Lord Of The Flies

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The classic study of human nature which depicts the degeneration of a group of schoolboys marooned on a desert island. (more)

The classic study of human nature which depicts the degeneration of a group of schoolboys marooned on a desert island. (less)

In this novel, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervis... (more)

In this novel, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate. This far from civilization they can do anything they want. Anything. But as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begins its reign, the hope of adventure seems as far removed from reality as the hope of being rescued, and these schoolboys marooned on this tropical island revert to primitive savagery. (less)

Following a world war, a group of school boys survives a plane crash on a deserted island and creates a hellish environm... (more)

Following a world war, a group of school boys survives a plane crash on a deserted island and creates a hellish environment leading to savagery and murder. Two leaders--one civilized, one depraved--epitomize the forces that war eternally in the human spirit. (less)

In the hands of the renowned experimental theater director Peter Brook, William Golding's legendary novel on the primiti... (more)

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. (less)

In the hands of the renowned experimental theater director Peter Brook, William Golding's legendary novel on the primiti... (more)

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. (less)