2018 · drama · sci-fi · thriller
Fahrenheit 451
Directed by Ramin Bahrani1h 40m2018
In an oppressive future, a 'fireman' whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.
Our read: Fahrenheit 451 (2018) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded drama · sci-fi · thriller entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured drama / sci-fi, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, epic, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- cold
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