Lord Of The Flies – Criterion Collection – Blu-Ray

In the hands of the renowned experimental theatre 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.

Special Features
New, Restored 4K Digital Film Transfer, Supervised By Editor And Cameraman Gerald Feil, ASC, With Uncompressed Monaural Soundtrack, Audio Commentary Featuring Director Peter Brook, Producer Lewis Allen, Director Of Photography Tom Hollyman, And Feil, Audio Recordings Of William Golding Reading From His Novel Lord Of The Flies, Accompanied By The Corresponding Scenes From The Film, Deleted Scene, With Optional Commentary And Golding Reading, Interview With Brook From 2008, Collection Of Behind-The-Scenes Material, Including Home Movies, Screen Tests, Outtakes, And Stills, Excerpt From A 1980 Episode Of The South Bank Show Featuring Golding, New Interview With Feil, Excerpt From Feil’s 1975 Documentary The Empty Space, Showcasing Brook’s Theater Methods, Living 'Lord Of The Flies,' A Piece Composed Of Never-Before-Seen Footage Shot By The Boy Actors During Production, With New Voice-Over By Tom Gaman, Trailer, Plus: A Booklet Featuring An Essay By Film Critic Geoffrey Macnab And An Excerpt From Brook’s Autobiography The Shifting Point