He should be made to watch it!
I prefer the book ending, however the movie is compelling. It is horrifying, a "brave new world" dystopia, yet compelling to watch.
What do you think of this film?
I could not watch it the first time when it originally came out -
but he doesn’t mind Caligula s/
How is the book ending different from the movie ending?
As with better science fiction, it extrapolates and then makes us deal with the resultant situation.
If there *were* an effective and efficient extreme form of such ‘aversion therapy’, wouldn’t there be a strong impetus for society to use it to reform criminals and other useless people into something ‘better’. But then *if* we were able to ‘reprogram’ gang-bangers (or Democrats) into productive, law-abiding citizens, what does that say about free will, and what are the real costs to society (vastly expanded totalitarian mind control, the destruction of the creative elements of society, etc).
As a good work should, it raises questions; the violence was in some ways necessary to justify what was subsequently done to Alex, at least in the fictional universe.
“Thought Provoking” is very rarely comfortable or happy-making.
I remember seeing that movie when I was a young kid. Looking back, it didn’t make much sense to me. If I recall it was something to do about a heist.
This film had a huge impact on me when I saw it as a young man. I took several friends to see it. “You have to see this movie! It’s amazing!” When it came out on dvd some years ago, I purchased a copy and tried to watch it, but I couldn’t handle it. It was the old “ultra-violence,” you see.
Even as a young teenager reading this book (and seeing the film), I generally grasped it was depicting a declining, immoral, politically hypocritical, sexually perverse leftist society.
Its more true than ever.
Lately, he looks like Sting.
And what’s so stinking about it, then?
It was a documentary.....................
It Changed my Life,
Droogie.
I prefer the book ending too. In fact, McDowell’s present reaction sort of resembles it, doesn’t it?
Personally, Clockwork Orange is a personal favorite of mine — all of Stanely Kubricks films are with the exception of Eyes Wide Shut (which I thought was absolute sh*t).
Great soundtrack, and utterly prescient.
The source novel is phenomenal.
The movie was written and directed by Stanley Kubrick. Calling the movie "his", in regards to Malcolm McDowell, seems a bit of an overstatement.
The following would have been accurate:
Malcolm McDowell has revealed he cannot stomach rewatching Stanley Kubrick's 1971 dystopian crime film, in which McDowell starred.
I love Burgess.
The book was much more focused on the idea that “evil is less evil than not being able to choose evil.”
The movie was more stygian and bleak. It also is unsettling because in the 1970s things didn’t resemble the movie. Now it’s getting quite close.
I encourage everyone to read Burgess’ 1985. It’s basically a critique on 1984, saying that instead England will be destroyed by utilitarian labor unions and Islam.
The book was good - a linguistic treat once you get into the rhythm.
The Mad Magazine version was even better 😁
Because the England of the future in which the story takes place is socialist and Russian is the lingua franca of socialism, the slang used by the kids comes from Russian. "Droogs" comes from the Russian word друг (friend), the bar where they hang out is the Korova (корова--cow), and when they like something, they exclaim that it's "horrorshow" (хорошo--good).
I walked out during the rape scene.
It made me appreciate Ludwig Vans 9th.