Most depressing film showing results of children deprived of basic principles in formative years.

Rating: Null/10 (20 May 2003)

Kubick received rave reviews for "his genious" in combining raw violence, depraved sex, futuristic plot, classical music and spectacular filming.
My viewpoint was, still is, entirely different, and comes from a pre-television, pre-drug, culture, where adults emphasized the ideal to the young.
From the opening scene in a futuristic, sex focused teen hangout, to near the end, when I left, I was horrified by what I saw. I could only wonder: what is the value in a film's graphical ability to sabatogue young minds by numerous brutal examples?
I saw the film, in Indianapolis, one afternoon, in the early 70's. I was astounded to see the theatre, already packed when I arrived. This was very unusual; at that time, television had greatly diminished theatre audiences, and theatres were struggling to stay in existence.
Three things from that afternoon stand out in memory: The number of truant school students attending; the explicit violence and in your face sex; and how the audience cheered and clapped when this teen gang was abusing the innocents, including the elderly. I left the movie, shocked and depressed, from what I had witnessed; movie-wise and crowd-wise.
One thing is certain: No member of the "Religious Right" would have put out such a movie. That is something to think about.