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Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
Videy Well, me brothers, videy well.
Genre: Crime Drama Sci-Fi (UK)
Starring: Malcolm McDowell (Caligula • If....), Patrick Magee (Barry Lyndon • Marat/Sade)
Directed By: Stanley Kubrick (Dr. Strangelove • Paths of Glory)
Overview: In the near future, a young hoodlum is put into the prison system where he volunteers to be the subject of a new treatment promising a cure for his criminality.
that ironic, iconic single eyelash
Prison Chaplain: Choice! The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fear of physical pain drove him to that grotesque act of self-abasement. The insincerity was clear to be seen. He ceases to be a wrongdoer. He ceases also to be a creature capable of moral choice.
Minister: Padre, there are subtleties! We are not concerned with motives, with the higher ethics. We are concerned only with cutting down crime and with relieving the ghastly congestion in our prisons. He will be your true Christian, ready to turn the other cheek, ready to be crucified rather than crucify, sick to the heart at the thought of killing a fly. Reclamation! Joy before the angels of God! The point is that it works.
The question, that fundamental question about man versus society, about law and order versus individual freedom, is asked in its most extreme example in A Clockwork Orange. Take one man: a hooligan, a hood, a thief, a gang-leader and a rapist, then make the audience feel pity for him. Good luck with that, yet, it is the magic of Anthony Burgess' book, one that asks 'by any means necessary? or At what cost?' From this incredible story comes an incredible film. Stanley Kubrick managed to make the worst kind of criminal shine brightly on the big screen. It's a perfect film for many reasons, most notable its writing and visual style. The book's author invented a slanguage that plays wonderfully on the synapses. Visually, the fashion of the future is loud as can be, from Alex's mother's wigs to the rival gang outfits, though the highlight is Alex's own gang attire including a bowler and that ironic, iconic single eyelash that instead makes its femininity a sinister symbol.
The Durango '95 purred away a real horrowshow - a nice, warm vibraty feeling all through your guttiwuts.
Naughty, naughty, naughty! You filthy old soomka!
Performance: 9 Cinematography: 10 Script: 10 Plot: 9 Mood: 9
Overall Rating: 94% (Videy Ye Glazzies, She'll Stick In Ye Gulliver)
Aftertaste:
Malcolm McDowell has always and will forever mean A Clockwork Orange to me. I've never known another actor to subject themselves to being strapped down with their eyes forced opened with specula. When I first saw this at a young age, I always thought that was a particularly dedicated moment of acting.
I think I'm the only person out there who fucking loathes this film. It's so overrated and has it's head firmly in the proverbial arse of critics all over the world. Don't get me wrong it's very stylish and the central performances are undoubtedly impressive but I just find the whole thing bland in overall substance. This is a film built almost entirely on it's "banned" pedigree and even that is a sham and as Kubrick made so many great films it's a shame this tends to be the one everyone talks about.
So although I can understand it's standing to a certain degree I for one would rather remove my eyes than watch this turgid shite ever again. Of course it is as ever just my opinion.
I can't argue with you here. What a great movie! I haven't watched it in years but I've seen it a few times and it stands up as one of my favourites.
One thing that begs a mention is the soundtrack. Every piece of music in this picture fits the mood dead on. It would not be complete without it. Wendy Carlos' compositions of classical and electro-synth pieces mixed in with some Beethoven classics creates an intense psychological tension. Perfection.