I caught this movie at a friends a late night once. He had passed out and I was flipping through channels when it popped up. I jumped in just when They fought their rival gang. I remember thinking "What..the..Hell...is..this..?" I just couldn't stop watching, I was entranced by the sheer weirdness of it all and had no idea it was Clockwork(which I Had Heard about) nor that it was by Kubrick, or that I was watching a young Malcolm McDowell. But I was glued to the screen. Eventually my friend woke up and he asked me "What the Fuck are you watching?" I replied "I have no idea, but I have to see it through to the end.." I'm glad to have watched it, but I'll never sit through that entire thing again. It was...great..? But it also made me feel sick.
@@theguywiththemicrophone6505 Films I'm really hyped about, I Always watch for the first time baked(TeneT was a cluster of a mindfuck😂 This weekend I'm planning on watching Dune, FreeGuy, and Nobody😁) Had I seen Clockwork baked they probably would have found me shivering and drooling in a corner or something🤣
You’re correct about it being in a dystopian future. The movie is based on a novel, like most of Kubrick’s films. The book itself is quite difficult to read as well with the dialect that “Alex” uses throughout the story. All of Kubrick’s films are big on making people think. In the case of Clockwork, what is the based way to handle hardcore criminals, the prison system and reform? Can’t wait to see the “2001” reaction myself. A truly epic film.
The point of the movie is the importance of free will, Anthony Burgess (author of the novel) wrote it after his pregnant wife was raped by four people, like the writer's wife in the book/movie the trauma of it eventually killed her. Burgess believed our ability to choose between good and evil was important and you could not be forced (like Alex) to choose good, if you were it'd cheapen and invalidate it and make you not a human but a "clockwork orange". When asked about the title Burgess said it refers to a person who "has the appearance of an organism lovely with colour and juice but is in fact only a clockwork toy to be wound up by God or the Devil or (since this is increasingly replacing both) the "almighty state". It's the state by way of the Ludovico technique which removes Alex's humanity by taking away his ability to choose. Kubrick was very insistent that it was a "fable" about free will, fables in order to impart an important moral will often have their characters encounter coincidence's which would strain credulity in real life but because it's a "tale/fable" and therefore more about only imparting a message it's ok, usually the second half is filled with irony like the "boy who cried wolf" or Alex encountering everyone he wronged one after the other. Throughout the film after the technique he talks about how he's been "cured" and this "cure" (of no free will/option to choose evil) only makes him vulnerable in an aggressive society which jump on the opportunity to take advantage of him when he's like that until they end up bringing the monster they hated back to triumphant music and him gladly declaring he's been "cured alright" cured of the so called "cure"/loss of free will, Burgess believed our ability to choose between good and evil was an intrinsic and vital part of what made us human beings and give us our value, what value does ones decision have if they didn't even decide it? that's the sorts of questions the story raises. Worth noting people have pointed out how in his fantasy at the end the girl is on top and smiling to an applauding audience, there's even a "wedding" type theme to the whole thing like Kubrick was communicating he was fantasising now about consensual sex, this is somewhat confusing but clearly there and worth discussing the meaning of that, wouldn't it have just made more sense to have a horrifying rape scene as his fantasy at the end when trying to show he's back to his "old ways"? Two cool details in the movie when his old "droogs" show up as cops, one has 665 as his number (it's on their shoulders) and the other has 667, when they walk they take Alex in between them, in the middle which makes him "666" the devil/number of evil. When walking in slow motion next to the water before Alex turns on them, the two droogs who go against Alex, their steps are perfectly in snyc with each other and completely out of snyc with Alex, whilst the other "droog" (who never attacks Alex during the fight) his feet are not in step with them at all but instead are identical to Alex's steps.
Even when this movie was made, it was known that no copies of Revelation that were even close to contemporary, mention the number 666. That doesn't start appearing till much later, before which point, the number was 616. Not that it matters, cus it's likely just a bunch of political crap, with the characters changed into mythical creatures, to protect the author/authors.
@@ashscott6068 Yeah but my comment was more about Clockwork Orange and it clearly deliberately being 666 because it's the number in our culture today and when this movie was made which represents the devil and/or evil, this is the case whether or not it was the original or authors intended number it is now.
