Has anyone seen this movie? If so, would you recomend it?

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Plot Summary for
If.... (1968)
In an inditement of the British Boys School, we follow Mick and his mostly younger friends through a series of indignities and occasionally abuse as any fond feelings toward these schools are destroyed. When Mick and his friends rebel, violently, the catch phrase, "which side would you be on" becomes quite stark.

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I have it on VHS but haven't gotten around to watching it yet. 

I thought A Clockwork Orange was Malcolm McDowell's first big role.

Well, that sure can't be anyone but Corey Feldman, if you ask me, josephk.   

I finally watched 'If' on vhs after having it on the shelf for many months, and there was that one strikingly handsome boy in it who played the object of the older boys' affections... 

It was an interesting movie.  I didn't care for Malcolm McDowell in it, though.  Of course, as depressing as 'A Clockwork Orange' was for me when I saw it, I didn't really care for him in that, either.   

He was pretty good in that ape movie, though.   

Love,
Sir J

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i've been trying to track down a post i made about <u>if</u> : encountering the director in theatre stalls at a matinée of <u>midsummer night's dream</u>; how my schooldays/homicidal fantasies  resembled those portrayed in <u>if</u>

i can't remember thread in which that post appeared.

never mind.

i <b>highly</b> recommend <u>if</u>.

btw - clockwork orange used to be one of my favourite movies/books, possibly because i identified with alex.

another kubrick movie's my favourite of all time : <u>2001 a space odyssey</u>.

i was fortunately able to see it in the wraparound projection it merited : cinerama

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was stanley sending a cryptic message to boylovers worldwide with his closing image of a globally overseeing baby boy?

there aren't many movies i've seen multiple times in the cinema;  they're two of them.

another malcolm mcdowell/lindsay anderson pic also qualifies for that accolade :

<u>o lucky man</u>

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that sounds like a good idea...  I'll chat to Bijou and see what he can do about the search function.

Oh and Kubrick and Lean are my two all time favourite directors. I saw the awesome '2001...' way back in about 1969 in Cinerama. sadly, most theatre screens are too small these days to do justice to such great works. Perhaps an Imax version of that movie would lure me to see it again for the umpteenth time.

Kubrick and Lean are my favorite directors as well.  The awesome 2001, A Space Odyssey, can only be truely appreciated in Cinerama.  In '69, I lived about a mile from the Cinerama theater in Hollywood (CA) and used to walk down to see 2001 about twice a week and never tired of it.  The theater was chopped up into a multiplex not long after.  I would love to see an Imax version.  (Lawrence of Arabia, my all-time favorite film, would also be stupendous in Imax)

I saw If about the same time and remembered liking it although being somewhat puzzled by the ending, not sure if it was a fantasy sequence or not.
I'm still uncertain.

Of all Kubrick's films I think Barry Lyndon was probably the most under appreciated by the public. I think it's a fine movie and I prefer it to The Shining and Clockwork. Have any of you seen Dr Strangelove and Paths of Glory?  Both brilliant anti-war films as was Full Metal Jacket.

Oh and Wildeboy...  Lawrence is a fine choice as a favourite film. I too saw that one in Cinerama at the very same theatre I saw 2001. Unforgettable!

Btw Joseph..  I did mean to say that I recognized Feldman. His face as a little kid was very similar to his face when he was a teen.