Holiday from Rules?
Holiday from Rules? is a short film from 1959 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
Holiday from Rules is Lord of the Flies from an adult's point of view. Four willful children wish for anarchy and get transported to a tropical island located somewhere on a sound stage. On the island, there are no rules. Lacking authority, their society cannot endure, and they begin to suffer physically and psychologically. The experiment seems to become a bit sadistic after awhile, and within ten minutes the kids agree with the narrator: "If we're going to have any fun, we've got to make some rules!" Portafilms made a few other films about the consequences of adventurism and disobedience; most seem to rely on "toughlove" rather than compassion.
03:22:51 Four kids against black screen. All are repeating rules: "walk don't run, get back in line, etc." 03:23:02
CU Girl: "Don't you know it's against the rules to leave the school grounds without permission."| Holiday from Rules? | |
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| Produced by | Portafilms |
Production company | Portafilms |
| Distributed by | Portafilms |
Release date | 1959 |
Running time | 10:41 |
| Language | English |
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