His wife was most likely NOT raped, but rather beaten and robbed. Its true Anthony Burgess eventually gave your account as THE account. But he also had many accounts, as he was notorious for having many versions of events for everything. The likelihood that he chose to recreate his wife's attack in a book he didn't care for is dubious at best. In reality, he most likely went the other direction, using his book as the new basis for his wife's attack story. There is certainly no basis to believe she was raped other than his account of her attack later on in life, which differed each time he told it.
I saw this when I was 17... in school. It was our Eng Lit A-level text (AQA exam board). Not only did we watch the full movie in class, but exam day was pretty notorious too as AQA had misspelled "Clockwork" on the exam paper (they'd missed out the L). 100% true story!
It’s cool that the cat lady hits Alex with a bust of Beethoven, which leads to him killing her and going to prison. Despite his love for Beethoven it’s Beethoven that causes him to attack dim in the milk bar leading to his betrayal. It’s Beethoven that is used as a weapon to hurt Alex by the cat lady, leading to her murder and his incarceration. It’s Beethoven poster in his cell that the government minister notices that gets him into Ludovico, and gives him the idea to use it at music during the film as an experiment I’m guessing. It’s Beethoven used to torture him by the writer leading to his attempted suicide. I wonder how differently the movie would play out if Alex didn’t like lovely lovely Ludwig van.
The movie was never banned in the UK. Some copy-cat kids were attacking people and the press blamed the film, the director took the decision to withdraw his own film in Britain, where he lived, but it remained available in all other territories where it had been released. This self-imposed ban remained in place until Kubrick's death in 1999. Kubrick pulled it as a punishment to the UK.
This was based upon a 1962 novel by British author Anthony Burgess which was supposed to be set in the "near future". Like Tolkien, Burgess invented an entirely artificial language for his youth-gang protagonists. The film was also supposed to be set in the 'near future" but, of course, the "near future" of 50 years ago seems rather outdated today. The film was extremely controversial when it first appeared and was actually released with an "X" rating which, at the time, was usually reserved for pornographic movies.
I'm not sure if it has been brought up in the comments yet, but just a side note. The man who portrayed Julian The bodyguard towards the end of the movie, the big muscle guy and the speedo, is none other than David Prowse. The man in the Darth Vader suit the first three Star Wars movies.
Julian, 'Clark Kent' as you call him, was David Prowse, British Weight-Lifting champion, but you may know him as Darth Vader, also in my youth as the Green Cross Code man...the filming of which delayed Star Wars by a couple of weeks...
This is based on a book of the same title published in 1962 by Anthony Burgess )who was a school teacher at one point , as his protest against a decaying society at the time as he saw it
Great film. Better book. Although Malcolms portrayal of Alex is sinister and brilliantly played. As mentioned below, Eyes Wide Shut is definitely worth checking out. Enjoyed your reaction 👍
I actually preferred the film, although I would never have expected that very utilitarian book to take such an unusual form. All of the authority figures were so freaking weird.
So, back when I was at Uni, I had the bright idea of viewing this movie in my Uni library with headphones on, not knowing what was in it. Super awkward experience, knowing random people were wandering around the library behind me, seeing all the sex and violence on my screen, and me stuck there and unable to switch it off... I was a bit like Alex in the eye clamps lol Anyway... nice spot on that shared musical cue from Hannibal! This movie is mental but great reaction - well done! You seem to be ticking off the obvious Kubrick movies, so I'm going to make a slightly left field suggestion. AI (2001) was a Kubrick movie he didn't get to complete before he died - it was instead completed by Steven Speilberg, which as you can imagine, has made for a really interesting piece as a result. Had several Oscar noms, but seems to have been forgotten now, which is a shame as its amazing. One to consider after you've watched 1000/2001/10000 ;)
I wouldn't of had the confidence to watch that in a library. Fair play to you though 😂😂. Thanks for the suggestion, the plan is to watch eyes wide shut as well, also 60000 space oddysey 😉
Check out Kubricks final movie Eyes wide shut. He died before its release. Its a beautiful yet terrifying observation of a man's descent into madness when he discovers his wife almost cheated on him. Tom Cruise has never been better.
