Books the enemy
Books are the enemy. They distort facts, embellish reality, contradict each other and influence the mind. They disturb people, make them anti-social — they prevent people from being happy. “Fahrenheit 451,” on Two tonight, is a screen play based on a novel by Ray Bradbury. , In an unspecified country, at an indeterminate period in time, reading is strictly forbidden and readers are hunted down by the authorities.
In this mindless society, the function of firemen is not to extinguish fires, but to safeguard the public's peace of mind by burning the books. Fireman Captain (Cyril Cusack), beneath a smooth and sometimes benign manner, is a man of great authority, who enjoys the work. In the distant past, he had even had personal knowledge of books, and this adds to his conviction that readers and reading endanger happiness.
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Press, 17 April 1982, Page 13
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139Books the enemy Press, 17 April 1982, Page 13
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