Lord of the flies /
In the hands of the renowned experimental theater director Peter Brook, William Golding's legendary novel on the primitivism lurking beneath civilization becomes a film as raw and ragged as the lost boys at its center. Taking an innovative documentary-like approach, Brook shot Lord of The Flies...
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| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
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[United States] :
The Criterion Collection,
2013.
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| Edition: | Blu-ray special ed. |
| Series: | Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ;
43. |
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| Summary: | In the hands of the renowned experimental theater director Peter Brook, William Golding's legendary novel on the primitivism lurking beneath civilization becomes a film as raw and ragged as the lost boys at its center. Taking an innovative documentary-like approach, Brook shot Lord of The Flies with an off-the-cuff naturalism, seeming to record a spontaneous eruption of its characters' IDs. The result is a rattling masterpiece, as provocative as its source material. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1963. From the novel by William Golding. Special features: audio commentary featuring director Peter Brook and more ; audio recordings of William Golding reading from his novel Lord of the Flies ; deleted scene, with optional commentary and reading by Golding ; Interview with Brook from 2008 ; collectin of behind-the-scenes material ; new interview with Feil ; Excerpt from Feil's 1972 documentary the empty space ; Something queer in the warehouse, a place composed of never-before-seen footage ; trailer ; booklet featuring an essay by film critic Geoffrey Macnab. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| Format: | Blu-ray; widescreen, PCM mono; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Tom Hollyman ; editors, Peter Brook, Gerry Feil, Jean-Claude Lubtchansky ; music, Raymond Leppard. |