Genre: science fiction drama
With: Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack
Director: François Truffaut
Release: 1966
Studio: Anglo-Enterprise et al. - Universal Pictures
Rating: -
MBiS score: 8.1/10
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Story-line: in a world of the future governed by an obscure “family”, books are considered dangerously subversive and a team of firemen is called upon to seize and destroy them wherever they are found.
Pluses: a strong story, abstract cinematography, a cold heart and a powerful ending.
Minuses: low-budget aesthetics that may annoy today’s sci-fi fans but don’t subtract from the movie’s inherent value.
Comments: this troubling film based on a Ray Bradbury novel was François Truffaut’s first foray in English language cinema. An outright success.
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