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Lord of the Flies (1963) (Criterion Collection Essential Art House Edition)

Lord of the Flies (1963)
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Product Details: Lord of the Flies (1963)

Edition:DVD Criterion Collection Essential Art House Edition
MPAA Rating:Unrated
Release Date:09/09/2008
UPC:715515032223
Directed by:Peter Brook
Featuring:James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards, See all cast

Synopsis: Lord of the Flies (1963)

Director Peter Brook's faithful adaptation of William Golding's 1954 novel stars James Aubrey and Tom Chapin as antagonists Ralph and Jack, respectively. When a plane carrying 30-odd British schoolboys out of a war zone crashes on an island, all the adults are killed. The boys organize for survival, naming Ralph as their chief, in charge of providing fire and shelter....
Director Peter Brook's faithful adaptation of William Golding's 1954 novel stars James Aubrey and Tom Chapin as antagonists Ralph and Jack, respectively. When a plane carrying 30-odd British schoolboys out of a war zone crashes on an island, all the adults are killed. The boys organize for survival, naming Ralph as their chief, in charge of providing fire and shelter. Jack is designated to lead a group of boys to hunt the wild pigs that roam the island. Almost inevitably, as time passes, the two boys, representatives of civilization and savagery, begin a deadly struggle for dominance. The frequently invoked image of life as a "war of all against all," in which civility is merely another weapon in the battle to gain one's ends, is given a particularly disturbing twist because it is enacted by children. Brooks shot an enormous amount of footage, a documentary style ratio of 60:1, and used nonprofessional actors to achieve a raw, visceral realism. With a jauntily ironic score by Raymond Leppard, the film succeeds completely in suggesting the chilling malignity that can lurk beneath a bland exterior.
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    Lord of the Flies -- 1963 version

    By Rick  Apr 24, 2005 | 1 out of 1 found this Lord of the Flies (1963) review helpful

    Pros: Believable. Keeps well to the novel

    Cons: Somewhat grainy. Some "strange" audio editing. ??

    I liked this movie from the first time I saw it. The idea that a gruop of boys could become such a group of savages is believable. There is no stated time period, but one can surmize that it was during WWII sometime. This scenario probably couldn'...;t happen in today's world. The movie captures you and keeps you thinking about what it was that went so wrong. Was it Jack? Could it have been any of the other boys? I guess the movie, for me, demonstrates just how fine the line is between modern civilization and savagry. this is a timeless movie and one that I highly recommend for all to see. A word of caution, however: This movie has some violence in it that could disturb some very young viewers. There are a few places in the movie where the audio is radically different...one example is a scene where Ralph is describing it as a "good island", his voice underwent a dramatic transformation during that portion, and went back to "normal" after that scene. I guess even creative editing can't overcome the effects of puberty on the adolescent's voice! There are other audio anomalities, however, these don't really detract too much from the movie. To compare this movie to the 1990 version would be unfair to that movie since this one was the original, and in my humble opinion, the only version. The newer version is a good movie, however, it should have been named something else and stated that it was loosly based on the story "Lord of the Flies". I have copies of both versions and like them both for different reasons. I advise the reader of this review to get both versions and decide for yourself. Read more Less

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    Lord of the Flie

    By John  Aug 9, 2000 | 1 out of 1 found this Lord of the Flies (1963) review helpful

    William Golding's Lord of the Flies revolves around the basic idea that man-kind goes back to "animal" like behavour when there is a lack of disipline or "set of rules"The story has a simple base, in a group of school children (from different school...s)are lost on an Island and left to fend for themselves.At first,with with no adults and rules this "do as you please" lifestyle delights them, however it soon starts falling apart as the main charater "Ralph" trys in vain to maintain some form of law & order.Children start turning against each other, taking sides, realising there is no conesquence for their actions. The 1963 version is in black and white which gives the movie age, without dating it. Lord of the Flies captured children being kids in both the best and worse possible ways.The movie told the story without any background information, rather dealing with the "then and now"It was textbook reading for highschool for me, a book I enjoyed reading, plus a good film. Read more Less

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