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Summary: Four Oscar Nominations, But No Oscar
Review: What more can be said about this 1971 masterpiece. Should it have won top honors over The French Connection as Best Picture? As we all know French Connection took home the ocsar and perhaps deservedly. It is afterall the most influential and most copied cop movie of all time and Gene Hackman was stunning in his portayal of Popeye Doyle. However, with four oscar nominations, including best picture and best director, you would think it would have coped top honors in at least one catagogy. Not so, Kubrick came up empty despite the superalative reviews.Predictably, the academy stayed away from this dark and distrurbing masterpiece. For my money this is Kuberick's finest hour. As in all his movies he immerses the viewer with a torrent of sensory and auditory stimuli. I loved the musical selections of every scene, without exception. And, the back-lighting and orange tinge of almost every shot proves Kuberick the master of atmospheric juxtaposition. I loved this movie, but then again I loved The French Connection as well. If my vote counted it would have been a tie... Too bad!
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Summary: An unsettling masterwork and searing social commentary
Review: I've seen all of the films of the late great Stanley Kubrick (except for 'Fear and Desire', but I'm not sure if it even counts) and to peruse his films is to take a look at some of the most innovative works of modern cinema. Though 'A Clockwork Orange' isn't my favorite of his films, it is probably the boldest and, possibly, the most important film he made. Though you can make the argument for almost all of his films, this one seems to truly stand the test of time. 30 years after its release, it is still a scathing and disturbing portrait of violent youth and advanced technology in the near future, and its perverse imagery and thought-provoking morality play still provokes debate and censorship even today. A striking visual interpretor and a notorious perfectionist who only got worse over time, Kubrick was the director that actors and actresses loved to hate and hated to love. But his filmmaking techniques are so revolutionary and his ability to create worlds beyond imagination so visionary, that his place in the halls of film history is secured. Not every film he made was an all-around masterpiece, but every film he made has a certain quality about it or visual style that makes it a memorable movie-watching experience. Even his much-maligned final film 'Eyes Wide Shut' has hypnotic images and surreal scenes that stick in your head days and months after having watched the film, whether you liked it or not. And 'A Clockwork Orange' is no exception, because from the opening shot of Malcolm McDowell's brutal stare filling the screen as he sits on the couch of the Korova Milkbar surrounded by sculptures of naked, submissive women, and sipping milk laced with drugs, you know this movie will be an experience you will forever remember. One of the elements of this movie that most people find particularly troubling is that the entire film is seen through the eyes of Alex, and it is narrated in the first person by him. And while he is the most brutal and sickening character in the movie, he is also suave, intelligent and cultured. You will never hear pieces like Beethoven's Ninth Symphony the same way again after seeing it used as the background music for brutal assault, rape, and other of Alex's perverse indulgences. The first forty minutes of this film definitely are a trial to watch and are sure to turn some people's stomachs, but, for me, the real troubling aspect comes after Alex has been caught and sent to prison. Kubrick creates a bleak atmosphere for these scenes, and allows Alex's narration to paint this as a kind of tragedy that he has now been jailed and can no longer terrorize, beat, and torture people as he pleases. Then when the government decides to submit this menace to society to a new form of rehabilitation technique he becomes further dehumanized. He is given an injection and then strait-jacketed, strapped before a movie screen, his head wired with electrodes, his eyes held open with clamps, and forced to watch sick and smutty films of violence and sex designed to curb him of finding pleasure in such activities. Robbed of choice and free will, he becomes a kind of puppett for the government. And that is where the debates really begin among commentators and viewers of the film. I've said this about many movies, but if you've never seen the film before, you really don't know what you're missing. And after you've watched it, just try going through the week without telling at least one person about it and getting them to watch it. As much as I admire this film though, I must honestly say that too many people watch it for the wrong reason, and completely miss the point behind it. It ends in a very grim way, flourishing the psychosis of its lead character, and most people are entertained by this. While I guess it is sickly funny, it should be viewed as a warning to what will be the downfall of our society if measures aren't taken to even out the edges of right and wrong. Sadly, at the rate our world is going, this future world presented here may be our inevitable reality. If it isn't already.
