Review - Fahrenheit 451

Francois Truffaut directs this depressing movie version of Ray Bradbury’s depressing novel about a future world in which books are illegal and firemen charged with the duty of hunting them down and incinerating them. If you have no particular affection for books, you’re likely to find this a long, dated bore of a movie. On the other hand, if you do enjoy the company of the printed word then this will be an extended bummer. The production was ahead of its time but now looks more than a little dated. Mildly amusing