Master performance of madness

Rating: 10/10 (22 May 2013)

Behold once again another wonder of our great Kubrick. A film that shows the poetic delirium of Alex DeLarge, a young boy in love with violence. Just for the sheer pleasure of its sole realization. Alex shares his story with relentless eloquence, telling his twisted tale. Alex's course in this world runs separately from the ordinary. Alex longs for and allows those emotions that he enjoys so much to rule him, and whose absence would leave him without purpose. He is a libertine who is not afraid to provide free rein to his madness, wreaking havoc on anyone who gets in his way. Some claim that "A Clockwork Orange" is meaningless and incoherent because this rebellion has no cause.
Nothing encourages Alex to do the things he does, just himself. And I believe that's the point. In a Display of Kubrick's existential style, the film exhibits a human state. Which is? Madness of course. He doesn't praise nor criticize it, he only provides an illustration. An exceptional madness,one could say, because its effectively senseless. Alex performs absurd and exaggerated violence. The ultra-violence. Just for the thrill of it. Not because society represses him or anything like that.
All this taking place in a world, aesthetically, psychedelic. The clothing and the environment. Not to mention the music, both give a tone of grace and irony among the midst of violent tragedy. Alex singing "I'm singing in the rain" while practicing the old "in-out, in-out" with a woman, amongst the maniac laughter of his friends, in front of her husband.The fight at the beginning of the film, two gangs massacrating each other at the sound of classical music. In this way, the brutality of these scenes is reduced. A derisive tone is predominant. The viewer does not focus on the brutality of the act itself, instead, the interest has its place in the thrill of the perpetuators. Alex also has good taste and an interesting eccentricity. He isn't just a mindless rebellious teenager, that would be typical and boring. He is a fan of Beethoven, he is a deranged poet who prefers not to conform with the imagination and fantasy that the music so profoundly provides him. He needs the action.
However, later in the movie there is a strike back. Alex is betrayed by his friends and goes to prison. Afterwards he is sent to a mental institution who practices experimental procedures. He is then returned to society, and she has her sweet revenge. Some would name it karma, the balance.
But what is the difference between Alex and society? Society transforms, it learns. Alex fantasies and delusions of violence, though reduced at some points, never stop. They are imprinted in Alex's essence and despite any attempt they will stay the same. Kubrick as always graces us with this trip, that shows the extraordinary, in an extraordinary way.