Product: A Clockwork Orange (1972)
Rating: 3.0
Interesting but Not Great
Stanley Kubrick's futuristic films tend to leave me cold. A Clockwork Orange is no exception. I saw it twice in the theater and now on DVD. As I get older, I understand it more but I do not like it more.This is set in the future London and it is bleak. There are the haves and have nots. Which basically are those who work and those on the dole. Alex, the antihero of this film, is a have not. He is a thug. His idea of a good night out is to get drunk, beat up some vagrants and then rob the rich. One night it goes terribly wrong and the robbery gets out of hand. The boys wind up raping the women and the evening ends in death.The boys are arrested, convicted and sent to jail. Alex is chosen for an experimental violence aversion therapy. Alex is forced to watch extreme violent images while listening to classical music (which happens to be his favorite piece of music).When he is released into society, he gets ill every time he gets violent urges. The side effect is he gets ill every time he hears his favorite piece of music.I understand the themes of the film but the in your face nature of the film tends to put me off.Stanley Kubrick was one of the great directors. Therefore, having all his films is a must, even his flawed films.DVD EXTRAS: None