Lord of the Flies [Sa majesté des mouches]

N.p. Centre National de la Cinematographie, Circa 2000. Vintage French reissue poster for the 1963 British film, circa 2000.

Based on the 1954 novel by William Golding. A group of British schoolboys, marooned on an island and forced to form their own version of a civil society, eventually break into two separate camps and begin to degenerate into savagery.

Director Peter Brooks largely dispensed with the script, encouraging the boys in the cast to improvise their given scenes. Over 60 hours of footage was shot, which was edited down to 90 minutes. Because of the violence depicted, the film received an X certificate from the British Board of Film Censors. Nominated for the Palme d'Or.

Shot on location in Puerto Rico and Jamaica.

15.75 x 23.5 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good plus, with faint creasing and light edgewear.

Criterion Collection 43. Olive Films 984.

[Book #163731]