Lord of the flies [DVD] / Janus Films ; Lewis Allen and Dana Hodgdon present Peter Brook's film of ; executive producer, Al Hine ; produced by Lewis Allen ; directed by Peter Brook.
Format:
[DVD] /
Edition:
Two-DVD special ed., widescreen version.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
2 videodiscs (90 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1963. From the novel by William Golding. Special features: Disc 1: 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. 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. James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards, Roger Elwin, Tom Gaman.
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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