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

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## Description

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

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | B000OPPAEW |
| Actors  | Christine Noonan, David Wood, Malcolm McDowell, Richard Warwick, Rupert Webster |
| Aspect Ratio  | 1.66:1 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #94,977 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) #10,601 in Comedy (Movies & TV) #14,868 in Drama DVDs |
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (104) |
| Director  | Lindsay Anderson |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer  | No |
| Item model number  | CRRN1699DVD |
| Language  | English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Unqualified |
| MPAA rating  | R (Restricted) |
| Media Format  | Color, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Widescreen |
| Number of discs  | 2 |
| Product Dimensions  | 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces |
| Release date  | June 19, 2007 |
| Run time  | 1 hour and 52 minutes |
| Studio  | Criterion Collection |
| Subtitles:  | English |

## Product Details

- **Format:** Color, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Widescreen
- **Genre:** Drama
- **Language:** English
- **Runtime:** 1 hour and 52 minutes

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## Customer Reviews

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    A real classic about class status
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2018*

I saw this movie when it first came out, and was amazed.  So I was pleased to get this Criterion Collection DVD, to savor the movie again, and find out what some of the things I missed when I saw it, being young, and to see if some of the questions I had were answered.Probably, too many will have no idea of the British school system to understand just how oppressive the system was for public school.  And this showed the middle class of Britain, not the upper class.  Students would go on to be military officers, etc.  And there, public school is a different concept than in America.The movie is an indictment of the class system in Britain, and in Disc 1, with the commentary, most of it is how Lindsey Anderson set about showing that indictment.  Disc 2 is a bit light on material, but gives some more background from those involved.  The film is mainly in color, but there are segments of black and white.  Probably the initial reason was the lighting the entire chapel for color filming was beyond their budget.  But that also led to other portions being shot in B&W, as it simply filmed better and portrayed things better.  But those were more arbitrary.  Due to commercial considerations, too much B&W would have been a negative.This movie has a lot of homosexual overtones, but not sexuality.  It is an all boys school, where discipline is ruthless, and the 'overlords/whips' have power they can exercise like no other.  When Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell) is beaten, it is for insolence, not for what he actually did.  And after the severe beating, he shakes hands with the sadist who beat him, thanking him for what he did.  But that beating triggers the action that results in the climax of the movie.The movie on one level is timeless.  But on another level, if one was ignorant of how the class system worked in Britain, one my not have great regard for the movie.The movie was also released about the same time as Barbarella, and probably more will remember the opening of that movie than the end of this movie.This movie is not simply about a small number of school kids that rebel against the system.  It is much deeper than that. When a student first gets to that school, they are considered scum and as they are there longer, they work their way into more power, and the ability to treat others beneath them poorly.  In an early scene, one of the whips tells the newer student to go and warm the toilet seat for him.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Harbinger of Things to Come
  

*by C***H on Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2019*

While I echo the thoughts expressed by other reviewers regarding the British class system of it's era, what I found most intriguing about "If...." was how much it seemed like a forerunner for so many later films and, unfortunately, events.  The most obvious comparison is McDowell's breakthrough role in "A Clockwork Orange".  It's backdrop of youth going off the rails engaging in wanton violence can be almost linearly traced back to the last third of "If....".  It's as if Mick Travis graduated from boarding school and began terrorizing the London of "Orange's" not-too-distant future.  In both films, hapless authorities fail to understand how the system is complicit in creating such monsters and miss entirely how quickly society has changed around them.  I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Kubrick's casting decision was influenced by McDowell's earlier performance.As I watched, I kept thinking (and this is really gold plating the analogy, but bare with me) that this was the "Citizen Kane" of youth violence movies in how it laid the conceptual groundwork for later films .  As in "A Clockwork Orange", shades of "If...." show up in "Natural Born Killers" and certainly "Heathers", with it's darkly comedic take on American High Schools of a later era.Compared with 1968 movie-goers, more modern audiences may view the whole school shooting plotline as a bit too real - snatched from the headlines as opposed to a fantasy take on fed-up students rebelling against the absurdities of a rigid class system, crypto fascist hall monitor types, and the struggles of adolescence.  However, I think "If...." stands the test of time in it's portrayal of Mick Travis as the "everyman" and his buddies pushed to the edge.  Joined by Mick's girlfriend, who in the climax of the film appears as a proto-Patty Hearst standing on the roof clutching an automatic rifle, the foursome lay waste indiscriminately to oppressors and bystanders alike while viewers are left to ponder the ending after an abrupt cut.  The next 50 years of movies and events still has us wondering.

### ⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Boarding school as preserver of British class system faces rebellion but takes too long to happen
  

*by J***G on Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2020*

If… takes place within a British boarding school. It starts off with the attempt at regimentation within the institution with all the rules, the head classmen that enforce them, the different houses the students live within, the abuse they gave each other, etc. For example a head classmen gets to tell the students in what order they can shower, where to stand in the shower, and when they have to get out while getting served by an underclassman. It’s all meant to reinforce the class system in England with the younger students learning how to serve and preserve the elite and then they pass that down to the next generations.The second part of the movie is about rebelling against that status quo. Hence the main character played by Malcolm McDowell steals a motorcycle, has sex with a random woman, shoots at the school’s reverend during a military exercise, etc. The problem is that it takes so long to get there. The story just drowns in school life which after awhile is just the same events over and over. If they’d gotten to the uprising sooner it would have been so much better.C

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