Making the protagonist a “evil person” was a very unique idea that some people can’t deal with. I love this film.

Great film. I first watched this when I was 12 years old. I was home alone & it came on TV at 3 AM in the morning. Afterwards I felt like I had been to an alternate Universe. I was hooked on films ever since.

A masterpiece through and through. My favorite film of all time.

stanley kubrick is the greatest director of all time

I don't get why you don't have a lot more views and subscribers. In my opinion you are one of the best and my favorite film reviewers on KZfaq. You're so well spoken, informative, and you give such well educated critique and are very objective. Please never stop reviewing films, I'll always be a fan of yours :)

Saw this film the first weekend it was released. On acid. It was rated "X" back then. Blew our tiny little minds. Great review!

Not my favorite Kubrick film. But saying that.. if it was playing on tv I'd still drop everything to watch it...

And with this brilliant review of a brilliant film, you have just earned my subscription. Yeah, I just finally caught this movie myself on Netflix about a week and a half ago and I'm still kicking myself for not seeing it sooner.

A satire does not do in-depth character development. It has no intention of doing so. Its intent lies elsewhere. So there is nothing missing in this film. There is only your expectation of getting something that was never promised. This film is one of the most faithful adaptations of a novel I've seen. The book is equally devoid of deep character development--because it's not that kind of story!

This movie was definitely an experience, but like a Kubrick films, it always seems to take time for me to process them. It took 3 viewing of 2001 to finally appreciate it though I still don't fully understand it. It's hard for me to have an honest opinion on this film until I've seen it at least one more time and have time to think about it. My initial reaction after watching it was "it's ok" but the more I think about it i find it rather provocative and fascinating.

You are so articulate that I’m at a loss to add a thing. I’ve enjoyed your reviews for a few months now, but came upon this by chance. I’m in the fight with you. I didn’t enlist; I was conscripted by brain chemistry and who-knows-what. The more we are honest and open about depression the less it will be strange and taboo to ‘normal’ people. More importantly, the less it will be strange and taboo to us. You are amazing. Keep on. :-)

Great review. You made me remember how much I respect this film (even though I’ve seen it so many times, I’m kinda over it) but it’s still a masterpiece & I believe it holds up to the test of time..

The story is, of course, a warning to society in the vein of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four. Nationwide social credit scores that countries like China are currently practicing doesn't seem that far from forcing a false morality onto people. I think the statement this story makes can get lost beneath Kubrick's (brilliant) stylization, which probably makes the book more successful in that regard. I do feel like Alex is a little more complex than you give him credit for. He is very cultured, with a deep love for classical music, which isn't a trait one would imagine in a street-gang hoodlum. This makes his character a bit of a contradiction. The reason his droogs betray him is because Alex admonishes them for being rude to a woman singing opera in the milk bar. Kubrick's choice to play classical music over scenes of violence was meant to show this contradiction in Alex's character: his cultured side vs. his apparent urges to commit (ultra) violent acts.

I am a Kubrick nut! thanks for this review. Paths of Glory is my favorite. Still on the edge of my seat for your thoughts on Scorsese's After Hours.

It was a christian that stood against the treatment.

I respect your reviews. Now that Roger Ebert is gone, it seems like you are the one to embody that combination of inciteful love and frustration of the movies that he did. Very articulate reviewer. Keep up the good work!

Great review! I'm glad that you actually respond to your fans on twitter btw. Seeing a new video of yours really makes my day. But I already told you this on twitter haha

what are your top 40 films in order from fav to least fav

ACO is a movie I watch less frequently as I get older, but as an undeniable Kubrick-Aid drinker, I cannot deny its enduring value. The last time I watched it was during the Kubrick Exhibit in Toronto. The print looked brand-new and it was a spectacular experience!

love your analysis, this one was especially good. doesn't have a ton in common with A Clockwork Orange, but watching it again I was thinking of the film "Re-Animator"? I'd love to hear your thoughts. Jeffrey Combs is brilliant, Stuart Gordon captures and holds on so well the balance of hilarious and gore

Great review. The one disappointment I always have with this film, which is especially unusual for a Kubrick film, is some of the sets really seem to date the film. Alex's house in particular really seems to be stuck in the era that the film was made in rather than the near future I suppose the film is supposed to be set in.

