A Clockwork Orange
by Stanley Kubrick
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Actor: John Clive, Malcolm McDowell, Michael Bates, Patrick Magee, Warren ClarkeDirector: Stanley Kubrick
Cinematographer: John Alcott
Editor: Bill Butler
Producer: Si Litvinoff
Producer: Max L. Raab
Writer: Anthony Burgess
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 137 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-06-29
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Movie Reviews of A Clockwork Orange
Movie Review: Once Is Enough
Summary: 1 Stars
I'm not familiar with Stanley Kubrick and I wasn't even born yet when this movie came out. All I can say is that this movie was way too long and I had to force myself to continue watching it to the annoying end. There were also way too many phallic images presented throughout the course of film. Just way too many. If you think the government giving a person medication to change bad behavior is controversial, just wait a few years. Soon your DNA will be collected as soon as your out of the womb. Your DNA will be tested to see if you have a "criminal gene" and then off you go to a facility to be given a microchip and medication to control you. I saw this movie once and I never want to see it again. Skip this one at all costs.
Summary of A Clockwork Orange
Stanley Kubrick's striking visual interpretation of Anthony Burgess's famous novel is a masterpiece. Malcolm McDowell delivers a clever, tongue-in-cheek performance as Alex, the leader of a quartet of droogs, a vicious group of young hoodlums who spend their nights stealing cars, fighting rival gangs, breaking into people's homes, and raping women. While other directors would simply exploit the violent elements of such a film without subtext, Kubrick maintains Burgess's dark, satirical social commentary. We watch Alex transform from a free-roaming miscreant into a convict used in a government experiment that attempts to reform criminals through an unorthodox new medical treatment. The catch, of course, is that this therapy may be nothing better than a quick cure-all for a society plagued by rampant crime. A Clockwork Orange works on many levels--visual, social, political, and sexual--and is one of the few films that hold up under repeated viewings. Kubrick not only presents colorfully arresting images, he also stylizes the film by utilizing classical music (and Wendy Carlos's electronic classical work) to underscore the violent scenes, which even today are disturbing in their display of sheer nihilism. Ironically, many fans of the film have missed that point, sadly being entertained by its brutality rather than being repulsed by it. --Bryan ReesmanStanley Kubrick's striking visual interpretation of Anthony Burgess's famous novel is a masterpiece. Malcolm McDowell delivers a clever, tongue-in-cheek performance as Alex, the leader of a quartet of droogs, a vicious group of young hoodlums who spend their nights stealing cars, fighting rival gangs, breaking into people's homes, and raping women. While other directors would simply exploit the violent elements of such a film without subtext, Kubrick maintains Burgess's dark, satirical social commentary. We watch Alex transform from a free-roaming miscreant into a convict used in a government experiment that attempts to reform criminals through an unorthodox new medical treatment. The catch, of course, is that this therapy may be nothing better than a quick cure-all for a society plagued by rampant crime. A Clockwork Orange works on many levels--visual, social, political, and sexual--and is one of the few films that hold up under repeated viewings. Kubrick not only presents colorfully arresting images, he also stylizes the film by utilizing classical music (and Wendy Carlos's electronic classical work) to underscore the violent scenes, which even today are disturbing in their display of sheer nihilism. Ironically, many fans of the film have missed that point, sadly being entertained by its brutality rather than being repulsed by it. --Bryan Reesman
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