Among the works written by Ray Bradbury, he says the closest one to science fiction is Fahrenheit 451. In one of his conversation, he had stated that the chronicles of Mars are completely imaginary and there is nothing in science related.

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While he wrote the book, he had researched how many degrees the books would burn. He has consulted many people from chemistry faculties to professors, but has not found a satisfactory answer. Then a familiar told him to call the fire department and ask them. He called the fire department and asked how many degrees needed to burn books? The fire department officer said a minute and he got away from the phone. When he returned, he said fahrenheit 451, and then the book got its name from here.

However, the role of burning the book given to the firefighters is related that there are firefighters in Ray Bradbury's family. One day Bradbury asked himself, “If there are fire resistant houses in the future, what will do firefighters?” and found different solutions in his book. I do not want to go into much detail to avoid spoilers.

The film version is unfortunately one of the weakest works of Francois Truffaut. But it can be considered a good movie, according to its own time. Despite the fact that there is no creative side to "future" in the film, The book caught people with a little sense of alienation. I think Truffaut has compromised his own creativity in some matters for the sake of the interests of the production company. Because there were many missing sides in the film. It is not easy to adapt the book to cinema. I don't think a person who does not read the book may likes the movie. Therefore, if you think about watching this movie, I would recommend reading the book first.