What you got at home to play your fuzzy wuzzy marbles on then ey?

Rating: 8/10 (5 September 2006)

In my late teens this used to be my favorite. A work of highly artistic and moral integrity, as relevant today as when it first came out and as linguistically alive as when it first appeared too. in this nightmare vision of a non-too distant future, fifteen year old Alex is our narrator so it is important to note that we see his world with his eyes. Alex and his three friends rob, rape, torture and murder - for fun. alex is jailed for his vicious crimes and the State undertakes to reform him - but how and at what cost? Clockwork Orange is not only about a man's violent nature and his capacity to choose between good and evil. It is also about the excitements and intoxicating effects of language....a cleverly sustained solo of virtuoso phase-making and jazzy riffs from the book's writer Anthony Burgess. I do not know of any other author who has done as much with language as him here perfectly realized in the film. the fact that this is a very funny film may often pass unnoticed.