It's funny that you're reviewing this movie, because I just saw it the other day. Even having read the book a few years ago, I found this film to be difficult to parse, and I think that's because it's so thematically dense. There is the whole issue of art and violence, like you mentioned, but I feel there is also some political commentary in there with the governor trying to use Alex whenever possible to leverage his own public image. There is also the question of free will, and whether it's better to choose evil than to be good against your will. But what I really appreciated was Kubrick's stylistic mastery. All the sets and shots were great and gave the film a unique feel, and because the story is told from Alex's point of view, we are forced to see his perverse actions as being somehow triumphant, which makes it even more disturbing. I think it's definitely a great film and one that demands multiple viewings.

well said. great review!

Every main character in Kubrick films goes through a journey of change.

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Hey enjoyed the review. Kubrick uses a speech called Nadsat during the film. The term "droog" is one of the words derived from the speech. I believe it means friends or fellow gang members, not the name of his gang. I liked the way you described his use of the steady can and how it gave the viewer that helpless perspective. Good job overall love, take care.

"I Was Cured Alright!!" Great ending, great film...After seeing The Neon Demon I'm almost certain Kubrick is NWR's favorite director

I didn't need lid locks to watch this vid. Great job on the review. How about an Eyes Wide Shut review?

Thank You! Felt very similar when watching the film. I really enjoy the first half it's very stylish/meditative in a sense, especially it's dialogue and use of the Nadsat "slanguage". But, I found the last half kind of shallow as well and it lost me with making Alex a sympathetic character and its political message. I recently watched it again a few months ago after listening to Bowie's "Blackstar" and finding out the lyrics for the song "Girl Loves Me" were heavily influenced by the book/film. Great review/channel been watching for the past year or so, might as well subscribe at this point haha.

Wait, why is the image flipped?

Nice review. How much would you rate it out of 10?

Came here wondering what such a beautiful young lady had to say about Clockwork Orange. Even more taken with her knowledge of the film. I was 17 when I first saw the film, a powerless finding your way stage of your life for a guy. I was 17 in 1986 and was sneaking Jimi Hendrix records into my bedroom because white kids did not have black artists records unless it was Mike Jackson. The film had less meaning to me then, the opposite of her review. It was being able to be an adult and be exposed to things I was sheltered from as a kid. It did not make me want to kill or rape anyone, that was for the fake movies. We wanted to get some beers, a bottle, meet some girls, and maybe trash a hotel room from time to time? None of us confused movie fantasy with reality the shock value was Hollywood not New England USA where I attended Catholic schools that took class trips to visit the sites of witch burnings. Remember being at a house party with a girl I made out with. She passed out from drinking too much in her bedroom and we closed the door to let her sleep. We did take the swords hung on the wall and play Zoro with the houseplants. It was a fun free time and CO was a lot like the MTV Jackass show or the old VHS tapes of "Faces of the Dead" we all watched. No movie is going to change who you are. It is like Tipper Gore in Congress saying Twisted Sister made kids be 6 foot 7 and dress up as crazy rocking women. I do find American women hate the film on the whole. I had a long term relationship with a girl from Canada that loved the film.

“Alex” reminds me more of “Zed” in _Pulp Fiction,_ someone who thinks he’s a Class-A badass, but who eventually would stumble-or would have stumbled-onto a whole level of badassery he had no idea existed. I had similar impressions about both characters and rooted for them to get their comeuppance.

fascinating to find out that people actually recognized what it was, n appreciate. my observation was that most either loved or hated while completely missing the message

I love watching your film analysis.

I think u were orange because of Netherlands (????). Lol i love this movie, is one of my favourites, i have seen it more than 250 times and i never get tired of it. One of my favourites. Greetings from Argentina, Maggie!!! Glad u are fine!!!

This is my favourite film ever! Great review

We've seen villains presented as the main protagonist in Olivier's RICHARD III, SCARFACE, and other movies. The key is to make them interesting, charming, funny, or relatable in some way.

