Product: A Clockwork Orange [VHS] (1972)
Rating: 5.0
Beautiful, Excellent
This is one of Kubrick's best, and one of my all time favorites. It's an English film, which, to me, makes it special to begin with. The English have a different take on life than we do, quirky, I guess. The film was made in the late 60's, the basic premise, I think, being that we shouldn't mess with peoples minds...greater issues are involved, mind control, etc., but what I enjoyed the most was Malcom McDowell's wonderful portrayal of a young "misunderstood" youth, who "just wants to have fun". The movie is rather brutal, sexually semi-explicit, but the editing, or whatever makes the scenes in a movie what they are, is so artful, imaginative, and brand new (at least back then), that the actual happennings on the screen are almost metaphorical. I think Kubrick started losing his touch with The Shining and Full Metal Jacket; (I loved Barry Lyndon, my GF hates it) but his earlier work is superb, IMHO. This is a Must See for all film enthusiasts.