Fahrenheit 451, 1966. A member of the dystopian book-burning brigade takes up reading.
Directed by François Truffaut. Written by Truffaut & Jean-Louis Richard, based on a book by Ray Bradbury. Starring Julie Christie & Oskar Werner.
Concept: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Story: 1/4 (Bad)
Characters: 1/4 (Bad)
Dialog: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Pacing: 1/4 (Bad)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: 1/4 (Bad)
Acting: 1/4 (Bad)
Music: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Subjective Rating: 4/10 (Eh, 2/4). Soooo boring. According to IMDb's trivia, Werner insisted on giving a robotic performance. Considering that the movie has essentially the story of a character study, and 90% of the character development needed to be conveyed through the performance, you're left with no movie. Again from the trivia page: "[Truffaut] later declared that if he hadn't wasted six years attempting to make the film, he would have left the set like a shot." That pretty well sums up the movie.
Objective Rating (Average): 1.5/4 (Eh)
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