Kubrick doesn't measure up to Burgess

Rating: 6/10 (25 June 2000)

Kubrick does fair justice do Burgess' novel. Although the message is clear, that life is sustained by the grinding opposition of moral entities, more could have been done by sticking closer to the novel. The important thing is moral choice, and the freedom of choice. Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. Kubrick depicts this vividly, but leaves out much more imagery and juicy details that exist in the Burgess' novel, not to mention hacking off the ending. By doing this, Kubrick lessens the severity and completeness of the work. By hacking off the ending, he takes a big part out of the process known as the clockwork orange