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dragonyphoenix ([personal profile] dragonyphoenix) wrote2014-02-11 04:03 pm
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Lord of the Flies

I've never read the book. I just saw Peter Brook's film adaptation.

Damn!

There are scenes where the physical violence is implied rather than shown. For example, when one boy is being stabbed and beaten to death by the others, he is never in frame with them. You see his shock as he realizes they are attacking. You see him with his arms up to protect himself. The next time you see him, his corpse is floating in the ocean. No violence actually shown, but it's one of the most brutal things I've seen.
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[identity profile] velvetwhip.livejournal.com 2014-02-11 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I think violence in films has much greater impact when it's dealt with the way you describe.


Gabrielle

[identity profile] devo79.livejournal.com 2014-02-12 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
The best movies are the ones that can make you feel sad, horrified, happy and afraid by the slightest changes in the scenes.

[identity profile] comlodge.livejournal.com 2014-02-12 10:29 am (UTC)(link)
We read that book in high school. It was a brutal and thought provoking story. The film was so well done. A lesson that we can fill in the scene perfectly well and better often than graphic gore with a much greater impact. I love films that invite you in to fill out the scene rather than spoon feeding you everything as though we are incapable of working things out for ourselves.
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