1 of The Greatest Films Ever

Rating: 10/10 (11 March 2019)

I saw Anthony Burgess on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson". I only remember 1 thing Burgess said: "I am obsessed with words". I read the book as soon as I could. Then, the film came out almost simultaneously. I saw it 3 days in a row, which is what I used to do whenever a great film came out. I was 17 years old, and it was absolutely a mind-blowing film for me. I know (and own) every film Kubrick made, and for me, this is a tie with "Paths of Glory" (1957) as my 2 favorites. An absolutely brilliant film, made on a shoestring budget, too. If you buy the bluray disc, which came out about 2007, it has hours and hours of interviews with McDowell, other actors, directors, etc. BTW, McDowell's favorite actor is James Cagney. Cagney is my favorite actor of the first half of the 20th Century; Steve McQueen the latter half.