Product: A Clockwork Orange [VHS] (1972)
Rating: 5.0
Arguably Kubrics Definitive Masterpiece
This movie destroyed conventions, defied an entire generation, and has been studied and gawked at for decades. It will continue to amaze viewers for many more generations. This movie was created decades before it's time, perhaps the reason that up until the year 2000 Kubric personally banned it from British cinema.I should interject a word of caution however to anyone who is considering viewing this film; it's not for the faint of heart. Violence and deviance are portrayed in very repulsive and shocking ways throughout this film, and while this is done to evoke these exact sorts of emotions, the rawness of the content may not be appealing to some viewers. It's important to note that such content is merely an abstract part of a much larger question that the movie addresses about the importance of human choice; the viewer will likely love or hate this movie based on the importantce they place on this topic.(For me,) The key to understanding the importance of this movie lies in the interpretation that it is an important fable about how we define justice in our society. I will go no further in trying to explain this movie, it truly must be grasped and decided upon by the individual, for this is where the true power of this film lies.