Francois Truffaut

Remote Control (1988)

The Eighties were a really strange time. If you don’t believe me, look at some of the films made back in those days. Consider, for example, Remote Control: I mean, we’re used to science fiction films in which everyone wears shiny silver clothes, often with wide shoulders.  But one set in the Eighties? Mind you, […]

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The Veldt [Veld] (1987)

Ray Bradbury has rarely been well served by the movie adaptations of his work. Or is the situation really that dire?  Somehow one forgets that there have been several quite good adaptations:  Fahrenheit 451 is excellent, even if it is more Truffaut than Bradbury, and Something Wicked This Way Comes is nearly perfect – or it would be […]

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