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A Clockwork Orange
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"Stamping, whomping, stealing, singing, tap-dancing, violating, Derby-topped hooligan Alex has a good time -- at the tragic expense of others. His journey from amoral punk to brainwashed proper citizen and back again forms the dynamic arc of Stanley Kubrick's future-shock vision of the Anthony Burgess
… More »"Stamping, whomping, stealing, singing, tap-dancing, violating, Derby-topped hooligan Alex has a good time -- at the tragic expense of others. His journey from amoral punk to brainwashed proper citizen and back again forms the dynamic arc of Stanley Kubrick's future-shock vision of the Anthony Burgess novel"--Container.
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Specifications: NTSC DVD, region 1; widescreen presentation, enhanced for widescreen tvs; dual layer format; Dolby Digital, Dolby surround 5.1 sound.
Based on the novel by Anthony Burgess.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.
Special features: commentary by Malcolm McDowell and historian, Nick Redman ; theatrical trailer ; Channel Four documentary: "Still tickin': the return of Clockwork Orange" ; new featurette: "Great Bolshy Yarblockosl: Making a Clockwork Orange" ; career profile: "O Lucky Malcolm!", produced & directed by Jan Harlan, edited by Katia de Vidas.
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
English or French dialogue; optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
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Add a SummarySetting: London, sometime in the future. Alex and his fellow teenage droogs (gang) engage in some rather violent ways to pass the time of day; and for no apparent reason other than their ill-sorted ideas of amusement. Until Alex is caught, and then the State steps in to set things right. But is the State's solution worse than the crime? O my brothers, that is the question. Now hold on to your seat, the going may be a little rough, as Alex, Pete, Georgie, and Dim, Dim being really dim, gather at the Karova Milk Bar, their favorite Milk-Plus Mesto, for the purpose of making up their rassodocks what to do for the evening. What's it going to be then, eh?
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Add a CommentI will preface by saying that I am a Kubrick true believer, and that many of his films are great. Yes, it's a satire, and yes, some of the points are still true. This isn't one of them, it hasn't aged well, and I'm perhaps overly influenced by Anthony Burgess' reported comment in later life that he regretted publishing the novel. I'd recommend this only for film students and Burgess aficionados looking to "complete the set".
One copy of this video stops at the 1:38 minute. There are at least 20 minutes more of footage before it ends. If you get this copy, let the library know so a clean copy can be put into circulation. Thanks.
Agree with Ryan Akler-Bishop. This is such a masterpiece from Kubrick. The Los Angeles Contemporary Museum of Art has an incredible exhibit until May 30, 2013 on the films of Stanley Kubrick. It is incredible! It had the original props and costumes on display from Clockwork Orange. Check it out if you are in the area!
"A Clockwork Orange" is one of my three favorite films of all time, the others being: "The Wizard of Oz", and "Lawrence of Arabia". Each of the three films is brilliant in its own way, and each has a brilliant literary source. But Anthony Burgess's novel "A Clockwork Orange" is a work of art, and up to task of setting the backdrop, structure, and linguistics to what is a truly inspired film work.
A film that I do not recommend for those with a narrow mind of cinema. A Clockwork Orange is the greatest commentary of modern generations.
If you can get past the gratuitous brutality (including gang rapes) and objectification of women in the first half-hour to 45 minutes, you'll find a mediocre and slow-moving plot, with more gratuitous nudity and violence. Four thumbs down. (My husband & I both hated it.)
What I recently noticed about this picture is that it's like watching two films! The anti-hero seems to go on three different journeys --two within the picture and another suggested at the end. There is something schizophrenic about it considering the lingo, futuristic style, and other elements. Young Alex (central character) is exploring and defining himself as a criminal and then the real world catches up to him when he is convicted and sent away. You suddenly find yourself feeling sympathy for him later on for having to face society with an even greater warped sense of reality, his free will stolen away from him.
This is truly a sinister film but a gorgeous one at that! You will get murder, sex and mayhem...oh, LOTS of it! Why not sing in the rain and have some fun while you're at it?
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Don't let the violence in A Clockwork Orange fool you. Stanley Kubrick used it to involve the audience into the film. The aversion that we feel against Alex while he engages in rape, murder, and violence demonstrates man's own capacity for destructive, antisocial behaviors, and how people tend to reject that fact. This entire point can be easily missed because Kubrick tends to create films that are layered in metaphors.