Everything that you'll never want to see

Rating: 10/10 (2 April 2011)

Stanley Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange"(1971) is one of the first movies that proved that cinema can be the most enlightening and amazing art form around. Even though it remains unappreciated because of the violence and the perversity bursting from the scenes, analysing and watching the film carefully would stress the important problems in society and the ways to prevent these.
Adapted from the novel of Anthony Burgess, the story is told by 16- year- old Alex DeLarge (Malcolm McDowell) in a future Britain. Because of his interests being ultra-violence and rape he shortly ends up in jail. Not being able to hold up to the hard conditions in jail, he volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government to solve the society's crime problem. The therapy turns out to be a brainwashing program, which turns Alex into a dog-like proper citizen and when he's finally out on the streets, he faces the people whom he's tortured, hurt, raped or violated. And they're not willing to let Alex walk away safely.
Alex did give up his violent self during the therapy but what he couldn't give up was listening to Ludwig Van. This is why almost all of the scenes are accompanied by a variation of Beethoven's 9th Symphony. The opposition of the mind-twisting ultra-violent scenes and the calm and relaxing 9th Symphony and more classical music show Kubrick's talent once again. Although the film is a long one (136 minutes), you're not bored while watching the perfectly realistic and remarkable scenes. The film has been criticised a lot, and it has been said that it leads teenagers to violence and was also once an R-rated (Under 17 requires accompanying by a parent or adult guardian) movie for almost 30 years. However it has been nominated for 4 Oscars and has won 5 awards and 12 other nominations.
As well as being a movie of violence and sexual repulsion, Stanley Kubrick's direction of "A Clockwork Orange" also forces us to thoroughly question ourselves and that's why it is a masterpiece and will remain a "must see", a classic for many years to come.