A Clockwork Orange?

Question

Was it just twisted violence for violence sake? Do you agree/disagree? Why?

Answer 1

I disagree. By today's standards, it's very tame film. The best thing about it was the music.

Answer 2

Not at all! A clockwork Orange is a fantastic film about the degeneration of society and control etc. It was very violent, but that was the point. I think to get a better understanding of why you should read the book. In the end Alex D'large 'grows up' and works out that being violent is not right by his own steam, and not because of the control that the government put on him.
Watch the film again, and read the book! When you get over the violence you will see that it is a very intelligent and beautiful film that is still very relevant today (look at happy slappers etc)

Answer 3

No, but the movie probably highlighted the violence contained in the serious Novel by Anthony Burgess a little too much in proportion to the rest of the content of the work. However the central themes of the book were not entirely lost in the cinematic production though much that was in the book was sadly omitted - as is usually the case. There is still a lot of social comment in the work and the writing explores sociological and psychological issues which the film still manages to capture. There are also references to some of the content of Shakespeare as well as musical classicists.

Answer 4

No it represented a society that had become disillusoned with its governing factors. Very similar to the youth of this (and many other) country. The governing body of that society then reacted in a similar way to this current government- by force feeding controlling factors. Obviously in Clockwork Orange the government is seen to act in a more extreme way, however when compared to contemporary situations this can be seen as a metaphor for how many of todays ploitical situations are handled.
I dont think that it was purely mindless violence, it was used as a form of social comentary and was therefore used to show the discontentment and disillusion that the youth of that society felt.

Answer 5

I have not seen it for many years but my memories are of a realistic take of a possible future. The violence seemed appropriate for the film.
Although not the best of Kubrick's films, it is a great cult classic and I still occasionally hear references to droogs and the Drango 95.

Answer 6

The book had several depictions of violence in it and it was central to how Alex got his teeneage kicks. The movie by comparison was pretty mild.

The violence was just an expression of the freedom that Alex had in his world.

Answer 7

i saw this film when it first came ou and i have to say i didt understand it the but having re watched recently it still made no sense and the violence was less intense after all the year in between maybe weve grown used to seeing violence all the time

Answer 8

You've missed the point of the film. Take a person who is naturally prone towards violence. Dehumanize him by taking away the fight reflex, and toss him back into society. Another one of the government sponsored projects gone horribly wrong...

Answer 9

I saw it in pigal in paris years ago.it used to play all day everyday
in one cinema.very clever concept the book was better by far.
Kubrik banned the film himself and all that did was fuel peoples
curiosity.Its not just about violence,its about government control
and right and wrong.

Answer 10

I disagree I think it was Kubricks interpretation of the fictitious novel and he was a little unstable maybe even on acid on a bad trip when he wrote it. There have been much more violent and twisted films since