FAHRENHEIT 451 "Do You Ever Read the Books You Burn?"

[MadGamer3945]

I Remember This movie when I going to High School. My final year. In Mass Media Class. We did a study on it.

[TashkentFox]

One of those television aeriels at the beginning is on my house.

[zuebee]

Way cool! Where was the house?

[TashkentFox]

Manchester, it's the X-shaped one at around 0:06. I can tell it's ours because I recognise the building in the foreground.

[hingamp]

no. it's mine!

[michaelwright999]

saw it 1972 remember it great movie.

[flaviudm]

I have paused the movie just to make sure that they have missed Sallinger's "The Catcher in the Rye". Seeing it burning (even if it was just a movie) was one of the saddest things in my life.

[minutegongcoughs]

Even James Hadley Chase was in the burn. Henry Miller's Plexus. Nabokov's Lolita (Not the Paris Olympia Press edition)

[minutegongcoughs]

Even Dennis Wheatley mad it into the burn along with Henry Miller. Nice to see no First Editions (in dust wrapper) were sparked. Nabakov's wasn't the Olympia Press edition, thank God. Cyril Cusack's inimitable acting skills as usual. 5*

[junoelbereth]

in the book, Clarisse is a 17 year old girl. And dies in an accident. Oh, It is necessary to think very much to answer your question

[jefferyklassen]

interesting edit. thanks.

[cLd20083]

one of my favourite among FARM ANIMAL and 1984...bradbury`s masterpiece...

[ifasmile]

Thanks for sharing...

very glad this great movie, one of my favorites since years... is on YT

We need such reflexion !

[Marlis811]

liekd it... but that can't be Clarisse... she's much too old and she has brown hair!

[Ragaapoo]

how do u noe she has brown hair/

[muskndusk]

This is a brilliant edit and makes the point succinctly.

[zuebee]

Thanks for the positive comment! The story of a government controlling the citizens by banning the reading of books and then filling their minds with lies is all too scary (and too close to home in these modern times).

[ILuvMusic1323]

Hey can u upload the movie please i need it urgently for a english essay.

[zuebee]

Sorry but I rented this movie and have since returned it. :-( The book reads a little differently than the movie script so be forewarned about using it for an English essay.

[samuelmichaud]

the new movie will be better...i hope...better interpretations of what it felt like in there...dark scenery...the little girl and the silence...the tv room...the mechanical hound and the firemen...yeah...a new 1984 would be good too...they could make it less boring perhaps by hearing the main character think

[mendoncacorreia]

I have a personal library with more than 10.000 books. What would I be without them?...

[BeatBuddy]

If you don't have any books by Patricia Highsmith, then your library is incomplete.

[SumizomeYuki]

Odd... I always imagined Clarisse with long hair... Heh heh.

This is actually quite different from what I imagined it being when I read the book.

We, my group at school, did a book report on Fahrenheit 451 and we had Clarisse with long blonde hair, Mildred with red hair and Montag with dark brown hair! ^^ Hee hee.

Totally different. Thanks for posting this!

[thechase2]

have you read a story called Harrison Bergeon?

[zuebee]

Yes, I've read the short story "Harrison Bergeon" by Kurt Vonnegut and it's "a doozy" of a story! Similar to Bradbury's tale of the future where all citizens are to be equal and not think for themselves. Kinda scary in these times of Homeland Security and the gov't mind-think in general.

[herbman1975]

We love you Ray! For God's sake write another 'Something Wicked This Way Comes'! It's been a while brother!

[seemantini83]

hi....you are much into films...thank you so much for your postings! i would really appreciate if you post some of Satyajit Ray's and Rittik Ghatak's classics which use the same motif of civilization winning over lives and human emotions.

[zuebee]

I will look for these directors. I only speak English so it would be hard to edit but I'll see how much of the story line I can understand from the subtitles. Sometimes subtitles do not fully convey the meaning of a film and you find yourself confused about the true emotional outlook as the director intended.

[seemantini83]

yeah i know...that is y i don't like translations much...it really fails to convey the true essence of the subject. but what I could understand from ur profile...u r a film lover and I wud suggest u to watch Satyajit Ray and Rittik Ghatak, two world famous film makers from Bengal, India. Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray is a must see. I hope u have heard their names...Plz let me know if u get to see these films and like them.

[zuebee]

I found a copy of "Mahanagar" directed by Satyajit Ray to rent from Netflix and will be viewing it within the next week. I'll let you know if I liked it.

[seemantini83]

sure do that ...waiting eagerly for your comments !!! :)

[Kapp2007]

the similarity of our 2007 society to this book is eerie...

People with giant tv's on their walls = plasma screens

People who are more excited about the lives of their "tv family" than to their own real family = reality shows like the Osbournes or Newlyweds, or even "The Hills"

people having small radios in their ears 24 hours a day = iPods

[zuebee]

I am old enough to remember when giant TVs, reality shows, and tiny radios that fit in your ears were, indeed, science fiction. It is the mentality of the population, not thinking for themselves and believing the talking heads on the screen, that scares me... just look around and you can see it happening right now.

[Clarkticus]

Excellent, thank you for posting this. This is a book that I believe everyone should read.

[martinmax69]

Cinematique Classic....and a damn good book as well!

[kimo56]

Nice clip. The question "Do you ever read the books you burn" has been asked through out time. Sadly, society's answer has always been to build the bonfires bigger.

[salemkapsaski]

one amazing book and one amazing film! thanks for sharing! great editing! loved it!

[zuebee]

I am old enough that I first saw this in 1966 and it has always been a thought-provoking film. My daughter saw this and all she could say was, "They burn books... how could they do that.. how could they not read the books themselves?" It helped inspire me to do this edit. If you don't like it... fine... but please make sure to watch this film for yourself or even better, read the book by Ray Bradbury... which bears alarming resemblances to our own modern society, frightening and prophetic.