I don't worship this film as others do, but it has moments of absolute cinematic mastery.

I saw this flick in the theater when released in 1971 (I was 20 years old) I found it profound in it's graphic sex and violence but found the music to be the most compelling in any movie thus far. Awesome soundtrack. Pre digital, computer and "high" tech shit, this movie delivered. Still one of my favorites. Little girl, you try waaaaay to hard to dissect/explain this film. As we used to say in the 70's... just dig it..

Ola I am Mindblown by yours! You did a great job and you had some cool things that i never thought about. Thank you Miss deepfcls

“It’s a part of the entertainment that criticizes the culture” Very astute observation. It’s a film that criticizes violence and corruption while being a product of the same system.

This is the only KZfaq annalyis of this film I've seen that actually gets it. Nobody else understands the reflexive, self referential points about this film.

I saw this as a teenager. I was not ready for it. Even now at the age of 68, I'm not sure I want to see it again. Still, my favorite Kubrick films are Dr. Strangelove and Paths of Glory. I love great B&W cinematography. I even recall such films as In Cold Blood & Manhattan that made such great use of B&W. I wish that in future years that we will see that other studios will accept B&W as a medium with true purpose.

That movie was a real buzz to watch on 'The Big Screen', that movie was a must watch at the cinemas, just to really get the full story of this 'Kubrick' classic and British actor 'Malcolm McDowell' performance is a superb genius, will be very well memorable for this movie (besides from 'Caligula').

I Love you for not spoiling your review by issueing a spoiler alert

Very cogent analysis. Well done.

The dialogue is what I come back for in this film.

Check out A Clockwork Orange - Renegade Cut.

Awesome review! I agree with everything you said.

Good review. I am trying to improve my english and also trying to learn criticism so thanks...

Great literary analysis!

I don't know if she wants to do it, but I would love to see her commentary on The Criterion Channel.

subscribed.waiting more stanley analysis :)

Even though i despise clockwork orange , i come back to it once a while to witness this post dystopian world, which is a concept i truly liked and the way it is portrayed in the film

I would like to hear your take on Lina Wertmuller's Seven Beauties. Have you ever seen it?

I'm a big fan of Clockwork Orange. Growing up in Britain I didn't actually get to see it until after Kubrick passed away as he had had the film taken out of circulation in the UK due to multiple copycat incidents influenced by it. Still such a visually unique and, at times, funny film imo, much like the book. Some of the invented words by Burgess are very amusing! The twat who ends up lodging in Alex's old bedroom and the scene when Alex meets him after getting out of prison, always makes me smile. One of the many scenes that look like some Government information film from the '50s (which HAS to have been an aesthetic influence on Kubrick), yet ofc Kubrick charges it with so much humour and the dialogue is just of a superior quality altogether. Btw is that the sound of breaking waves in the background?

The movie should have added the scene from the novel where Alex after being kicked out by his parents looking up ways to commit suicide. I feel like that would have added to the sympathetic or pathos we needed to feel for Alex.

Another proof that Kubrick made this film be self aware of being a production is the 2001-soundtrack record we can see in the record store- this almost breaks the 4th wall

The story was a satirical diss towards BF Skinner and his ilk

Sorry to comment on an old video, but this movie reminds me a little of another that I'd love to see you review: Irréversible, with Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel.

Eyes Wide Shut is my favorite Kubrick. I would love to hear your thoughts on that film as I feel it is his greatest, all of the symbolism and commentary on relationships, wealth, etc

Great piece of cinematographic work. Belongs to my Top 30 ever.

Dont know if i love it but it is pure genius.no ither film like it.it reaches out and grabs your attention without a doubt

Are you close to the sea ? there is a weird background noise. Great Review i love your voice.

I always look at Clockwork as a way to live cathartically through a sadistic homicidal madman--"harming" people without actually harming people. It's quite liberating actually.

