A Clockwork Orange (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Actor: John Clive, Malcolm McDowell, Michael Bates, Patrick Magee, Warren ClarkeBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 136 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-23
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Model: 80672
Studio: Warner Home Video
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- A jolting tale of crime and punishment stars Malcolm McDowell as a young neo-punk who becomes the guinea pig for a state-sanctioned cure of his tendency toward ?the old ultraviolence.Running Time: 136 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG Age: 012569806726 UPC: 012569806726 Manufacturer No: 80672
Movie Reviews of A Clockwork Orange (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Movie Review: A Clockwork Orange Movie Review
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the most shocking, revolting, outrageous and yet wildly imaginative films ever made, Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange brings to life Anthony Burgess' fevered novel accurately and in such a visually arresting manner that this 1971 classic was nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award, despite its abrasive subject matter and controversial "X" rating upon its initial release.
It is a nearly indefinable futuristic Britain, where local gangs rule the streets while drinking down vellocet (milk spiked with drugs) and seeking out violent entertainment. Alex de Large (Malcolm McDowell) is the leader of his gang of "droogs" who wile away the days beating up bums, fighting with other gangs, and breaking into houses to steal and rape, an extracurricular activity known as "ultraviolence." When Alex's droogs betray him, he is captured by the police and given the option to undergo a series of tests and a psychological corrective experiment (dubbed the Ludovico Treatment) to try and cure his wicked ways. But what the brainwashing does is effectively prevent him from making choices and using free will. His newly feeble condition leaves them at the mercy of those he wronged during his terrorizing days of ultraviolence.
A jarring amount of nudity, violence, and disturbing situations make A Clockwork Orange a difficult yet highly rewarding film to watch. Gratuitous but arguably necessary to paint a vibrant scene of futuristic and satirically current hysteria, the violence and sexual assault is provided in a contrasting context to the tortures Alex must suffer for his misdeeds. Alex chooses violence as a rebellious act against conformism and values its evil above inertia. Almost operatic in nature, a musical accompaniment of blaring Beethoven augments nearly every scene, creating a lighthearted Elizabethan tone to intensify the vulgarity on display. The soundtrack is phenomenal and perfectly matched to each scene to evoke various emotions, and frenetic, time-altered editing oftentimes accompanies these wondrous scenes.
The film is filled with breathtaking and uniquely memorable moments including Alex confined to a chair with metal prongs prying his eyes open, a dolly shot toward the group of droogs sipping spiked milk, and the slow-motion scene in which Alex kicks Georgie into a canal and gracefully replaces Dim's outstretched hand with a glistening knife.
The most impressive aspect of the film is one of the same critically acclaimed aspects used in Anthony Burgess' chilling novel, and that is the invented language "Nadsat" used throughout by all of the droogs. A creative blend of Russian, English, slang and completely made-up verbiage, Alex narrates using this language, and despite the numerous unfamiliar and foreign phrases, audiences still universally understand it. A brilliant mix of double-edged words and humorous adjectives (e.g. "the old in and out" equals "sex") his speech is more complex in the novel, but perfectly honed and never overused in the film.
The designs of Alex and his group were a huge success and have immortalized the bowler hat. Bloody eyeballs adorned the sleeves of their crisp white clothing, and their thick lower false eyelashes are a strikingly bizarre look. The entire artistic design of the film is so outlandish that words don't do it justice.
Kubrick's brilliant interpretation of the novel houses multitudes of subliminal messages and commentary on society in a glaringly visual way that couldn't have been achieved by anyone else.
A Clockwork Orange is an incredible journey into the fiery genius of Stanley Kubrick and perhaps the best film of his career. Visually stunning and an intense morality play involving the freedom of choice and the state's influence on civilian lives, the film may be science fiction on the outside, but it is pure classic on the inside.
- Mike Massie
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