insight into personal obsessions

Rating: Null/10 (4 January 2004)

This film was rejected by some people on account of the violence and the rape. It was released in 1971. I believe that the violence was needed. It's a test for the viewer as to whether or not you can watch the film and still sympathize with the character after seeing their bad side graphically displayed. I love this character. Not because I agree with his violent life style, but because he was human. It proves that everyone human has at least one thing in common, and that's the ability to feel emotion. At the end of the film Alex has a chance to get `cured' of his violent phantasy's and life style. Of course you can't cure a lifestyle if the character doesn't believe it was wrong. Science can make things appear as if they were normal, but science can't cure what's on the inside. The message that I got out of the film was that each person is truly an individual based on the thoughts they think, that no one else can hear. As a result, individuality can never fully be taken away. It's a triumph of our own private thoughts and internal emotions over science.