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A Clockwork Orange, 1971
English
UK, USA
Profile of A Clockwork Orange
The mood of A Clockwork Orange is disturbing, bleak, and contemplative. The plot centers around a violence spree, a future dystopia, and social misfits. It features dark humor and satire. A Clockwork Orange is a drama and sci-fi movie. Stylistically, it is postmodernist. In approach, it is serious. The musical score of A Clockwork Orange is classical and pop. It is based on a book. The movie is known for being groundbreaking, original, and a classic. Note that A Clockwork Orange includes strong violent content and nudity.
Summary of A Clockwork Orange
From its opening shot of Malcolm McDowell staring with evil intent directly into the camera (which pulls back to reveal him drinking a glass of milk), Stanley Kubrick's brilliant A Clockwork Orange announces itself as a completely new kind of viewing experience. The film, set in an unidentified future, overwhelms the senses with its almost comic depictions of rape and violence set to an upbeat classical and pop music score. Kubrick based his chilling masterpiece on Anthony Burgess's culture-shaking novel about a young man growing into adulthood, but unable to shake his huge problem with authority figures. The first part of the film shows Alex (a career-defining performance by McDowell) and his "droogs" (his cohorts) indulging in what they refer to as "a little bit of the old ultraviolence." After establishing Alex and co. as unremitting psychopaths, Kubrick's movie changes tact, and shows Alex getting caught and forced to undergo controversial treatment that will make it impossible for him to commit violent acts, leading to a fascinating ending to the film.
A Clockwork Orange purposely confuses crime and punishment, cause and effect, hero and villain, irony and satire, and many other concepts, creating a truly unique work of art in the process. Its magnificent, colorful, futuristic set designs and utter determination to shock, frighten, and thoroughly entertain left audiences reeling in the '70s. Kubrick even withdrew the film from distribution in the UK, after reading newspaper reports of people dressing up as Alex and his Droogs and meting out their own brand of ultraviolence (it was subsequently rereleased after his death). One thing is for sure: No one who has seen it has ever been able to hear "Singin' in the Rain" or Beethoven again in quite the same way.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | UK, USA |
| Release date: | 19 December 1971 |
| Runtime: | 136 min |
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as Alex
as Mr. Alexander
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Users Reviews
- 01.May.2010
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- by: Lou Dirker
- Lou Dirker rated this movie
10/10Must See
- 11.October.2009
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- by: Melli
- Melli rated this movie
0/10
