Showing posts with label kerosene smell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kerosene smell. Show all posts

Thursday, November 5, 2009

the smell of burning books

 

















 
The film Fahrenheit 451  1966 based on Ray Bradbury's book
Directed by Francois Truffaut, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jean-Louis Richard

Clarisse (Julie Christie):  Even with my eyes closed, I can tell what you do for a job.
 

Montag (Oscar Werner):  Because of the smell of kerosene? Quite a scent, isn't it. My wife doesn't like it very much. She says it lingers. I don't mind. I think of it as a perfume.
 

ClarissePerfume?
 

MontagYes, a perfume, like any other.

Illustration: Context Lura Astor