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Lord of the flies William Golding

By: Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC2290BD | The Criterion CollectionLanguage: English Publication details: London Faber and Faber Ltf 1954Description: 223 page 18 cmISBN:
  • 9781604657531
  • 1604657537
Uniform titles:
  • Lord of the flies (Motion picture : 1963)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • PZ 3A GOL
LOC classification:
  • DVA 8841 (viewing copy)
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Tom Hollyman ; editors, Peter Brook, Gerald Feil, Jean-Claude Lubtchansky ; music by Raymond Leppard.
 In: Roger Blunck Collection (Library of Congress)Cast: 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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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.

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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English dialogue with optional SDH English subtitles.

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