this is a dupe of:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Ray-Bradbury-commercial-for-prunes

On December 27, 2006, I was looking up a Ray Bradbury short story which had a link to this video, which led me to this now defunct video. A few weeks later, I joined, probably so I could submit videos, I think. Also, so I could upvote. I completely ignored Sift Talk for quite some time, until after I got my gold star.

So, I'm saying thank you right now to everyone who congratulated me in this post, and sorry for the lateness of my reply.

Also, big thank you to whomever linked to here from that Wikipedia page, even if they're not actually a sifter. This website is the best on the Internet.

I had read Fahrenheit 451 years ago but never got around to watching the movie adaption. As always the movie pales in comparison to the book, but it was nonetheless very enjoyable.

The film hasn't aged well, but it was fascinating to see the 60s version of our future, especially the 'walls' which is now reality in the form of flat screen TVs. The final scene with the falling snow and all the book people walking reciting their respective novels was one of my favorite moments, I wish I could sift that seperately.

Ray Bradbury has stated himself that he wrote the book originally against the onslaught* of television, but like all great books it started to stand for more, government censorship and thought control in general, in our current world of government secrecy his work is even more relevant today.

You can see the full film at http://www.videosift.com/video/Fahrenheit-451
* - hat tip detlev409

Nice. Reminds me of the Ray Bradbury video

Tags for this video have been changed from 'jasonb80s extreme caterpillar breakdance jason bradbury suzi perry gadget show' to 'ban jasonb80s, ban jason bradbury, ban suzi, ban the perry gadget show' - edited by MarineGunrock

You folks might be interested to read this interview with Ray Bradbury. He explains how 451 was never meant to be about censorship or governmental control. Rather it was about the people abdicating their intelligence to the "opiate" of television.

It's an interesting read, anyway.

Robot reminds me of this. This needs more votes.

the quote from #92 comes from a ray bradbury story originally, but i'm not sure of the movie. i think 48 might be robin hood...

An interesting film and it is always good to see Julie Christie! I prefer the book (I actually found my copy of Bradbury's book left on a desk when helping out in the school library - someone left it behind and never came back to claim it so after a year the head librarian let me have it! Makes a nice parallel with the content - finding the book by chance, reading and memorising parts in case the owner came back for it and treasuring it when it was given to me!) mostly because the film is a bit rough - it was Truffaut's first English-language film and he apparently didn't get on very well with Oskar Werner.

There is also a story that it snowed by chance during filming of that final scene and that when Bradbury saw it he loved that ending.

Tags changed from "fahrenheit 451,ray bradbury" to "fahrenheit 451,ray bradbury,complete" by gold star member choggie.

Congrats! My sometimes favorite: There Will Come Soft Rains

...mentioned on another post, did not Ray Bradbury give the same gift to the world with his creation??? Same elements, mega-marketing and an army of the faithful??

How to Laugh from the Grave, 101....others include, jehova's witnesses founder,
Charles Taze Russell,
the mormons have Joseph "Multi-Wife" Smith,....
Sun Myung Moon,-Moonies,
Mary Baker Eddy-Christian Science,
William Ellery Channing...Unitarians.. ...pick one...want more??

Paul Twitchell-Echancar....how bout Alistair Crowley-OTO, and Westcott and Mathers-Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.......
and my personal favorite,..
Elizabeth Clare Prophet, founder and leader of the Church Universal and Triumphant
as long as there are systems, process, and creativity......it will continue......makes the world interesting.......sometimes, these whacky systems, work to enlighten.....and of course, make us laugh.

...how about, a sci-fi writer, coming up with a system that people believe works....it does work, if that's your perception??? Wrong? For You!(Why, with your backward process, fair reader, you there believing that YOUR way of thinking is the healthiest....POPPYCOCK!)
....Bradbury started his own religion/cult/that makes money, to this day.......called what, Star Trek....and selfish hypocrits want to hate him for it.?, Au Contrare, we applaude his vision, blah blah blaegeegeghh!
...same mechanism that makes atheists hate prayer in schools....this is the evil saatannn that takes your attention away from the reeeeel issue.....yer fuckin ego is bigger tahn MYY fucking Ego????!!!! WE CAN"T HAVE IT!

More power to Hubbard, as he has gone to the other side, with something to laugh his ass off to, for as long as ding dongs like Cruise, buy his soft drinks!

SHHHHHHHHHWINGGGG!