I was back all right!

Rating: 10/10 (3 November 2002)

I saw this again last night on BBC America. I'd forgotten just how visually fascinating this was. I saw Clockwork Orange for the first time in about 78-79, tripping my brains out. Needless to say, it burned itself into my brain immediately, and watching it now, almost a quarter century later, it still feels as fresh and shocking as it did then.
Just commenting on the surface aspects here, there's plenty that's been said here about the story itself (plot, characters, morals, etc), but for me the real treat has always been just the look of the movie, the cinematography and the soundtrack. Some of my favorite scenes from this perspective are: The montage when Alex is in his bedroom listening to Beethoven, with the chorus-line of crucified Jesuses; the scene where he kills the "cat woman;" and of course the opening scene in the milk bar, with Alex staring down the camera.