Genre:
Drama
Directed
by: Peter Brook
Starring:
James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards
Running
time: 92 minutes
I
remember being showed the 1990 adaptation of this movie based on William
Golding’s book of the same name while in a high school class, and I want to see
that one again, but I decided to check out the 1963 black-and-white original
before I get to the remake.
Lord
of the Flies is the story of a group of British schoolboys being evacuated
during the war. Their plane is shot down and they crash onto a deserted island.
Left to fend for themselves in what should have been an idyllic situation in a
beautiful paradise, the situation turned ugly when they start waging their own
wars for power and control.
The
power of this film is that most of the young actors hired to carry the story do
not look like they are acting. The realism of the whole thing is uncanny. With
kids, acting can come off as fake or flat at times, but, in the original Lord
of the Flies, it does not feel that way at all. The filmmakers also did a fine
job slowly building the tension up towards the climax. The end felt kind of
weird, but the road there was pleasant.
Lord
of the Flies offers a very pessimistic view on things, one that might seem
depressing to some, but what we have seen in the news around the world does not
make it all seem that far-fetched. Even pure little children can be corrupted
once there are no rules to guide us.
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