Lord of the flies
2013
Blu-ray
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.
Item Details
ISBN: 9781604657531
Edition: Blu-ray special edition.
Description:
- 1 Blu-ray disc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm).
- monochrome
- digital
- optical
- mono
- video file
- Blu-ray disc
- region A
Target Audience Note: CHVR: Not rated.
Other Title: Lord of the flies (Motion picture : 1963)
Notes:
- Special features: Restored 4k digital film transfer, supervised by Gerald Feil; 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; 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.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1963.
- From the novel by William Golding.
- Director of photography, Tom Hollyman ; editors, Peter Brook, Gerald Feil, Jean-Claude Lubtchansky ; music by Raymond Leppard.
- James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards, Roger Elwin, Tom Gaman.
- Blu-ray; region A; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; PCM mono; requires Blu-ray player.
- English dialogue with optional SDH English subtitles.
Publisher or Distributor Number: CC2290BD
Control Number: 1890485
UPC: 715515108218
Publisher: [New York] : The Criterion Collection : Distributed by Janus Films, [2013]Series:
Subjects:
- Boys -- Drama.
- Castaways -- Drama.
- Golding, William, 1911-1993. Lord of the flies -- Film adaptations.
- Islands -- Drama.
- Survival -- Drama.
Genre:
- Action and adventure films.
- Drama.
- Feature films Great Britain.
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Foreign films -- Great Britain.
- Survival films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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