Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

Review: Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

Director: François Truffaut

Cast: Julie Christie, Oskar Werner, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring, Jeremy Spenser,

Julie Christie
Julie Christie
Oskar Werner
Oskar Werner
Cyril Cusack
Cyril Cusack
Anton Diffring
Anton Diffring
Jeremy Spenser
Jeremy Spenser

Plot: In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of his vocation…

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Entering Other Worlds, part 1

Entering Other Worlds, part 1

Watching Betrand Tavernier’s sombre, moving Death Watch (1980) recently, I started wondering about mainstream filmmakers who tried their hand just once at science fiction. While Tavernier’s film fits in with the humanistic themes […]

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