A Clockwork Orange

This 1971 classic, A Clockwork Orange is by far my favourite British movie to date, set in the near future as described, this movie as a mish mash of  Slavic words from other languages in Europe interwoven into a sort of cockney shakespearean English dialogue, which made me feel like i was listening to a play by Shakespear, so that was interesting and fun. The title, A Clockwork Orange also as an interesting metaphor, which is, a Clock is mechanical and a Orange is more organic like a human, and when you mix both you get A Clockwork Orange, which Alex, the lead character in the movie is turned into, after he's jailed for murder then released after he was programmed through a new experimental aversion therapy called Ludovico technique, which controls is behaviour into being a law abiding citizen. Directed by Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 - March 7, 1999),

Alex in the experimental therapy, Ludovico technique.

the famous American director who lived in England, Kubrick only took a little over a year to film and release this masterpiece, the movie was originally a novel by English writer, Anthony Burgess, who had it published in 1962. The movie received a X-rated certificate on release in 1971, because despite the great storyline, inventive title and innovative dialogues, the movie was mainly about Alex, a hooligan and leader of a gang 'Droogs' who indulged in criminal acts in what is referred to in the movie as 'ultra-violence'. I personally felt the violence in this movie was needed to shape the story in the best way possible, it wasn't just mindless violence, if you follow the story rather than just the violence it all makes sense at the end.

The director Stanley Kubrick described the movie as:

 
"...A social satire dealing with the question of whether behavioural psychology and psychological conditioning are dangerous new weapons for a totalitarian government to use to impose vast controls on its citizens and turn them into little more than robots."

Synopsis

In an England of the future, Alex (Malcolm McDowell) and his "Droogs" spend their nights getting high at the Korova Milkbar before embarking on "a little of the old ultraviolence," while jauntily warbling "Singin' in the Rain." After he's jailed for bludgeoning the Cat Lady to death, Alex submits to behavior modification technique to earn his freedom; he's conditioned to abhor violence. Returned to the world defenseless, Alex becomes the victim of his prior victims.


Trailer

This movie trailer as a constant flow of flashing images, which i'm guessing is to emphasise and play on the idea of the experimental aversion therapy called Ludovico technique used in the movie.

Alex and his Droogs

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Produced by: Stanley Kubrick
Screenplay by: Stanley Kubrick
Based on: A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Adrienne Corri, Miriam Karlin
Music by: Walter Carlos
Cinematography: John Alcott
Edited by: Bill Butler
Production companies: Polaris Productions, Hawk Films
Distributed by: Warner Bros. (United States), Columbia-Warner Distributors (United Kingdom)
Release dates: 19 December 1971 (New York City)
13 January 1972 (United Kingdom)
2 February 1972 (United States)
Running time: 1hr 46mins