Tara Ghai's original
essay (PDF, 62 Kb) 'Two Film Adaptations of Lord of the Flies:
A Comparative Review' compares Peter Brook's black-and-white 'art'
film of 1962 with Harry Hook's more mainstream technicolour version
of 1990.
In this detailed analysis she considers commercial and political
context, directorial style and ambition, casting and performance,
and camera-work and mise-en-scene, as well as fidelity to the plot,
characterisation and dialogue of the novel. Surprisingly her
evaluation of the qualities of the two films does not go all one
way!