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If... (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]

Malcolm McDowell (Actor), David Wood (Actor), Lindsay Anderson (Director) Rated:
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Genre Drama
Format Multiple Formats, NTSC, Color, Widescreen
Contributor David Wood, Peter Sproule, Peter Jeffrey, Guy Ross, Charles Lloyd Pack, Arthur Lowe, Christine Noonan, Geoffrey Chater, Anthony Nicholls, Ben Aris, Richard Warwick, Michael Cadman, Rupert Webster, Lindsay Anderson, Robert Swann, Mona Washbourne, Graham Crowden, Hugh Thomas (II), Mary MacLeod, Malcolm McDowell See more
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Runtime 1 hour and 52 minutes
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A shocking, surreal and poignant drama about a trio of lower-class British youths who rebel against their boarding school in a metaphorical statement about English class distinctions. Director Lindsay Anderson Star Malcolm McDowell, Christine Noonan, Richard Warwick, David Wood Special Features: Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.66 Audio: Dolby Digital Mono 1.0 - English Additional Release Material: Audio Commentary - Malcolm McDowell - Star; - Star; David Robinson Interview - Graham Crowdon - Star Short Film - TUESDAY'S CHILDREN (1955) Trailers - Original Theatrical Trailers Text/Photo Galleries: Essays - 1. David Ehrenstein 2. David Sherwin - Screenwriter 3. Lindsay Anderson - Director Runtime: 112 minutes Year of Release: 1969.

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.66:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ CRRN1699DVD
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Lindsay Anderson
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, NTSC, Color, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 52 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ June 19, 2007
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick, Christine Noonan, Rupert Webster
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Unqualified
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Criterion Collection
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000OPPAEW
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
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David E. Baldwin
5.0 out of 5 stars Schoolboys In Disgrace
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2007
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The exclusive private school portrayed in "If.." serves as a scathing metaphor of class and privilege in the United Kingdom. What makes the statement that director Lindsay Anderson is trying to convey more stinging is that he treats his subject matter as dark comedy. What I also found interesting is that Anderson doesn't direct most of his criticism at the school administrators, whose crimes are allowing such a stifling atmosphere to perpetuate. Rather, the worst criticism is directed at the Whips, the sniveling fascist students who are given free reign to terrorize and subjugate their fellow students to the worst kind of torment. It's easy to criticize authority but our worst enemies are our peers who will later become the leaders of our world because that's the way it is. The film is anchored by a mesmerizing performance by Malcolm McDowell who portrays rebel iconoclast Mick Travis. Travis belongs in this stifling environment as much as he needs a hole in the head. Travis serves as everyman and reacts to the inanity around him with a knowing smirk. In one memorably hilarious exchange with a Whip Travis accuses him of serving Coca-Cola to the underclassmen while expecting them to lick his fingers for the rest of their lives. What gives this scene more power is that Travis says it knowing it will subject him to a more severe beating. If you could best describe "If..." I would say it's a dark comedy with dramatic and surreal elements. It would serve as a good double bill with another indictment of English classism, Peter Medak's "The Ruling Class". On a final note will somebody, Criterion or Warner Brothers, release "O Lucky Man" on disc.
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Peter ff
5.0 out of 5 stars A classic movie
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2023
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Good acting, just check that it’s the kind of movie that you like.
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Tonnie Fackrell
1.0 out of 5 stars I didn't order this movie.
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2021
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I didn't order this movie. My daughter told me she asked alexa to play a song and she ordered this movie, but no one in our house was interested in watching it. Darned Alexa
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Houyhnhnm
3.0 out of 5 stars This sophomoric tale of alienation and the class system is at least done in a creative way
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Positive reviewers are impressed with the messages in this movie, but I find them adolescent and obvious. English public schools are nasty; unchecked personal power is corrupting; high school kids are angry and alienated.

Garden-variety attacks on systems of oppression are easy and predictable. American filmmakers like to condemn racism, especially morally black and white manifestations such as slavery and legalized segregation. It makes White audiences feel good and sells tickets. British filmmakers like to condemn the class system. I suppose it makes middle class audiences feel good and sells tickets. "If...." may have been a groundbreaking portrait of the evils of the class system, but the evils of the class system were discovered long before the 1960s. In that regard, it's well-worn territory. The same goes for alienated youth.

