Tagline: Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven. (more)
Plot Outline: The adventures of a young man who loved a bit of the old ultra-violence, went to jail, was brainwashed and came out cured, or was he? (more)(view trailer)
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A Dark, Violent and Twisted Masterpiece
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Date: 10 November 2001 Summary: A Dark, Violent and Twisted Masterpiece
Alex DeLarge(Malcolm McDowell) is a hoodlum in not-to-distant future
London.
As the tagline says, "his principle interests are rape, ultraviolence and
Beethoven. He and his "droogs"(friends) often spend a lot of time away
from
home and out on the streets. They go out at night and have fun which
means
getting into fights with other gangs, commit random acts of violence, and
"in-out"(rape) women. One night, when Alex comes out of some lady's house
after beating her to death with a large statue, he is beaten up and
betrayed
by his droogs and his left to be arrested by the police. At the jail,
Alex
is informed that a woman that he had performed an "in-out" on had died at
the hospital from her injuries. Alex is then sent to prison. While
there,
he reads the bible(he only reads about the sex and violence) and dreams of
getting out of prison. He then asks a preacher about an experiment that
he
had heard about at Ludovico that if successful, could possibly rid him of
any violent or sexual impulses he might have. Soon enough he is sent to
Ludovico. There he is forced to watch undedited footage of brutal
beatings,
rapes, and Nazi marches all the while with good old Ludwig van Beethoven's
Ninth Symphony playing in the background. Alex comes out of Ludovico a
changed man or is he?
This is actually the second film directed by the late Stanley Kubrick that
I've watched with Full Metal Jacket being the first. Malcolm McDowell is
truly awesome in his role as the sadistic, young Alex. Stanley Kubrick
said
he wouldn't been able to make this movie without him. Stanley Kubrick did
take an awfully big chance with this movie. The violence here in "A
Clockwork Orange" can simply be described as ultra. There are many brutal
rape scenes and several bloody beatings. People who like Gene Kelly's
"Singing in the Rain" may not like it anymore if they watch "A Clockwork
Orange" because Malcolm McDowell sings it while kicking the crap out of an
elderly man and raping his wife.
The musical score is the easily one of the best parts of "A Clockwork
Orange". It is fantastic! The opening score is the one I like the most.
The way it plays while Alex is looking into the camera with that
half-smile,
you wonder what exactly is going through his head at that moment. The
"milk
bar" or whatever it's called that Alex and his droogs are sitting at, is
unique and yet ultimately frightening and disturbing at the same time.
The film's setting apparently futuristic London, but it seems a lot like
present day London. The reason it feels so much like present day because
of
the clothing and all the cars and stuff like that. This feels a lot more
like some sort of dark, comic satire than it does a science-fiction movie.
"A Clockwork Orange" certainly is a twisted work of art. It is now my
favorite Stanley Kubrick film. As I said before Stanley Kubrick did take
a
chance making this movie. It probably could of either made or ended his
career because of all the sex and violence that's in this movie.
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