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A Clockwork Orange (1971)
- Written and directed by Stanley Kubrick
- Based on A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
*SPOILER FREE
What is freewill? What defines our human experience? What is the campus of our morality? And can the human nature be nurtured by behavioral psychology and psychological conditioning?
A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian sci-fi crime set in a dystopian near-future Britain and follows Alex, a leader of a small gang of thugs, as he commits rape, theft, and murder. When captured by the authorities, Alex volunteers for an experimental therapy conducted be the government.
In this exploration of the human nature Stanley Kubrick asks some fundamental questions about the existence of our freewill, crime and punishment, and control and reformation.
Malcolm McDowell gives one of the best performances ever committed to the silver screen, embodying the young sadist psychopath Alex DeLarge seamlessly and authentically.
Those who read the novel by Anthony Burgess have said that Stanley Kubrick has never been so faithful to the source material in his adaptations, except for once Stanley Kubrick always Stanley Kubrick.
With 2 shy of a million dollars budget mastermind of American cinema made a cinematic work of art mesmerizing with color, camera work, sounds, and an exhilarating production design.
The surrealism, the ultra violence, and Beethoven's 9th symphony. This is dystopian cinema at its finest.
A Clockwork Orange is a timeless masterpiece, a bizarre meditation on morality, human psychology and society.
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Available to watch on Google Play, HBO MAX, Apple TV, and on Amazon Prime Video
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