Some could argue AI is his last because he died while making it and Steven Spielberg took over. Kubrick had heavy influence in what was released and Spielberg tried to finish it in Kubrick’s style.
Tom Cruise was horrible, oh my gosh, you fell for that? if there's anybody in the world that I don't buy as a Manhattan doctor to the rich, it's Tom Cruise! Maybe you have to be a New Yorker. And he was simply not up for what that role required. I have to admit: I actually knew someone who worked on "Eyes Wide Shut" and have some funny stories that I wish I could tell, but suffice to say, they make them hard for me to take him seriously. Kubrick considered other married couples for those roles (I know Alec Baldwin and Kim Bassinger were under consideration, for instance). I so wish he had gone that way, although the only part of "Eyes Wide Shut" I do like is the scene with Nicole Kidman flirting with the older man at the party. (and, of course, the look of the film is great, like any Kubrick film. No surprise there).
I think Deltoid is some kind of case worker/probation officer type. Alex has obviously been in trouble before. I assume they have some program for juvenile delinquents instead of sending them to adult prison. So he must have been assigned to him.
Nominated for 4 Oscars including Best Picture but lost to The French Connection, which won 5. The movie was controversial upon release, as it stemmed violence in teens and young adults, and was banned in England for a number of years.
Once again, here you on another video and you don't have your facts right. "A Clockwork Orange" was not "banned". Kubrick very famously told Warner Brothers to take it out of release (in England), a completely unprecedented move in the history of movies that has been noted many, many times. THAT'S what's interesting. Shaine, no offense, you really are bad at this trivia thing, all you do is spread misinformation. Why not just cite the Oscar info that you Google and leave it at that? Seriously.
I saw this in the theatre when it first came out in ‘71. Shocking at the time as it predates the “slasher” genre. Had an X rating. The language is a patois mixing of archaic English and Russian. Much more pronounced in the book. With respect to “free will” Alex was always a Clockwork Orange. An unthinking mechanical reflection of society and tool of whatever impulse or force that controlled him.
I've subscribed. I don't know why, but your analysis of the movie definitely helped. Your takes through out were very well interpreted an you highlighted so many important parts of the movie. Good review on the movie. This is my favorite movie from way back an you did a good job reviewing it. Thank you
I wasn't sure what to think, I wasn't sure whether to part sides with Alex or the corrupt government and authorities. At the end of the film I felt like I ended up becoming a clockwork orange with no emotion haha. Would definitely watch again though!
In the West, we are all clockwork oranges to some extent thanks largely to mandatory K-12 education. I'm OK with that. Learn or don't learn, but behave yourself at the very least.
"Clockwork Orange" is great, but your commenters are obviously not real Kubrick fans, probably because they're frightened of black & white photography, lol. "Eyes Wide Shut"? That's the absolute last Kubrick movie to watch, other than the two independent movies he made in the early 50s. You watch everything between "The Killing" and "Full Metal Jacket'.....THEN you watch "Eyes Wide Shut". There are a million reasons why.
This was a very violent movie for its time. him singing the song singing in the rain was ad libbed. the car is an actual car the M-505 Probe 16 when they are in the record store, you can see the soundtrack to 2001 movie
I like your review you have listened without prejudice & reached the end of the film (as some give up) It can be difficult to describe feelings about- A CLOCKWORK ORANGE but it is never confusing for its point and story to me, Polticians in the real world NEVER take responsibilty for their actions in any sincere way, we as the public are supposed to blame ourselves for society's ills & (like Alex are scapegoated) especially at election times when power is at steak
A Clockwork Orange is essentially Kubrick's exploitation film, shocking yes but also quite hilarious if you can adjust your sensabilties accordingly. As with all of Kubrick's work it is a very deep film that has a lot of interesting things to say about our society, brainwashing , corruption, morality, freewill, and those who rule over us.
Mr. Deltoid is a truant officer. In the book, Alex is about 15 and is supposed to be in high school. Instead, he and his droogs stay out all night doing what they do as delinquents, as hoodlums, and hooligans. Through the Ludovico treatment, Alex's free will is taken away from him, that is, if we view free will as the ability to do otherwise. Instead, he is freed from his ability to carry out any violent intentions. He has been transformed from a fully authentic human being into a clockwork orange. And we see the horrible results of that. But in the end, with help from one of his victims and the manipulative support of his political ally, he is cured all right. Now, could you imagine the outcry if the malchiks in this movie were played by 15-year-olds? Maybe the devochka in the gang rape scene and the two from the record store as young as 12 or 13? With the same script and costuming (or lack thereof)? I question whether it would be legal to produce, promote, distribute, possess, exhibit, or even view such a film.
