Lord of the flies
DVD - 2013
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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- Feature films
Action and adventure films
Film adaptations
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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[Irvington, New York] :
The Criterion Collection
©2013.
- Language
- English
- Other Authors
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- Edition
- Two-DVD special edition ; DVD edition ; full screen
- Item Description
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1963.
From the novel by William Golding.
Special features: Disc 1: Commentary featuring director Peter Brook, producer Lewis Allen, director of photography Tom Hollyman, and cameraman and editor Gerald Feil; Novel reading (audio recordings of William Golding reading from his novel, Lord of the flies); Behind the scenes (home movies, screen tests, outtakes, and stills from the production, accompanied by commentary); Deleted scene (with optional commentary and reading by Golding); Peter Brook (interview with the director from 2008); Trailer. Disc 2: The south bank show: William Golding (25 minute excerpt from the 1980 episode of the British television series); Interview with Gerald Feil; The empty space (16 minute excerpt from Gerald Feil's 1975 documentary showcasing Brook's theatre methods); Living Lord of the flies (composed of never-before-seen footage shot by the boy actors during production, with new voice-over by actor Tom Gaman). Booklet featuring an essay by film critic Geoffrey Macnab and an excerpt from Brook's autobiography The Shifting Point. - Physical Description
- 2 videodiscs (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD, NTSC, region 1, PCM mono, 1.37:1 aspect ratio.
- Audience
- MPAA rating: Not rated.
- Production Credits
- Director of photography, Tom Hollyman ; editors, Peter Brook, Gerald Feil, Jean-Claude Lubtchansky ; music by Raymond Leppard.
- ISBN
- 9781604657548
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