#391: ANDERSON, Lindsay: If.... (1969)
ANDERSON, Lindsay (United Kingdom)
If.... [1969]
{Spine #391}
Blu-ray
If.... [1969]
{Spine #391}
Blu-ray
Lindsay Anderson's If.... is a daringly anarchic vision of British society, set in a boarding school in late-sixties England. Before Kubrick made his mischief iconic in A Clockwork Orange, Malcolm McDowell made a hell of an impression as the insouciant Mick Travis, who, along with his school chums, trumps authority at every turn, finally emerging as a violent savior in the vicious games of one-upmanship played by both students and masters. Mixing color and black and white as audaciously as it combines fantasy and reality, If.... remains one of cinema's most unforgettable rebel yells.
112 minutes
Color/Black & White
Color/Black & White
Monaural
1:66:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2011
Director/Writers
From the original script Crusaders by David Sherwin and John Howlett.
Screenplay by Sherwin.
Lindsay Anderson was 46 when he directed If. . . .
Other Anderson films in the Collection:
#417: This Sporting Life (1963)
The Film
Other Anderson films in the Collection:
#417: This Sporting Life (1963)
The Film
Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Thirty-six page booklet featuring essays by David Ehrenstein and Sherwin; Lindsay Anderson Interviews Lindsay Anderson.
Commentary
Featuring film critic and historian David Robinson and actor McDowell.
Episode
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Thirty-six page booklet featuring essays by David Ehrenstein and Sherwin; Lindsay Anderson Interviews Lindsay Anderson.
Commentary
Featuring film critic and historian David Robinson and actor McDowell.
Episode
Of the Scottish TV series Cast and Crew from 2003, featuring interviews with McDowell, Ondřiĉek, Rakoff, director's assistant Stephen Frears, producer Michael Medwin, and screenwriter Sherwin.
Video interview
Video interview
with actor Crowden.
Thursday's Children (1954)
Thursday's Children (1954)
An Academy Award-winning documentary about a school for deaf children, directed by Anderson and Guy Brenton and narrated by actor Richard Burton.
Extras Rating (0-40):
Extras Rating (0-40):
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