There's nothing missing at all in the film for me. I thought that Alex was as deep and complex a character as he really needed to be and he is certainly more interesting and complex than any of the other characters in the story. The film, much like the equally brilliant novel, is a very stark, cold, vivid and darkly satirical fable that doesn't really concern itself with any in-depth character development and i think it's one of the most truly masterful film adaptations of a novel that's ever been made. I think it's unquestionably a cinematic masterpiece and it's my personal favorite Kubrick film. It's one of just a mere handful of films that i consider to be genuinely perfect in every aspect.

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Good review!

This is my second favorite movie and I'm 13 and I saw it when I was 12 and I still loved it

Your dress is so bright it first looked red too me 😂😂

I love how the film portrays behavioural control and societal conditioning as somehow even more evil and undesirable than rape and murder to the point that by the end of the film we are somehow rooting for the main character to resume his evil ways and rejoicing when he does.

Why all your videos are shot with the image in reverse, mirrored. It doesn't matter, you still look great! Nice review. PS: Hey, you are dressed like the character Mrs. Alexander so would you like to..."No time for the old in-out, love. I just came to read the meter."

Your dress looks more red to me. I think Malcolm McDowell is forever typecast as a villain thanks to A Clockwork Orange. Can't recall him ever playing a sympathetic character. Wendy Carlos (then still Walter Carlos) is one of the most important pioneers of electronic synthesizer music. Her debut album "Switched on Bach" from 1968 was the first electronic album to be sold over a million. Back then you had to be a studio musician to handle the huge analogue synthesizers and it was an age of innovation. Prior to her the genre was very avantgarde and for "art people" but she made it more mainstream. Sorry for getting carried away like this but it's a music style I quite like (though I'm not bound to any specific genres). She (Carlos) composed a lot of music for ACO but Kubrick ended up using just some pieces. The complete original soundtrack/score was one of the first film scores I purchased on CD. Wendy Carlos worked again with Stanley Kubrick for The Shining. Again just part of her composed score was used. The sexually objectified women furnitures were inspired by artist Allen Jones's sculptures but he actually turned down Kubrick's offer to design them himself. A fact most get wrong. For those interested in architecture A Clockwork Orange is full of brutalist buildings, something which I personally believe enhances the image of the future dystopia. It's a much maligned style but suits the atmosphere Kubrick was intended to portray. Kubrick's great attention to detail is also evident. Alex's Reference Hydraulic Transcription Turntable is a treasured classic for audiophiles and it has been displayed in the Museum of Modern Art in NY. The mini-cassette he uses to play the Beethoven's 9th symphony was a brand new format at the time but consumers (99% of those watching the film) never adopted it. All these details add up and elevates the movie. That's the great thing about Kubrick, he never made the same film twice. He also explored pretty much all the genres, including comedy with the brilliant Dr.Strangelove. Like you say every single film of his is a genre of its own. It's a pity so many modern day film makers - which I won't name not to offend their disturbingly fanatical fans - have a very formulaic way of making films. I'll also have to agree that ACO is flawed. After purchasing the Kubrick collection I watched all the movies again and A Clockwork Orange is sort of a number of great scenes with a narrative that is lacking compared to his other films. What bothered me above all is how the minister of interior remains a mysterious figure with an unknown agenda. I assume he wanted Alex as the ideal test subject for the Ludovico technique given his violent past. If somebody like Alex could be neutralized (and also completely helpless as it turns out) then ordinary people could be conditioned to be obedient and subservient to the government in charge. Alex has become a pawn in a greater political game but that's merely hinted in the film as we see it almost completely from Alex's perspective. After Alex has his suicide attempt the minister of interior does everything to cover the whole thing up and becomes Alex's "friend" by offering him a job and a nice hi-fi system as a token of his appreciation. He's the real villain, not Alex. I read the novel before seeing the film itself and the ending was a minor disappointment. In hindsight I think the movie ends better. In Burgess's novel Alex eventually grows out of his violent loving lifestyle which I find ridiculous. Somebody like him would always remain psychotic with a taste for rape and violence one way or another. It's integral to who he is. Kubrick's ending in which Alex goes back to being the person he always was resonates a lot better with me. Burgess himself wasn't happy with how the movie ended but I'm grateful Kubrick made the necessary changes. Last of all. It's easy for me to understand what Alex and his droogs (means friends) are saying. Their nadsat slang language is based on slavic languages and since I speak one of them (they're similar) there are no ambiguous interpretations. You made a great review. Some things never occurred to me but it's all a matter of perception isn't it? Like what looks orange and red in people's eyes.