Burgess, the author of the book said: 1945, when i came from the army, i heard in a pub the expression "as queer as a clockwork orange". This fascinated me as folk surrealism. So i used this as the title for a book to brainwashing. The human being is a microcosmos, he is a plant, organic like a fruit, he has colour, fragility and sweetness. To manipulated him, to conditioned, means, to change him in a mechanic object, a clockwork orange.
The main idea of the film has to do with free will. What happens when you remove someone’s liberty to choose to do good or bad? Is this person still human or merely a “Clockwork Orange”? At the beginning we see Alex do all these evil things and spreading mayhem but he chooses to act this way, he chooses to be bad, he still has his free will to do good and be a respectable human being if he wanted to. After the Ludovico treatment he is conditioned to be “good”, even though he still has violent impulses, he cannot act upon them without getting sick, he has no choice anymore, through this unethical treatment he has become a slave. That is not someone truly rehabilitated but merely tinkered with, like a watch to be good. The last line spoken “I’m cured, all right!” while we see Alex fool around with a woman, a crowd cheering and clapping around him signals to the audience he is indeed cured....from the cruel Ludovico treatment! He can again think and act upon violent and sexual impulses without getting sick, he has regain his free will and with it part of his humanity, in a very fucked up way it is a happy ending...for Alex at least. Will he then return to his evil ways when thrown back into society or will he choose to become a proper good outstanding citizen? This is left ambiguous, although those last frames make me think the former rather than the latter possibility, Alex might be a monster, but he’s a human monster.
if you like films about murderers then watch The House That Jack Built. its absolutely batshit crazy and very disturbing. the cast is quite a big one too.
Kubrick, the boss that he was, had Warner Bros ban this film in the UK until his death in 1999 due to the British media hysteria and death threat Kubrick and his family recieved on the film's initial release (Kubrick lived north of London).
I caught this late one night when I was about 12 the bizarre nature of the movie and the cinematography really sucked me in one of those movies you finish and are just speechless. I would watch it again to see what my adult self thinks but I'd rather not
Huh, luckily or something even one of the ten or so reactors here at UA-cam to this great awesome classic movie seem to have some glue & understanding of it´s themes and way of showing/playing them out and all that ...and not just being baby-style "Yuck what a horrible disgusting movie and nothing more". Yep, nothing else at all. :-) :-/ :-D
As far as the point of the movie is concerned, you're playing around in the same ballpark. Surely seeing it a second time will bring it into view. You might next focus on the concept of free will to flesh out your very good questioning about the social response to crime. I'm not saying another word. I'll leave it for you to discover.
@@theguywiththemicrophone6505 Of course I've heard of copyrights but the fact remains that in that condition you can't make heads or tails out of the review!! To give a review go on video without the film. I have seen that before and it works fine! You can also get interviews on UA-cam or Malcolm McDowell and the author of the book Anthony Burgess plus Kubrick himself!
I caught this movie at a friends a late night once. He had passed out and I was flipping through channels when it popped up.
I jumped in just when They fought their rival gang.
I remember thinking "What..the..Hell...is..this..?"
I just couldn't stop watching, I was entranced by the sheer weirdness of it all and had no idea it was Clockwork(which I Had Heard about) nor that it was by Kubrick,
or that I was watching a young Malcolm McDowell. But I was glued to the screen.
Eventually my friend woke up and he asked me "What the Fuck are you watching?"
I replied "I have no idea, but I have to see it through to the end.."
I'm glad to have watched it, but I'll never sit through that entire thing again.
It was...great..? But it also made me feel sick.
Thats cool. I had the same uneasiness too. Imagine watching this when you're baked out of your mind 😂
@@theguywiththemicrophone6505 Films I'm really hyped about, I Always watch for the first time baked(TeneT was a cluster of a mindfuck😂 This weekend I'm planning on watching Dune, FreeGuy, and Nobody😁)
Had I seen Clockwork baked they probably would have found me shivering and drooling in a corner or something🤣
The big muscle guy when Alex returns " Home " is the original Darth Vader. The guy who wore the suit..
