One of my favorite films ever

Rating: 10/10 (15 April 2016)

Together with Fellini, Sergio Leone and Milos Forman, Kubrick is one of my favorite film directors ever. Of course there are others that I love, such as Antonioni, Bergman, Bunuel, Kurosawa, Ken Russell, Tarkovsky, Pasolini, Vittorio De Sica. But back to the topic, not before reminding that Mr. Kubrick was of Romanian origin, like me... (with a small difference, he was born in New York City, Free World, me in Bucharest City, Communist Romania...) So, A Clockwork Orange: we can write a whole novel or even a short prose about it... I saw the film several times, in different periods of time. I translated the film many times, just as they talk in the movie, uncensored, at the Romanian Cinematheque in Bucharest. Every time it fascinates me and I transpose myself right there in the action, living the life of Alex DeLarge(Malcolm McDowell). It is a fascinating story of this character and I feel a strong connection with Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud)in Les quatre cents coups (The 400 Blows (1959) of François Truffaut (another favorite of mine). It is something of my life in these characters, I had a troubled childhood myself, therefore I found me in these characters. I also find myself in Beethoven and in the manner that Kubrick used his music to tell us the story of Anthony Burgess. I found myself also in the music by Wendy Carlos(as Walter Carlos). The image, editing, directing, scenery, everything is grade 10 plus in this film. They wrote a lot about it (this is the review number 1330) so I'll finish making mention on two of the actors, Malcolm McDowell and Patrick Magee. I saw and appreciated both in many films. I saw Malcolm McDowell in films such as Caligula, If...., O Lucky Man !, Time After Time, Aces High, The Raging Moon. By far, A Clockwork Orange is his best film. I saw Patrick Magee in Marat / Sade, Barry Lyndon, Telephon, Chariots of Fire, Cromwell, Hard Contract, Zulu, Dementia 13, The Servant. Mr. Alexander is his best role.