Fahrenheit 451
1966, NR, 111 min.
Directed by François Truffaut, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Julie Christie, Oskar Werner, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring.

Truffaut’s only film in English is an adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s science fiction novel about a future in which books are banned and their possession is a high crime. Werner plays a dutiful fireman whose job it is to burn books until one day the seeds of doubt are planted in his head. The movie is filmed in a rather low-key, dispassionate manner; the score is by Bernard Herrmann.

This article appears in July 16 • 1999 (Cover).

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.