Ahhh, that's brilliant! I think his name is David Prowse.
You’re correct about it being in a dystopian future. The movie is based on a novel, like most of Kubrick’s films. The book itself is quite difficult to read as well with the dialect that “Alex” uses throughout the story.
All of Kubrick’s films are big on making people think. In the case of Clockwork, what is the based way to handle hardcore criminals, the prison system and reform?
Can’t wait to see the “2001” reaction myself. A truly epic film.
The point of the movie is the importance of free will, Anthony Burgess (author of the novel) wrote it after his pregnant wife was raped by four people, like the writer's wife in the book/movie the trauma of it eventually killed her. Burgess believed our ability to choose between good and evil was important and you could not be forced (like Alex) to choose good, if you were it'd cheapen and invalidate it and make you not a human but a "clockwork orange".
When asked about the title Burgess said it refers to a person who "has the appearance of an organism lovely with colour and juice but is in fact only a clockwork toy to be wound up by God or the Devil or (since this is increasingly replacing both) the "almighty state". It's the state by way of the Ludovico technique which removes Alex's humanity by taking away his ability to choose. Kubrick was very insistent that it was a "fable" about free will, fables in order to impart an important moral will often have their characters encounter coincidence's which would strain credulity in real life but because it's a "tale/fable" and therefore more about only imparting a message it's ok, usually the second half is filled with irony like the "boy who cried wolf" or Alex encountering everyone he wronged one after the other.
Throughout the film after the technique he talks about how he's been "cured" and this "cure" (of no free will/option to choose evil) only makes him vulnerable in an aggressive society which jump on the opportunity to take advantage of him when he's like that until they end up bringing the monster they hated back to triumphant music and him gladly declaring he's been "cured alright" cured of the so called "cure"/loss of free will, Burgess believed our ability to choose between good and evil was an intrinsic and vital part of what made us human beings and give us our value, what value does ones decision have if they didn't even decide it? that's the sorts of questions the story raises.
Worth noting people have pointed out how in his fantasy at the end the girl is on top and smiling to an applauding audience, there's even a "wedding" type theme to the whole thing like Kubrick was communicating he was fantasising now about consensual sex, this is somewhat confusing but clearly there and worth discussing the meaning of that, wouldn't it have just made more sense to have a horrifying rape scene as his fantasy at the end when trying to show he's back to his "old ways"?
Two cool details in the movie when his old "droogs" show up as cops, one has 665 as his number (it's on their shoulders) and the other has 667, when they walk they take Alex in between them, in the middle which makes him "666" the devil/number of evil. When walking in slow motion next to the water before Alex turns on them, the two droogs who go against Alex, their steps are perfectly in snyc with each other and completely out of snyc with Alex, whilst the other "droog" (who never attacks Alex during the fight) his feet are not in step with them at all but instead are identical to Alex's steps.
Even when this movie was made, it was known that no copies of Revelation that were even close to contemporary, mention the number 666. That doesn't start appearing till much later, before which point, the number was 616. Not that it matters, cus it's likely just a bunch of political crap, with the characters changed into mythical creatures, to protect the author/authors.
The event may have contributed to her subsequent miscarriage, it didn't kill her since she lived until 1968, 26 years after the rape.
@@ashscott6068 Yeah but my comment was more about Clockwork Orange and it clearly deliberately being 666 because it's the number in our culture today and when this movie was made which represents the devil and/or evil, this is the case whether or not it was the original or authors intended number it is now.
His wife was most likely NOT raped, but rather beaten and robbed. Its true Anthony Burgess eventually gave your account as THE account. But he also had many accounts, as he was notorious for having many versions of events for everything. The likelihood that he chose to recreate his wife's attack in a book he didn't care for is dubious at best. In reality, he most likely went the other direction, using his book as the new basis for his wife's attack story.
There is certainly no basis to believe she was raped other than his account of her attack later on in life, which differed each time he told it.
Alex was actually a partial inspiration for Heath Ledger when coming up with his characterization of the Joker in The Dark Knight.
