Burning Point of Paper

Angie 2022-01-14 08:01:08

Failed works. 451 degrees Fahrenheit is the burning point of paper.

The title of the original work of HBO's TV movie is extremely big. This is a classic of anti-authoritarian and ignorant policies. If you haven't watched it, go find a corner to reflect. This is a fantasy work, but for the three thousand years of Chinese civilization (say two thousand years less, five thousand years is indeed bragging), there have been too many such fantasy events, the most recent is only half a century ago. To put it far, as far as this adaptation of HBO is concerned, it is a failure.

First of all, moving the background to a technologically advanced future is in contradiction with the setting of the work itself. If the dissemination of knowledge is prohibited, how can the development of science and technology come from, and where does the knowledge to create science and technology come from?

Second, in the future high-tech society, all works are written by machines, and humans are prohibited from spreading all the literature created by humans in the past, but physical books or electronic versions such as art. To put it a bit closer, in the current social reality, physical books have begun to be slowly eroded by electronic reading materials. In fact, it can be said that it is progress. Humans can store a large number of works created in the past in a simpler and faster way. Books become electronic books. The emphasis in the movie is still on the burning of physical books and the server that stores e-books, which is obviously far-fetched.

Third, the rebel's solution is to store all human knowledge in DNA and spread the works created by humans in the form of DNA infection, so that all humans in the world will passively accept these works that they have been restricted and never accepted. This solution is really a bit clever and very sci-fi. Maybe such a solution should have a foundation, right? Isn't it possible for a group of people who have never seen a book to create it?

Fourth, I’m going to talk about actors again, the captain of the villain’s arson team. I feel sick when I see this actor. I’ve got a face full of flesh. When I see it, I’m labelled. It’s despicable and unscrupulous, there is no bottom line, etc. Wait, anyway, I hate all the roles this actor plays. From "Atlantic Empire" to "Nocturnal Animals", to "The Shape of Water", to this "Fahrenheit 451", every one of his villains is contemptuous, and he has to spray out overnight for dinner, maybe you will say This shows that he played the villain well, but I really don't agree with it.

The highlight of the film, think about it, is still there, imitating the "Blade Runner" using skyscrapers as a big screen promotion, the light effect is excellent; the female pig is very cute.

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Extended Reading
  • Christian 2022-03-25 09:01:17

    It can be seen that the filming is very intentional, but many plots are still too naive + old-fashioned. If you have more experience, you will understand that the details cannot stand scrutiny. The photography, music, and special effects are all top-notch. Although the story is not amazing, it is also worth watching. Burn for America again is a satire of Trump. The only unexpected thing is that the male protagonist is like this Sacrificed, and his boss has so many foreshadowings that have not changed. If you want to express that the boss himself makes an exception but still can't break out of the existing system, it will be better to describe it more clearly

  • Monte 2022-03-16 09:01:06

    #Cannes2018-13 Second-rate American assembly line products are hard to see and make people angry. Setting a big brain and being extremely stupid are two different things. The film belongs to stupidity. It is really torment to watch the actors acting in a serious manner.

Fahrenheit 451 quotes

  • Clarisse McClellan: Why do I always make you nervous?

    Guy Montag: You don't.

    Clarisse McClellan: When I see you burning up Eel's lives, you don't look nervous.

    Guy Montag: That's because I'm very good at my job.

    Clarisse McClellan: Hmm. Have you ever thought, even for one second, why you do what you do? You should try reading before burning.

  • Captain Beatty: Do you want to know what's inside all these books? Insanity. The Eels want to measure their place in the universe, so they turn to these novels about non-existent people. Or worse, philosophers. Look, here's Spinoza. One expert screaming down another expert's throat. "We have free will. No, all of our actions are predetermined." Each one says the opposite, and a man comes away lost, feeling more bestial and lonely than before. Now, if you don't want a person unhappy, you don't give them two sides of a question to worry about.

    Guy Montag: Just give 'em one.

    Captain Beatty: Better yet, none.