Fahrenheit 451

Year: 1966

Grade: C+

Country: UK

Director: Truffaut

Review

visually it’s pretty good film. and, of course, the story is a classic. but i found it to be too detached, especially considering the subject matter. i don’t remember the book very well, but it seems to me that the protagonist would have been a more empathetic character. in the film, though, there doesn’t seem to be enough humanity from the two main sympathetic characters. frank darabont (shawshank redemption) is set to direct the 2005 film version of the book and i expect it will be better than this one. despite the great color scheme and some decent acting, i can’t give this one a great grade because it did only a little with a lot.