What's it all about Alex? ... (More an interpretation than a review)

Rating: 10/10 (24 June 2013)

Most people tend to focus on the visceral aspect of this masterpiece, but I think Kubrick used this to emphasize the point he made at the end. It was a caveat, and an encouragement to regard all abusers of power with the same disdain that you would have for Alex. They are all cut from the same cloth. They are all manipulative, self-serving sociopaths, and even though they are at opposite ends of the social ladder, they all occupy the same bottom rung of the respectability ladder. It was absolutely brilliant how Kubrick so intensely stimulated both the viscera (animal instincts), and the intellect, which is what the greatest art strives to achieve.