The theme of power corrupts can be a compelling subject if we see how it happens. In "If...." the corruption has already happened, and the villains are mostly well-acted cardboard characters. The head of the school, however, is a refreshingly unusual take on the theme.

What saves the movie from a rating of one or two stars is the fact that as social satire/condemnation, it's more creative than most. Like most positive reviewers, I'm impressed by Malcom McDowell's intense and compelling acting. I like a lot of the quirks, large and small. Many reviewers hate the shifts from color to black and white, but I think the way it challenges our expectations of a feature movie fits the theme of youthful rebellion. More fundamentally, I enjoy the sequences where fantasy and reality meld together.
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Delta D.
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing insight into teenage bullying
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2020
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I've spent 52 years of resentment against the bullying I suffered from staff, monks and pupils at my Benedictine (non-boarding) school. Seeing this film made me grateful for not having been sent to a boarding school.

It's a masterpiece, starting off with a very realistic depiction of the day-to-day workings of a highly-rated boarding school. The excessive exercise of power by the school 'whips' gradually inflames a rebellious streak in a trio (or quartet, depending on how one looks at things) of boys and, together with an outside girl, this turns into a mass-murder.

The cinematography is first rate, with an intriguing combination of colour and b/w footage. The acting is good all round, but I regard the standout performances as coming from the whips.

The final scene is perhaps meant to represent a fantasy. I never fantasised about murder either during or after my miserable school years, but the thought of some form of retribution against those who bullied me has long been enticing.
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Sébastien Creo
5.0 out of 5 stars Le cadeau parfait pour Noël
Reviewed in Canada on December 5, 2021
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Étant donné qu'il est neuf cela ajoute au prix et mon neveu sera hyper content de l'avoir dans sa collection.
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rebeyrol
5.0 out of 5 stars Chefs-d'œuvre !!
Reviewed in France on March 20, 2024
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Enfin je met la main sur cet excellent film! Le Blu-ray est moins cher que le DVD... curieux mais je valide ! Dommage que la VF soit introuvable mais c'est pas grave ! Malcom Mc Dowell de orange mécanique dans un très bon rôle !! À posséder pour tout cinéphile qui se respecte !!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Unterdrückung und der Aufstand in Gedanken...
Reviewed in Germany on November 13, 2016
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Lindsay Andersons wegweisender Kinobeitrag der 68er Bewegung heißt "If..." und spielt in einem privaten Eliteinternat in England. Der Film ist in 8 Kapitel eingeteilt:
1. College House - Die Rückkehr
2. College - Erneut versammelt
3. Das Schuljahr
4. Rituale und Romanzen
5. Disziplin
6. Widerstand
7. Auf in den Krieg
8. Kreuzritter.

Anderson war der Sohn eines Offiziers und besuchte selbst das Cheltenham College und später auch die Universität Oxford, möglicherweise findet sich in seinem bekanntesten Film auch eine autobiographische Färbung. Für seinen ersten Dokumentarkurzfilm "Thursday's Children" erhielt der britische Regisseur sogar den Oscar. Später beteiligte sich Anderson an der Bewegung des "Free Cinema", sein "Lockender Lorbeer" aus dem Jahr 1963 gehört zu den wichtigen Beiträgen dieser Bewegung. "If..." war so erfolgreich, dass Anderson seiner Filmfigur Mick Travis noch zwei weitere Filmen "O Lucky Man" und "Britannia Hospital" widmete.

In seiner Zeit wirkte der Film extrem provokativ, denn er greift die bürgerlichen Werte, das Establishment hart an und ist auf der Seite der unangepassten Aussenseiter. Irgendwann im Laufe der Geschichte wird die Handlung dann tatsächlich zu diesem "was wäre wenn" und die Aktionen werden zunehmend surrealer - einiges erinnert an Luis Bunuel.

