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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Lindsay Anderson, Guy Brenton |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 1968 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Criterion |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Adult Situations, Allegory, Angry, Biting, Black Comedy, Boarding School Life, Brief Nudity, British New Wave, Class Differences, Color and B&W, Comedy, Coming-of-Age, Disturbing, Drama, English, Feature, Feature Film Drama, Feature Film-drama, Forceful, High Artistic Quality |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 2 |
| UPC: | 715515024426 |
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Customer Reviews of If... (Criterion Collection)
IF only I could decide... In high school in the middle 1970s we never could get to see this movie but we all owned a copy of the screenplay. Finally I saw the film at a university showing in 1978 or 1979. I hadn't seen it since. From the reviews since 2000 it appears some people in the US had it on VHS or DVD but I don't know how that was possible. I never could find it. I assumed it was being surpressed out of political fear. Anyway, all these years later, I'm still not sure I like how the movie slips the bounds of reality to the point where you're not sure this isn't supposed to be just a fantasy (the vicar in the drawer, the main characters not speaking the last 15 minutes of the movie, the charage across the clean quad that in the previous shot was battle strewn). This shift to fantasy is jarring because up to the last half hour of the movie it is as brutally naturalistic as This Sporting Life (except for the fantasy sex sequence - clearly meant to be fantasy - in the cafe). Am I wrong to find this shift to fantasy an artistic capitulation? Am I the only one who thought the lads burning the stuffed crocodile meant this was all to be seen as something like the collages with pictures from Africa? Nevertheless, I know I'll be watching this DVD many times.
Just one of the Greatest Unknown Films of the 20th Century
I first saw "If..." during its original release in the late 1960s in a theater in Pittsburgh. I saw it several times then ...which was not the easiest thing to do as a grad student. Maybe it had something to do with having attended a New England prep school and my brother about to start one.
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>I have owned a copy on VHS, I own a book with the script and commentary by Lindsay Anderson, and I am ordering a copy of this DVD.
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>Most reviewers talk about the theme of rebellion due to repressive conditions and such. The concern ... I want to say fear ... that it will trigger more school tragedies is misplaced. What Lindsay Anderson has done is help us explore the challenges that are faced by young men coming of age so that as a society we can learn how to respond to those challenges. Why today do schools still tolerate bullies?
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>When I saw the movie "Animal House" a few years later, my immediate reaction was that it was an Americanized version of "If..." but with more humor. I am amazed that no other reviewer has spoken of the parallels. I have never read that Landis or the writers of Animal House were even aware of the film. Maybe that speaks to the timeless theme of the film.
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>This may not be an easy movie for many to watch, but the Missa Lubba soundtrack is unforgetable and continually brings you back into the film.
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Don't forget the music!
I have waited years for IF to be released on DVD - I trust that the amazing MISSA LUBA that was used as the sound-track will also get a new release.