.) "Fahrenheit 451" (1966) adapts the idea and the intent ... read more
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