This is my second favorite Kubrick film! It is a great watch!

I might be biased because I love the book by Anthony Burgess so much but I found myself enjoying this movie more as I got older. I saw it first when I was about 19 or so and I was blown away by it, but after watching it more than once over the years, I found I had more reasons, and better reasons, for loving it the way I did. The establishment of Alex as a character who is evil simply by his nature, not due to stimuli around him that made him like that but rather just the way he was born, nature and not nurture, he enjoys hurting people and being a violent psychotic sexual deviant, and then his experiences of being "deprogrammed" by the Ludovico technique, really presses the question of what to do with a person who is genuinely evil. Do you kill them? Do you imprison them for life? Do you exile them? In this case, do you forcefully pacify them into being nonviolent? And if you do, is it morally justified to revoke someone's free will for the safety of society? It's also why I absolutely love that Kubrick decided to leave off the final chapter in which Alex encounters Pete, the fourth and least important of his droogs, years later as an adult and makes the decision on his own accord to stop being "ultra-violent."

Fun fact: the guy with the dumb bells at the old man's house towards the end went on to play Darth Vader.

When filmmakers talk about Kubrick they usually talk about technical matters such as tracking shots. They rarely talk about story or character

One of the 2 best films 🎥 ever made...together with “2001 a space odyssey “

God this girl ages so damn well.

Society too incompetent to discipline a talented young man & resents him with self righteousness. Masquerading their own evil impulses. Of course I despise Alex's actions, but respect that he isn't a phony.

With 'Clockwork Orange' I think ugly, and unsettling can be good. Kubrick has always been one of my favorites.

siterical? what does this MEAN!! ... now i have to pause it and look it up

All around an excellent review but I gotta correct you on one thing. The gang is not named "the Droogs". Alex uses the word "droog" to mean friend or buddy. It's based upon the Russian word _друг_ which is pronounced as "droog" and translates to "friend." The scene in the derelict casino shows this, when Alex refers to encountering "Billy Boy and his four droogs."

Anthony burgess is the first and main writer not who u said but decent review tho imo

He’s my favorite film director, but I’ve only seen 2001: a space odyssey

a brilliant film. excellent review.

Watch the movie then read the book. The book is 1,000 times darker I love em both

just how good is Kubrick? so many classics. Full Metal.. 2001, Shining, Dr Strangelove, Lolita, Barry Lyndon, Paths, even Spartacus 🎥🎬😍

Don't you think that the sublimation of violence it works just for the violence and not for the sublimation in certain moments of the movie?

Test your cinema and music IQ! by answering this question without looking it up: Which composer composed more of the music you hear in this movie than any other? 1. Ludwig van Beethoven 2. Henry Purcell 3. Edward Elgar 4. Gioachino Rossini

After seeing “Dr. Sleep” I began to wonder if there could be anymore sequels to Kubrick films. So far there has been 2. Kubrick directed his films in such a way where you thought there could never be a sequel even though 1984s “2010: The Year We Make Contact” was the exception because it was more or less meant to be a movie saga (that has yet to be finished but that’s another topic) but the rest, i wouldn’t think there would be....until “Dr. Sleep” and then I found THIS: www.looper.com/152530/the-truth-behind-the-clockwork-orange-sequel/

Camera cold and still? He threw a camera out the window. You are very observant but I think you miss some things about what he is doing and saying.

That review was real horrorshow :)

Nice review! This movie should be next to "black comedy" in the dictionary If that makes sense

I think your getting a bit lost on this one? Oh by the way Anthony Burgess wrote the Book?

A nice piece of orange outfit.

Lacking the satirical bite of Strangelove, but stylistically marvellous. Nowhere near as good as Burgess' original novel, though, which truly is a masterpiece. Even Kubrick couldn't distill the strange energy it contains.

The film made a Malcolm Mcdowell a science fiction star.

Top 10 films ive ever seen. Kubrick has 3 of those.