Product: A Clockwork Orange [VHS] (1972)
Rating: 1.0
Absolutely terrible..
Now, first I read the book, a masterpiece of Brtitsh author Anthony Burgess, who creasted the slang featured in the film -- not Stanley Kubrick...-- and, as usual, the movie disappointed me. I generally don't like Kubrick, as he seems pretentious as all heavens, so I can say that this one is probably among the least-bad out of his "classic" era. There are several things he completely [messed]-up, creating a film of psychedellic eye-candy that seems to "glorify" the violent nature of the book, and he makes the lead into an even purer [jerk] than he was in the book, where he seemed to have a bit of sympathy for his mates, amongst other things. If you're a fan of violence, psychedellic films, pseudo-surrealism, and / or Stanley Kubrick, you'll probably enjoy this little endeavor from the Bronx's best-loved hack. If you're a fan of Anthony Burgess and / or real artists, you probably won't enjoy it at all -- I know I didn't.