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clockwork orange ws wse sm special collection
stanley kubrick dissects the nature of violence in this darkly ironic near future satire adapted from anthony burgess novel complete with nadsat slang . classical music loving proto punk % alex malcolm mcdowell and his droogs spend their nights getting high at the korova milkbar before embarking on a little of the old ultraviolence such as terrorizing a writer % mr. alexander patrick magee and raping his wife while jauntily warbling & singin in the rain . after % alex is jailed for bludgeoning the % cat lady miriam karlin to death with one of her phallic sculptures % alex submits to the ludovico behavior modification technique to earn his freedom ; hes conditioned to abhor violence through watching gory movies and even his adored beethoven is turned against him . returned to the world defenseless % alex becomes the victim of his prior victims with % mr. alexander using beethoven s & ninth to inflict the greatest pain of all . when society sees what the state has done to % alex however the politically expedient move is made . casting a coldly pessimistic view on the then future of the late 70s early 80s kubrick and production designer john barry created a world of high tech cultural decay mixing old details like bowler hats with bizarrely alienating new environments like the milkbar . % alex s violence is horrific yet it is an aesthetically calculated fact of his existence ; his charisma makes the icily clinical ludovico treatment seem more negatively abusive than positively therapeutic . % alex may be a sadist but the states autocratic control is another violent act rather than a solution . released in late 1971 within weeks of sam peckinpah s brutally violent straw dogs the film sparked considerable controversy in the u.s. with its x rated violence ; after copycat crimes in england kubrick withdrew the film from british distribution until after his death . opinion was divided on the meaning of kubrick s detached view of this shocking future but whether the discord drew the curious or kubrick s scathing diagnosis spoke to the chaotic cultural moment a clockwork orange became a hit . on the heels of new york film critics circle awards as best film best director and best screenplay kubrick received oscar nominations in all three categories . lucia bozzola all movie guide . br br production notestheatrical trailernominations and awards . br br production notestheatrical trailernominations and awards .
clockwork orange ws wse sm special collection
actors michael bates steven berkoff lindsay campbell john carney warren clarke john clive adrienne corri carol drinkwater carl duering paul farrell clive francis michael gover gillian hills miriam karlin patrick magee malcolm mcdowell aubrey morris david prowse godfrey quigley sheila raynor madge ryan john savident barbara scott anthony sharp philip stone pauline taylor margaret tyzack virginia wetherell katya wyeth vivienne chandler james marcus cheryl grunwald craig hunter michael tarn aspect ratio wse sm created by stage pcm created date 2014 08 23 11 14 39.0 duration 137 dvd region code 1 edition special collection languages english modified by stage pcm modified date 2015 03 27 19 37 08.0 mpaa rating r rating reason cult film release date 930614400000 studio & production company warner home video