Wednesday, August 10, 2016

A Clockwork Orange will Show you Something Different Every Time you See it



My first viewing of A Clockwork Orange 30 years ago left me lost on the message. A hardened criminal receives the opportunity for a quick, psychologically based reform, but the dehumanizing treatment endured almost makes his crimes seem forgivable. Not sure who to side with and put off by the chaotic presentation, I was indifferent. Nonetheless, a later more open-minded viewing got my nod, but the ideological mish-mash remained, and a meaningful critique here, would require the insight of others. 

Slightly future based, Alex is a vile British hooligan. Leading a quartet of “Droogs,” the protagonist orchestrates the brutal beating off a defenseless drunk, gang rape of a Samaritan and the murder of an English socialite.  Nothing short of cinematic horror, if this weren’t Kubrick, switching it off would be understandable.

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