Wow; I hadn't noticed that before. Now that you mention; i can't believe that escaped me. Great reactions though, dude. Quality sht.
I can definitely see that, especially when it comes to his facial expressions.
Him: "I can't show you this on UA-cam"
Also him: **Shows it on UA-cam**
I saw this when I was 17... in school. It was our Eng Lit A-level text (AQA exam board). Not only did we watch the full movie in class, but exam day was pretty notorious too as AQA had misspelled "Clockwork" on the exam paper (they'd missed out the L). 100% true story!
Wow, I wonder what people in your class thought when you were watching it aha. Interesting text you were given for English lit.
i cant imagine this happened recently it would probably make the news lol with many outraged
@@JamesC1981 Haha yep, so true. I'm showing my age but it was 2002. Before 'viral' was a thing!
Freudian slip.
It’s cool that the cat lady hits Alex with a bust of Beethoven, which leads to him killing her and going to prison.
Despite his love for Beethoven it’s Beethoven that causes him to attack dim in the milk bar leading to his betrayal.
It’s Beethoven that is used as a weapon to hurt Alex by the cat lady, leading to her murder and his incarceration.
It’s Beethoven poster in his cell that the government minister notices that gets him into Ludovico, and gives him the idea to use it at music during the film as an experiment I’m guessing.
It’s Beethoven used to torture him by the writer leading to his attempted suicide.
I wonder how differently the movie would play out if Alex didn’t like lovely lovely Ludwig van.
Yes, imagine people desecrating the thing you love most. Kind of like the writer's wife. Poetic justice.
The movie was never banned in the UK. Some copy-cat kids were attacking people and the press blamed the film, the director took the decision to withdraw his own film in Britain, where he lived, but it remained available in all other territories where it had been released. This self-imposed ban remained in place until Kubrick's death in 1999. Kubrick pulled it as a punishment to the UK.
This movie is seriously not for the faint hearted 😂 one of the darkest movies I've ever seen.
Oh yes, I have now realised aha
I like that you spend time discussing your thoughts about the movie. A lot of channels don't.
This was based upon a 1962 novel by British author Anthony Burgess which was supposed to be set in the "near future". Like Tolkien, Burgess invented an entirely artificial language for his youth-gang protagonists. The film was also supposed to be set in the 'near future" but, of course, the "near future" of 50 years ago seems rather outdated today. The film was extremely controversial when it first appeared and was actually released with an "X" rating which, at the time, was usually reserved for pornographic movies.
I'm not sure if it has been brought up in the comments yet, but just a side note. The man who portrayed Julian The bodyguard towards the end of the movie, the big muscle guy and the speedo, is none other than David Prowse. The man in the Darth Vader suit the first three Star Wars movies.
Julian, 'Clark Kent' as you call him, was David Prowse, British Weight-Lifting champion, but you may know him as Darth Vader, also in my youth as the Green Cross Code man...the filming of which delayed Star Wars by a couple of weeks...
Just found out that Ludovico is an alternative spelling of the German name Ludwig, as in van Beethoven. That seems germane.
This is based on a book of the same title published in 1962 by Anthony Burgess )who was a school teacher at one point , as his protest against a decaying society at the time as he saw it
Great film. Better book. Although Malcolms portrayal of Alex is sinister and brilliantly played. As mentioned below, Eyes Wide Shut is definitely worth checking out. Enjoyed your reaction 👍
I actually preferred the film, although I would never have expected that very utilitarian book to take such an unusual form. All of the authority figures were so freaking weird.
So, back when I was at Uni, I had the bright idea of viewing this movie in my Uni library with headphones on, not knowing what was in it. Super awkward experience, knowing random people were wandering around the library behind me, seeing all the sex and violence on my screen, and me stuck there and unable to switch it off... I was a bit like Alex in the eye clamps lol
Anyway... nice spot on that shared musical cue from Hannibal! This movie is mental but great reaction - well done!
