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Stanley Kubrick's striking visual interpretation of Anthony Burgess's famous novel is a masterpiece. Malcolm McDowell brings a clever, tongue-in-cheek performance as Alex, the leader of a quartet of droogs, a vicious group of young hoodlums who use their nights stealing cars, fighting rival gangs, breaking into people's homes, and raping women. While other directors would just exploit the violent elements of such a film not including subtext, Kubrick supports Burgess's dark, satirical social commentary. We watch Alex convert from a free-roaming miscreant into a convict used in a government experiment this strives to reform criminals throughout an unorthodox new medical treatment. The catch, of course, is this this therapy may be nothing better than a fast cure-all for a society plagued by rampant crime. A Clockwork Orange works on many levels--visual, social, political, and sexual--and is one of the few films this hold up under repeated viewings. Kubrick not only presents colorfully arresting pictures, he in addition stylizes the film by using classical music (and Wendy Carlos's electronic classical work) to underscore the violent scenes, which even today are disturbing in their display of sheer nihilism. Ironically, many fans of the film have missed this point, sadly being entertained by its brutality rather than being repulsed by it. --Bryan Reesman
Customer Reviews
Weird but awesome   2010-08-29
By Abdul Fazrul (Malaysia)
This is one hell of a weird movie but it is a good weird. Weird like Fight Club, Donnie Darko, Inception, Space Odyssey, Requiem for a Dream, etc. Very good audio and video. But the dialogue is a bit hard to catch since it's spoken in thick British accent.
Really?   2010-08-26
By M. Griffith (TN)
One of the most over rated films by the most over rated director of all time.
A cinematic classic   2010-08-23
By Ryan Bonline
Its time for a bit of the old ultra-violence! haha but i digress, this movie is a true classic of storytelling in it's most raw and oddly magnetic form. In all truth I am probably more biased towards liking this as a film than reviewing it as a blu-ray so maybe I'm not the best source, but if you love the film, this is a great blu-ray for the price point.
Stupid   2010-07-25
By Jennifer L. Shafer (NH, USA)
For the life of me, I can't figure out why this movie gets such ratings. I'm an avid movie watcher without particular tastes. Will watch just about anything even if I've read the book & not judge according to original stories. This movie just plain sucks, but because it was written by someone of notable existence & in '72 I think, he must have been ahead of his time, right? ~ NOT! It sucked when I tried to watch it 25 years ago when I walked out of the theater & it sucked even more when I watched it as an adult nearly a decade ago now.
One of a kind film from the master of cinema Stanely Kubrik.   2010-07-18
By Puzzle box (Kuwait)
A Clockwork Orange is a revolutionary motion picture. It was surely a very controversial piece of work back in the seventies and I can see how it would still be just as chilling if released today. I have not read the novel, but the film is extremely powerful and stands, to this day, as one of the best motion pictures of all time. Stanley Kubrick is an amazing director and, with a capable cast and some Beethoven tunes, he effectively turns A Clockwork Orange into a timeless work of art. The film is not watered down, nor is it for everyone. For those who can appreciate it though, A Clockwork Orange is a true masterpiece that does not disappoint. While Kubrik's previous film 2001 A Space Odyssey presented a central character rendered inert by his surroundings, here the viewer is given Alex (great performance by Malcolm McDowell), a dynamic, intelligent and often witty psychopath who performs any antisocial action dictated by his whims - beatings, robbery, rape and murder. The protagonist Alex, an adolescent man who along with his three "droogs" (cronies) spends nights at a bizarrely-decorated bar drinking mixes of milk and drugs. This prepares the four pals for their favorite nightly pastimes: "ultra-violence" and rape. The actions of the group are depicted in detail and glorified with cinematography, art design, and classical music selections. The first act of the film seems designed to shock and trigger a subconscious taste in viewers for vicarious violence. It culminates with Alex, having recently reinforced his status as gang leader, accidentally murdering a frightened "cat lady" with a giant ornamental phallus sculpture and single-handedly taking the blame. After the process of being sent to prison, Alex grows to learn to tell officers and guards what they like to hear. He reads the bible, is never involved with any major fights or complications, and almost volunteers for a new kind of experiment. An experiment so probationary it is still being tested and held under wraps. What it does, though a series of "sessions," is cure a violent individual from his sickness; he will feel terrible pain if involved in any sort of violence after the medicine takes place. The film's extremely potent streak of humor also belongs to Alex and reinforces the message that a twisted member of society is not so far removed from normality as is so often assumed it also shows us a very dark and psychedelic vision of the future (although some of the sets do look abit outdated, especially at the record store). On a more superficial level, A Clockwork Orange is also a supremely well crafted piece of entertainment, slickly acted and performed and often disturbing. Stanley Kubrick's direction to "A Clockwork Orange" also forces us to investigate deep down in ourselves and chew on the idea of us being in the character's shoes. There is a brilliant and memorable scene in this movie that forces two parents to make a decision of a lifetime. After receiving the treatments he volunteered for, Alex returns to his household only to discover that the only mom and dad he's ever known have rented his old room out to some strange college kid, who is said to have been there for them during many hard times, like a real son. His parents must make a choice: to throw their only son, who has suffered for years in turn for making others suffer, out of the house for good, or allow him to return with open arms trusting that he is "cured". At this point you don't know whether to despise this character or feel pity for him cause he's misunderstood, this is great stuff from Kubrik. `A Clockwork Orange' was a film that was so far ahead of it's time in 1971, it is also highly dramatic, extremely graphic, compelling and provoking... It is frightening and intriguing masterpiece with a powerful message about the reality of human nature. Highly recommended.