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Savages is a 1972 Merchant Ivory Film directed by James Ivory and screenplay by George W. S. Trow and Michael O'Donoghue, based on an idea by Ivory. The film concept given to Trow and O'Donoghue was to tell a story that was the reverse of Luis Buñuel 's 1962 film The Exterminating Angel, in which guests at an elegant dinner party become bestial.
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An allegory about humankind progresses from a savage state to a civilized form, that is only a cover for its innate barbarism. A tribe of primitive "mudpeople" encounter a croquet ball, rolling through their forest. Following it, they find themselves on a vast, deserted Long Island estate.
SAVAGES (1972), filmed on location in a “haunted house” in Scarborough, NY, is a bit of a departure from standard Merchant-Ivory fare (although it contains all the expected Anglo centric trappings).
A tribe of primitive “mudpeople” encounter a croquet ball, rolling through their forest. Following it, they find themselves on a vast, deserted Long Island estate. Entering, they begin to become civilized and assume the stereotypical roles and dress of people at a weekend party.
- James Ivory
- Merchant Ivory Productions
A tribe of primitive "mudpeople" encounter a croquet ball, rolling through their forest. Following it, they find themselves on a vast, deserted Long Island estate. Entering, they begin to become civilized and assume the stereotypical roles and dress of people at a weekend party.
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Savages is a 1972 Merchant Ivory Film directed by James Ivory and screenplay by George W. S. Trow and Michael O'Donoghue, based on an idea by Ivory.