Since the film’s May 19 debut on the premium cable channel, the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies based in IUPUI’s Cavanaugh Hall has been fielding media requests and welcoming scholars who want to study original manuscripts of the science fiction classic. Both head up a fire station in Cleveland, but instead of fighting fires, they are fanning the flames to banish books and other forms of media deemed “graffiti.”ĭirected by Ramin Bahrani, “Fahrenheit 451” is currently available on HBO streaming.

Jordan, fresh from “Black Panther,” as protagonist Guy Montag and the always-jarring Michael Shannon as nemesis Captain Beatty. Last month, HBO debuted its take on “Fahrenheit 451” with a movie version starring Michael B. The dystopian tale of a government censoring ideas and thoughts by any means possible is as poignant in 2018 as it was in the Cold War paranoia it first met those 60-plus years ago. All photos by Liz Kaye, IU Communicationsįrom book to film to stage adaptation to radio play and now to cable television and streaming platforms, Ray Bradbury’s timeless “Fahrenheit 451” has conquered just about every media format since its 1953 publication. Jason Aukerman, left, coordinator for development and programming at the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies at IUPUI, and Jon Eller, director of the center, examine some pages of Ray Bradbury’s stage play script of “Fahrenheit 451” in the center.

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