I guarantee one thing about this horror film by Stanley Kubrick: once you see & hear it, Beethoven's 5th symphony will never again sound the same. Saying that's my way of not spoiling the film. Malcolm McDowell becoming evil incarnate as Stanley Kubrick directs the camera right into his eyes. He's living sometime in the future that's uncertain. Kubrick becomes a master of the macabre by depictions brutal rapes & murders nearly in a comical way by making use of a very upbeat pop & classical musical score in the background while these horrific events are ongoing. Clearly this is one of Kubrick's major masterpieces. The film's based upon a nerve-rattling novel about a Jeffrey Dahmer type of child, Alex, who grows up to hate authority figures. As an adult, Alex (McDowell) & his "droogs" indulge in "a little bit of the old ultraviolence," acts that cast them as psychopaths. Kubrick jumps to Alex being caught & forced to undergo treatment that will render him incapable of violence. The purpose of "A Clockwork Orange" is to BE psychopathic, not just depict it through mentally twisted characters. Like a psychopath's mind right and wrong become as confused as villainy & heroism. Crime is indistinguishable from punishment. Cause & effect are conflated so that there is no difference. The concepts twist because psychopathology twists them. Psychopathic life becomes psychopathic art. This it the Kubrick film that teeters on the very edge of going too close to the reality of the mental lack of being in touch with it. This film's ability of horrify & simultaneously entertain is what's most shocking. Audiences become disturbed because of being entertained by morbidity. This film has such a dramatic impact upon society when it was released in the 1970's that viewers in the UK were acting out what Alex & his droogs had done. This social reaction to the film caused Kubrick to withdraw the film. It wasn't re-leased until after Kubrick died. "A Clockwork Orange" has consistently remained among the 150 greatest films of all time. Why, is the single best question for every viewer to ask ourselves~Read full review
An exhilarating, terrifying, uncanny, and sometimes comical ride into yesterday's future with one of cinema's greats, Stanley Kubrick, at the helm. Special features are excellent. Sound and color are excellent. My only criticism is that the edges of the picture are a little too soft.
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I ordered the Blue Ray in error - but my parents can use it so I it is part of their Christmas gift. The movie is excellent. So far ahead of it's time. For that time era it is a seriously sadistic and twisted film, but such a damn good story. Thank You
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Anthony Burgess' fictional work "A Clockwork Orange" was supposed to be a satirical look to the future where teenage youths rule their parents with violence and political clout. Instead, architecture moved forward but the teens were left by the wayside dealing with opoids or heroin, when not abandoning their parents in homeless camps and the creep politicians ascended to control large voting factions with fiction or advertising clout. We no longer know where our leaders come from upon election with the disaffected populace largely sold out. .
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If you've never seen Clockwork, get ready for an experience like no other. The extras alone are worth the price of this set, in particular McDowell talking about his role in the running commentary. Don't miss this one!
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