Product: A Clockwork Orange [VHS] (1972)
Rating: 5.0
Simply the best
Stanley Kubricks A Clockwork Orange must surely rate up there with the likes of Star Wars and the Godfather when historians come to name the most influential motion picture of all time. It simply excels and appeals to everyone who ever sees it. Speaking as a resident of the UK, it has been annoying having to make do with grainy NTSC copies of this film and more recently the DVD in disappointing mono. It is worth boasting though that we in the UK had Clockwork Orange back in our cinemas last year, to triumphant reviews, and Warner have thrilled us all with a sparklingly clean DVD transfer on Region 2, which beats the Region 1 transfer hands down (I have both) but far more importantly the Region 2 DVD has been mastered into 5.1 digital. Nice to see Region 2 get the better deal now and again!!!! For all you Clockwork Orange fanatics out there, import the Region 2 copy and sit right in the middle of all that ultraviolence, slooshy the sounds of the gang fight in the old opera house as if you are actually there. Fantastic. A timeless film that will live forever. (ps. we get a 5.1 version of 2001 too!!!)