A Clockwork Orange [1971 film]

Definitely an interesting movie to not rewatch at all between youth and middle age, to see only from those two very different perspectives. Ironically, when I was young Alex seemed more alien, maybe because I was a timid young person, and maybe because back then a movie from 15 years ago was ancient. Of course, there's also the fact that when I last saw it, the future it took place in was still ahead of me; now the designs and styles are quaint, very specific to their time's caricaturish idea of the future. The story's more tightly constructed than I would expect, really, as far as cause and effect. Neatly laid dominos, as opposed to Do the Right Thing which is more of a series of vignettes hinting at the tensions set to explode at the show more end.

It's lively, vibrant, engaging -- and extremely problematic. At a time when people mistakenly accuse almost every movie that depicts violence and misogyny of condoning them, this really does feel guilty as charged. Glenn Kenny articulates it perfectly in this review from 2019. https://decider.com/2019/03/06/a-clockwork-orange-netflix-glenn-kenny/ show less

The government "cures" a violent teenager with conditioning.

It's not exactly what one might call subtle. Things are so big and cartoonish, it plays like social satire rather than the serious sci-fi analysis of Christian morality that it should have been. I used to think it was a great movie, but watching it yesterday (for the first time in about a decade) it just seemed silly and somewhat distasteful - not distasteful because of the violence, mind you, but mostly because of the visual style. I usually love Kubrick's visuals, but it didn't work for me this time. It doesn't fit this material; it glamorizes when it should be dissecting. Or maybe I'm just experiencing Kubrick overload from seeing three of his movies in the span of a show more week.

Concept: A
Story: B
Characters: F
Dialog: A
Pacing: B
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: C
Acting: C
Music: A

Enjoyment: C plus

GPA: 2.8/4 show less

A very difficult and challenging read, not helped by the frequent use of a made-up language!

Completely different ending from the movie. A thought provoking novel from a clearly twisted mind.

As clever and ironic a picture of a dark, dingy and shallow future as you'll find. Hard to tell which is better - Burgess' novel or Kubrik's film.

I read this over Christmas, snowed in at a ski lodge, and found that a perfect combination to read this perfect novel. I couldn't imagine seeing Kubric's movice after reading this. Excellent.

Que B urgess tenha julgado mal a distância entre ol cômico e o cruel, parece indiscutível. Criou um clássico arrepiante, uma sátira escabrosa aos desvios humanos, brutalidades e condicionamentos sociais que permanece até hoje uma parte visível do debate público sobre violência. Embora admita uma leitura mais liberal e antiautoritária, o romance alegórico é muito católico, moralmente confuso, e tremendamente poderoso. Exige reflexão, descreve o horror com elegância e beleza. Burgess criou uma comédia negra desconcertante e humana, não calorosa nem amável, mas sim um terrível resumo de onde o mundo foi parar. O pesadelo brilhante emprega vulgaridade ultrajante, brutalidade gritante. um pouco de comédia sofisticada e show more uma pitada de tragicomédia punk, para em suma meditar sobre o Bem, o Mal e o Livre Arbítrio. The central idea of the film has to do with the question of free-will. Do we lose our humanity if we are deprived of the choice between good and evil? Do we become, as the title suggests, A Clockwork Orange? show less

It has been called snide, overdrawn, Nietzschean, talky , tasteless, ¨the first punk tragicomedy,¨ ¨a chain-whipped cartoon meditation on Good, Evil, and Free Will.¨ In fact, it is a brilliant nightmare employing outrageous vulgarity, stark brutality and a little sophisticated comedy.
Overall a chilling classic, a scabrous satire about deviance, brutality, and social conditioning that eventually remained a visible part of the ongoing debate on violence as well as movie violence.
Kubrick's litteral reading of Burgess's very Catholic allegorical novel may be morally confused but tremendously powerful. And, for that reason, A Clockwork Orange must be considered a landmark of modern cinema. Kubrick created a disorienting human comedy, a show more terrible sum-up of where the world is. show less