Farenheit 451
Just got done watching Farenheit 451, by Francois Truffault. It's the first time in ten years I think. Wal-mart of all people was selling it, go figure.
It's an odd little film. It doesn't follow the book well at all. He skips entirely the whole looming atomic war, as well as the destruction of the city by an atomic bomb after he escapes. There is no mechanical hound to chase montag, and the captain is much different. There is no Faber to guide Montag. It does keep the rest of the events pretty well though.
But even for that it is striking. The ending is what gets me, truffault ends with a scene of everyone walking through the village of the book people, reciting to themselves the book they have learned. The whole book people town is almost like a dream, just people surrounding an old railway car. It's so odd.
It's hard to describe it without seeing it. Montag lives in in a very mod house, and goes to work on an elevated tram. It just has such an alien quality to it. Very much a product of the french new wave, despite it being his first american film.
It's an odd little film. It doesn't follow the book well at all. He skips entirely the whole looming atomic war, as well as the destruction of the city by an atomic bomb after he escapes. There is no mechanical hound to chase montag, and the captain is much different. There is no Faber to guide Montag. It does keep the rest of the events pretty well though.
But even for that it is striking. The ending is what gets me, truffault ends with a scene of everyone walking through the village of the book people, reciting to themselves the book they have learned. The whole book people town is almost like a dream, just people surrounding an old railway car. It's so odd.
It's hard to describe it without seeing it. Montag lives in in a very mod house, and goes to work on an elevated tram. It just has such an alien quality to it. Very much a product of the french new wave, despite it being his first american film.