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Mar 7, 2018 · The release of HBO' Fahrenheit 451 isn't only important because of the many ways in which it can serve as a mirror Americans can see their reality reflected in. Its timing is also crucial...
- Sadie Trombetta
- Not Just Burning Books, But Smashing Hard Drives
- Montag Isn’T Married
- Clarisse Is An Adult Love Interest, Not A Teenage Neighbor
When Bahrani first pitched the idea of adapting “Fahrenheit 451” to HBO, he was excited about how he could update the story from a ’50s version of the future to a 2018 look at what’s next. “It had stayed in my mind as something that could be good to reimagine in modern times, mainly because of the growth of technology; specifically, the internet an...
One of the big first-act changes the movie made was getting rid of Montag’s wife. In the book, Montag is married to Mildred, who is first introduced when she overdoses on sleeping pills and has to be rushed to the hospital. The next day, she doesn’t remember anything that happened or why she was driven to take so many pills. “I always struggled in ...
“Once you take Millie out, [Montag’s] relationship with Beatty and Clarisse and also Yuxie — which is kind of his wife in the movie — raises; it goes up,” Bahrani said. “And in the book, yeah, [Clarisse] is 17 and in my version she’s actually older than Montag; she’s older, smarter, more experienced, has been through different experiences and proba...
- Ben Travers
Jun 14, 2018 · An early version of “Fahrenheit 451” was published in the February 1951 issue of Galaxy, a science fiction magazine that ran from 1950-80. The story was titled “The Fireman” and came in at 25,000 words. Bradbury doubled it into a proper novel length in 1953. He also wisely changed the title to the temperature at which book paper burns.
May 16, 2019 · Both versions have just enough similarities and differences to make them both worth watching. I’d recommend reading the novel by Ray Bradbury first, and then viewing the movies in chronological order. You’ll find both versions of the film at DVD Netflix and the book at your local library. It’s a classic.
Fahrenheit 451 is a 2018 American dystopian drama film directed and co-written by Ramin Bahrani, based on the 1953 book of the same name by Ray Bradbury. It stars Michael B. Jordan, Michael Shannon, Khandi Alexander, Sofia Boutella, Lilly Singh, Grace Lynn Kung and Martin Donovan.
HBO's Fahrenheit 451 is horrifically beautiful. It feels both divorced from and intrinsically tied to its source material, the 1953 dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury. Full Review | Jun 28, 2018
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In a future society where books are banned and burned, a fireman begins to read in secret and discovers an underground rebellion committed to protecting literature. Watch Fahrenheit 451 with a...
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