Product: A Clockwork Orange [VHS] (1972)
Rating: 5.0
Such an Important movie
Crime and punishment - such a simple premis for a story - not really!! A clockwork orange, it almost sounds like a cliche to say this, is one of the most thought provoking satires on the justice system. Although it takes place in the future - I think we can all agree that it is highly relevant today! It shows us a world in which all actions are motivated by selfish factors - politics, greed, sexual arousal, power, etc - in short, a world not unlike our own. Stanley Kubrick created such a brilliantly stylized world - the film would surely have succeeded on its visual merits alone.. but the story, by Anthony burgess, is what makes it so chilling.