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Fahrenheit 451

Movie · 1966 · 109 min

A chilly, deliberate dystopia that feels like a cautionary dream, mixing intellectual unease with moments of quiet rebellion.

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1966 film directed by François Truffaut
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Year
1966
Runtime
109 min
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • freedom
  • identity
  • rebellion
  • technology
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
Era
near-future
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour2
Realism6
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
drama, science fiction, dystopian, arthouse science fiction
Directed by
François Truffaut
Written by
François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard
Starring
Julie Christie, Oskar Werner, Cyril Cusack, Mark Lester, Anton Diffring, Yvonne Blake, Michael Balfour, Tom Watson
Music
Bernard Herrmann
Cinematography
Nicolas Roeg
Runtime
109 min
Country
France, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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