You seem to be ticking off the obvious Kubrick movies, so I'm going to make a slightly left field suggestion. AI (2001) was a Kubrick movie he didn't get to complete before he died - it was instead completed by Steven Speilberg, which as you can imagine, has made for a really interesting piece as a result. Had several Oscar noms, but seems to have been forgotten now, which is a shame as its amazing. One to consider after you've watched 1000/2001/10000 ;)
I wouldn't of had the confidence to watch that in a library. Fair play to you though 😂😂. Thanks for the suggestion, the plan is to watch eyes wide shut as well, also 60000 space oddysey 😉
Check out Kubricks final movie Eyes wide shut. He died before its release. Its a beautiful yet terrifying observation of a man's descent into madness when he discovers his wife almost cheated on him. Tom Cruise has never been better.
Very disturbing film. Another masterpiece from Kubrick.
Oooh, ill happily give that a look, thanks for the suggrstion.
Some could argue AI is his last because he died while making it and Steven Spielberg took over.
Kubrick had heavy influence in what was released and Spielberg tried to finish it in Kubrick’s style.
Tom Cruise was horrible, oh my gosh, you fell for that? if there's anybody in the world that I don't buy as a Manhattan doctor to the rich, it's Tom Cruise! Maybe you have to be a New Yorker. And he was simply not up for what that role required. I have to admit: I actually knew someone who worked on "Eyes Wide Shut" and have some funny stories that I wish I could tell, but suffice to say, they make them hard for me to take him seriously. Kubrick considered other married couples for those roles (I know Alec Baldwin and Kim Bassinger were under consideration, for instance). I so wish he had gone that way, although the only part of "Eyes Wide Shut" I do like is the scene with Nicole Kidman flirting with the older man at the party. (and, of course, the look of the film is great, like any Kubrick film. No surprise there).
Fun fact: 7:48 The sped up sex scene was shot in a long 27 minute take. Not sure how it felt but...
I think Deltoid is some kind of case worker/probation officer type. Alex has obviously been in trouble before. I assume they have some program for juvenile delinquents instead of sending them to adult prison. So he must have been assigned to him.
Yeah, deltoid seems like a terrible choice for a case worker aha. That scene in the bedroom was so uncomfortable.
@@theguywiththemicrophone6505 There are homoerotic hints throughout the book.
They asked Kubrick to do a 'Teen Flick' as they were popular at the time, so he did.
Nominated for 4 Oscars including Best Picture but lost to The French Connection, which won 5. The movie was controversial upon release, as it stemmed violence in teens and young adults, and was banned in England for a number of years.
Once again, here you on another video and you don't have your facts right. "A Clockwork Orange" was not "banned". Kubrick very famously told Warner Brothers to take it out of release (in England), a completely unprecedented move in the history of movies that has been noted many, many times. THAT'S what's interesting. Shaine, no offense, you really are bad at this trivia thing, all you do is spread misinformation. Why not just cite the Oscar info that you Google and leave it at that? Seriously.
My favourite film.
I saw this in the theatre when it first came out in ‘71. Shocking at the time as it predates the “slasher” genre. Had an X rating. The language is a patois mixing of archaic English and Russian. Much more pronounced in the book. With respect to “free will” Alex was always a Clockwork Orange. An unthinking mechanical reflection of society and tool of whatever impulse or force that controlled him.
Organic social conditioning is what we're after in the West. I can handle that since it supports my freedom.
I've subscribed. I don't know why, but your analysis of the movie definitely helped. Your takes through out were very well interpreted an you highlighted so many important parts of the movie. Good review on the movie. This is my favorite movie from way back an you did a good job reviewing it. Thank you
11:35 it’s worse when you know Kubrick (as usual) had the actors do that a great number of times because he wanted the spit to land a certain way.
I wasn't sure what to think, I wasn't sure whether to part sides with Alex or the corrupt government and authorities. At the end of the film I felt like I ended up becoming a clockwork orange with no emotion haha. Would definitely watch again though!
In the West, we are all clockwork oranges to some extent thanks largely to mandatory K-12 education. I'm OK with that. Learn or don't learn, but behave yourself at the very least.
"I was cured.., all right!"
I love happy endings...
Fun fact: the actor that played Julian was David Prowse, the same man that played the body role of Darth Vader in the original star wars trilogy
Julian is.played by David Prowse. He later wore the Darth Vader costume in a movie c
Allen STAR WARS.