In einem rennomierten Internat der späten 60er Jahre läuft immer noch alles nach dem alten System. Der Zuschauer folgt dem kleinen Jute (Sean Bury) - es ist sein erster Schultag und er wirkt verloren. Auf seine Fragen bekommt er nur die Antwort, dass ein Frischling bloß keine älteren Schüler ansprechen soll. Diese Junioren sind ganz unten in der Hirarchie der Schule. Zuerst kommen der Stab und die Senioren - besehend aus dem Direktor, einigen Lehrern, einem Geistlichen und einem General. Dann folgen Schüler mit Privilegien, die Senioren - darunter die vier "Whips" Rontree (Robert Swan), Denson (Hugh Thomas), Fortinbras (Michael Cadman) und Barnes (Peter Sproule) mit den meisten Sonderrechten und Vergünstigen. Sie sidn Präfekten für die unteren Jahrgänge und dürfen diese nicht nur befehligen, sondern jeder Nichtgehorsam wird bestraft - oft mit der Peitsche. Denn es sollen die alten Werte, die alten Traditionen aufrechterhalten bleiben und daher ist Disziplin das höchste Gebot. So lassen es sich die Whips gut gehen und jeder von Ihnen hat das Vorrecht auf einen der Junioren, der ihnen Tee servieren muss, rasieren muss und oft auch etwas mehr. So spielt die unterdrückte Sexualität, auch die Homosexualität hier im Internat auch eine große Rolle. Der kleine Bobby Philipps (Rupert Webster) ist derzeit der Favorit der Whips. Einige würden den "Scum" - so verächtlicht nennen sie die Junioren - als privaten Sklaven auswählen.

Es gibt aber im Internat auch einige aufsässige Jugendliche in der vorletzten Klasse. Vor allem Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell), Wallace (Richard Warwick) und Johnny (David Wood) wollen sich nicht immer unterordnen und anpassen. Mr. Kemp (Arthur Lowe), der Herbergsvater wird von den "Whips" oft manipuliert, er lässt es aber geschehen, da sie für Ordnung sorgen. Der Direktor (Peter Jeffrey) möchte empathisch sein, bleibt aber in seinen Aussagen nur theoretisch. Immer wieder entflieht Mick der Unterdrückung, er stiehlt ein Motorrad in der Stadt und lernt in einem Cafe ein Mädchen (Christine Noonan) kennen. Da der Lehrplan des Internats auch eine militärische Grundausbildung vorsieht, wird auch oft Krieg gespielt. Durch mehrere Strafen und einer starken Unterdrückung kommt es bei der Jubiläumsfeier des Internats zu einem Blutbad...

Mit Waffen hocken fünf Jugendliche auf dem Dach und schießen auf die Mitschüler, Lehrer und auf die Repräsentanten des Establishments. Zweifelsohne eine brutale Szene, aber auch eine Traumsequenz - sie symbolisiert eine neue Zeit, neue Werte und das Niedermetzeln der Unterdrücker. Lindsay Andersons Kameramann Miroslav Ondricek wechselt immer wieder von Farbe in schwarz-Weiß Sequenzen. Dies bedeutet aber keineswegs, dass die Traum- oder Phantasieszenen so von der Realität abgegrenzt sind. "If" fängt den revolutionäres Geist der 68er Jahre hervorragend ein - und Malcolm McDowell spielte den Mick so gut und authentisch, dass er sich mit dieser grandiosen Leistung die Hauptrolle in Stanley Kubricks "Clockwork Orange" erspielte. Er gibt dem revolutionären Geist ein glaubwürdiges Gesicht und meutert gegen die gesellschaftlichen Zwänge. Sehr schön sind auch die beiden Szenen in dem Kapitel "Rituale und Romanzen" bebildert. Einmal ein sehnsuchtsvoller Blick des jungen Bobby, der einen Mitschüler am Reck beobachtet und noch offensichtlicher der Flirt zwischen Mick und dem Mädchen, die in ein Raufen übergeht und dann in eine leidenschaftliche Sexszene.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Único
Reviewed in Spain on February 10, 2014
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Llevaba mucho tiempo buscando esta película, y Amazon es el mejor sitio para adquirirla. Un Malcolm McDowell brillante en uno de los títulos que cambio el cine a finales de los 70! un 10!
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André Freire
4.0 out of 5 stars Entrega demorada, mas dentro do prazo e produto conforme previsto. muito bom.
Reviewed in Spain on June 15, 2022
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Entrega demorada, mas dentro do prazo e produto conforme previsto. muito bom.
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