On a film that burns at Fahrenheit 451

Authors

  • Tiago Lanna Pissolati Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1678-2054.2015v29p76

Keywords:

Book burning, Cinema, Literature and horror, Flow of life, Decline of experience

Abstract

Based upon the novel by Ray Bradbury, the film Fahrenheit 451, by François Truffaut, builds itself around a strong image: the burning of books. The purpose of this paper is to expose the ways in which the latent horror in the film’s flames traces back to the book burnings that have happened throughout our History. In order to do so, the reflections of Siegfried Kracauer on cinema and the “flow of life” are sought, as well as the notion of decline of experience in the writings of Walter Benjamin.

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Author Biography

Tiago Lanna Pissolati, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Master in Literary Studies from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. PhD student in Literature at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.

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Published

2015-12-05

How to Cite

Pissolati, Tiago Lanna. “On a Film That Burns at Fahrenheit 451”. Terra Roxa E Outras Terras: Revista De Estudos Literários, vol. 29, Dec. 2015, pp. 76-86, doi:10.5433/1678-2054.2015v29p76.

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