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Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Warren Clarke, Michael Bates
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about A Clockwork Orange |
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Stanley Kubrick's adaption of the Burgess novel. Droog leader Alex, loves his synthmesc, Beethoven and a bit of the ultra-violence. Very depressing view on the future of society and reformation of criminals through science. While missing a lot of the unique dialogue from the novel, Kubrick hits home with his own unique filmmaking style.
--Jedimindtrik, Resident Scholar
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This is a film based on a novel by Anthony Burgess; it's a story set in futuristic London where crime runs rampant on the streets. The main character, Alex, is a bright but extremely violent and sadistic teen gang leader who, along with his fellow gang members ("droogs"), roams the city at night in search of victims to terrorize. Their crimes include random beatings, robbery and rape; Alex, in narrating the story, aptly refers to their practices as "ultraviolence". Alex's constant hounding of one of the other members of his gang causes the others to question his authority. Angered, Alex assaults them while walking along a waterfront and causes enough injury to re-claim his status in the gang......or so it seems. He is set up by the other members to get caught in the act by the police, which he does. He is convicted and sentenced to prison for fifteen years. While imprisoned, Alex learns of an experimental psychological conditioning "treatment" being sanctioned by the government which guarantees early release from prison. He volunteers to undergo the treatment, and is transferred to a medical facility. After a fortnight, he is released back into society as a "cured" man. Being cured, however, compromises one's autonomy, and Alex is no longer able to think freely. This makes him an easy target for those whom he had done wrong before his capture. He is helpless as the ghosts of his past return to inflict revenge upon him, and attempts suicide. When this happens, the integrity of the government and its treatment are called into question. Alex survives his ordeal to find that he has been returned to his normal, deranged self while being compensated by the government for what he was forced to endure.
--Tim Edgar, Resident Scholar
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This movie is about a young hoodlum who enjoys rape, violence and Beetoven. He gets caught by the police and they try the new "Ludivico Treatment Technique" on him. It's a technique that kills the criminal reflex in the brain and whenever he thinks of sex or violence he gets violently sick. All his old victims get revenge on the poor boy until the goverment reverses the effect and "cures" him.
--Michael O'Donovan, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of A Clockwork Orange |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Time/Era of Movie:
- near future
Medical Thriller?
Yes
Medical Plotlets:
- wild experiments on people
- getting cure/new technology
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- criminal becomes sensitive
Kind of story:
- rape (yech!)
If this is a criminal POV story...
- jail abuse/escape story
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- a teen
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- wild
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- licking
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
- seeing full frontal--women
- seeing full frontal--men
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 3 (some)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- knives
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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