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Summary: Fungaroo Mastrufi
Review: Astero no de unmitoola. Fargostienson, une fuchi de lineo. Nastre mo cantel sufis nufis nastrufis. Singel no dis ma la, peison mo ne, carteno joupi loupi.
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Summary: The Ultimate Black Comedy
Review: If Stanley Kubrick still isn't considered by and large the finest filmmaker of the last fifty years, this is solid proof. As with every other Kubrick film, it is hard to categorize this one. Is it a grim apocalytic vision of the future, a parable of modern times or one of the finest science-fiction films ever made? A bit of all three, with satire favoring in most strongly. Even though several of the scenes are shocking (and, for some, highly offensive), it cannot be denied that many of the performances are played as comedy. Malcolm McDowell, as the amoral protagonist, takes a gleeful delight in his anti-hero role that rivals Jack Nicholson's Joker in sheer anarchy. It's an unbelievable performance. Even the bit characters, such as the prison guard, are right out of Monty Python territory. Kubrick's ultimate satrical tool, however, is the film's Moog-drenched classical soundtrack. You'll never hear Beethoven's Ninth or "Singin' in the Rain" the same way again. One of the finest films of the last half-century.
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Summary: Violence over violence
Review: Even the worst physcal violence cannot win against an organizational violence such as politics involved.
This ultimate violence is very difficult to be revealed
by ordinary people. It is quite interesting that Stanley Kubrik tried to colour this movie in the red ton at the beginning and slowly moving to blue. You must watch this movie many times to be coherent with the movie.
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Summary: Great Masterpiece!
Review: Kubrick really pushed the envelope when releasing this film. This film changed the way we look at movies. Doing the unthinkable, Kubrick at 1971, mixed sex, nudity, violence, and profanity in one and made one of the greatest films ever -- A Clockwork Orange. This is about the violent near future and the brainwashing government desprate to rid the world of it. Alex (Mcdowell) and his gang spend their nights raping women, robing homes, and beating anyone they can. When Alex is betrayed by his pals, this is sent to prison for manslauter. When he gets the chance to be subject for a government experiment, he jumps at the chance for being released early from prison. He is released from the experiment feeling sick when ever he sees or even thinks about violence, sex, and no. 9. With the combination of great music, Stanley Kubrick, and a better picture and sound, you've got one great DVD.
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Summary: One of my Top 10 favorites of all time.
Review: I love this movie and believe that everyone should see it at least once. It's a very underrated movie and really pushed the envelope in 1971. The DVD version provides exceptional sound and picture quality. Buy it and watch it. Give it a chance. Many people feel a bit uncomfortable at first, but watch the entire movie and you'll see the genius. I'm not a huge fan of Stanley Kubrick, but this is a movie that I can watch again and again. The music is such a nice touch.
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Summary: Wickedly disturbing, yet ENTERTAINING
Review: Definatly one of the best films I have ever seen in my entire life. The story of young Alex and his 3 droogs originally written by Anthony Burgesses, and directed by an all-time filmaking GOD - STANLEY KUBRICK, this can only mean an horrific masterpiece. An ultimate vibe of chaos, hysteria, paranoia, and Beetoven, so I STRONGLY reccomend this to any being that shares a satire, wicked sense of humor and drama. DO NOT LET CRITICS THAT WALLOW IN THEIR OWN CONSERVITIVE MORONIC LIVES TELL YOU OTHERWISE.
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Summary: just for clarification
Review: it does say that it is "widescreen" and that a full-screen format is an option. i have never seen a collector's edition or any sort of dvd with special features that didn't offer widescreen, and it would be a monumental omission to do so for this movie in ANY setting.
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Summary: Full Screen is Widescreen
Review: Just a response to the fella who is complaining about the full screen version. After 2001, Kubrick didn't make widescreen films. 2001 was brutalized, he felt, when it was translated onto television so he framed and shot every scene in subsequent pictures in full screen, so that it translated directly onto television. As for this box set, I'm sure it might be worth something to someone, but the recent transfers on the 2001 Kubrick collection are more than adequate, in fact wonderful, for anyone who doesn't need snazzy books and collectors cases to enjoy a movie as marvelous as Clockwork Orange. I can't discourage buying this, because in a few years it will be worth treasures, but I'm not one for collecting, I'm one for viewing and I'm going to pass.
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