Lord of the Flies - Criterion Collection
by Peter Brook
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Actor: Hugh Edwards, James Aubrey, Roger Elwin, Tom Chapin, Tom GamanDirector: Peter Brook
Cinematographer: Tom Hollyman
Editor: Gerald Feil
Editor: Jean-Claude Lubtchansky
Producer: Al Hine
Writer: William Golding
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-01-18
Studio: Continental Distributing
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Movie Review: Kids Gone Wild
Summary: 4 Stars
This is an absorbing account of children living with no supervision.
Based on William Golding's classic novel, a group of schoolboys are stranded on an island after their plane crashed. Two cliques soon form--one is a civilized group wanting to concentrate on finding shelter, food, and being rescued. The other is more savage, wanting merely to hunt wild pigs and have fun.
These differing priorities soon clash and head toward calamity. This realistic depiction of children was virtually unheard of back in 1963, and it's even pretty rare nowadays. But kids left without any guidance, rules, or consequences? It's easy to say there would be some mischief and unwise decisions.
Although I enjoyed the remake, I found this original version much more raw and engaging. The story is basically identical, with some minor exceptions. But I'm really starting to enjoy some B&W films, I hope I'm not getting old.
Criterion comes through again.
Summary of Lord of the Flies - Criterion Collection
In this classic 1963 adaptation of William Golding's novel, a planeload of schoolboys is stranded on a tropical island. They've got food and water; all that's left is to peacefully govern themselves until they're rescued. "After all," says choir leader Jack, "We're English. We're the best in the world at everything!" Unfortunately, living peacefully is not as easy as it seems. Though Ralph is named chief, Jack and the choristers quickly form a clique of their own, using the ever-effective political promise of fun rather than responsibility to draw converts. Director Peter Brook draws some excellent performances out of his young cast; the moment when Ralph realizes that even if he blows the conch for a meeting people might not come is an excruciating one. Well acted and faithfully executed, Lord of the Flies is as compelling today as when first released. --Ali DavisLord of the Flies is famed theater director Peter Brook's daring translation of William Golding's brilliant novel. The story of 30 English schoolboys stranded on an uncharted island at the start of the "next" war, Lord of the Flies is a seminal film of the New American Cinema and a fascinating anti-Hollywood experiment in location filmmaking. As the cast relived Golding's frightening fable, Brook found the cinematic "evidence" of the author's terrifying thesis: there is a beast in us all.
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