Austin Cinematheque: Lindsay Anderson's IF.... (Fall Series Finale)

For its 2008 FALL SERIES FINALE, the AUSTIN CINEMATHEQUE presents a rare 35mm screening of Lindsay Anderson's anarchic masterpiece, IF...., starring Malcolm McDowell in his feature film debut.

Lindsay Anderson's IF.... presents a daringly cynical vision of upper class British society.  Set in a boarding school in late-sixties England, Malcolm McDowell plays the openly rebellious Mick Travis, who, along with his school chums, trumps authority at every turn, finally emerging as a violent savior against the draconian games of one-upmanship played by both students and faculty.

A predecessor to Stanley Kubrick's A CLOCKWORK ORANGE mixing color sequences with black-and-white as audaciously as it mixes fantasy and reality, IF.... remains one of cinema's most unforgettable cinematic assaults.

Winner of the Palm d'Or at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.

FINAL SCREENING OF 2008!  ONE-NIGHT-ONLY!