"Clockwork Orange" is great, but your commenters are obviously not real Kubrick fans, probably because they're frightened of black & white photography, lol. "Eyes Wide Shut"? That's the absolute last Kubrick movie to watch, other than the two independent movies he made in the early 50s. You watch everything between "The Killing" and "Full Metal Jacket'.....THEN you watch "Eyes Wide Shut". There are a million reasons why.
This was a very violent movie for its time.
him singing the song singing in the rain was ad libbed.
the car is an actual car the M-505 Probe 16
when they are in the record store, you can see the soundtrack to 2001 movie
Thank you for this reaction. The actor David Prowse who played the bodyguard Julian played the body of Darth Vader in Star Wars.
Driving the car is a throwback to the silent Dr. Mabuse, German film, after Mabuse escapes from the insane asylum
I like your review you have listened without prejudice & reached the end of the film (as some give up) It can be difficult to describe feelings about- A CLOCKWORK ORANGE but it is never confusing for its point and story to me, Polticians in the real world NEVER take responsibilty for their actions in any sincere way, we as the public are supposed to blame ourselves for society's ills & (like Alex are scapegoated) especially at election times when power is at steak
A Clockwork Orange is essentially Kubrick's exploitation film, shocking yes but also quite hilarious if you can adjust your sensabilties accordingly. As with all of Kubrick's work it is a very deep film that has a lot of interesting things to say about our society, brainwashing , corruption, morality, freewill, and those who rule over us.
Mr. Deltoid is a truant officer. In the book, Alex is about 15 and is supposed to be in high school. Instead, he and his droogs stay out all night doing what they do as delinquents, as hoodlums, and hooligans. Through the Ludovico treatment, Alex's free will is taken away from him, that is, if we view free will as the ability to do otherwise. Instead, he is freed from his ability to carry out any violent intentions. He has been transformed from a fully authentic human being into a clockwork orange. And we see the horrible results of that. But in the end, with help from one of his victims and the manipulative support of his political ally, he is cured all right.
Now, could you imagine the outcry if the malchiks in this movie were played by 15-year-olds? Maybe the devochka in the gang rape scene and the two from the record store as young as 12 or 13? With the same script and costuming (or lack thereof)? I question whether it would be legal to produce, promote, distribute, possess, exhibit, or even view such a film.
Burgess, the author of the book said:
1945, when i came from the army, i heard in a pub the expression "as queer as a clockwork orange". This fascinated me as
folk surrealism. So i used this as the title for a book to brainwashing. The human being is a microcosmos, he is a plant,
organic like a fruit, he has colour, fragility and sweetness. To manipulated him, to conditioned, means, to change him in a
mechanic object, a clockwork orange.
Check out Eyes Wide Shut, Kubrick's last film. He died just a few days after editing it
I need to check that one out, I know Cruise and Kidman is in it.
Probably my all time favourite film. The book is much darker, you should watch a video in your free time that summorises the differences.
I never saw that movie but I feel like it will be traumatic every damn minute
You're certainly right about that my friend!
The main idea of the film has to do with free will. What happens when you remove someone’s liberty to choose to do good or bad? Is this person still human or merely a “Clockwork Orange”? At the beginning we see Alex do all these evil things and spreading mayhem but he chooses to act this way, he chooses to be bad, he still has his free will to do good and be a respectable human being if he wanted to. After the Ludovico treatment he is conditioned to be “good”, even though he still has violent impulses, he cannot act upon them without getting sick, he has no choice anymore, through this unethical treatment he has become a slave. That is not someone truly rehabilitated but merely tinkered with, like a watch to be good. The last line spoken “I’m cured, all right!” while we see Alex fool around with a woman, a crowd cheering and clapping around him signals to the audience he is indeed cured....from the cruel Ludovico treatment! He can again think and act upon violent and sexual impulses without getting sick, he has regain his free will and with it part of his humanity, in a very fucked up way it is a happy ending...for Alex at least. Will he then return to his evil ways when thrown back into society or will he choose to become a proper good outstanding citizen? This is left ambiguous, although those last frames make me think the former rather than the latter possibility, Alex might be a monster, but he’s a human monster.
I've heard Europeans speak disparagingly about the Pavlovian conditioning given in American schools. I say BRING IT if this is the alternative.
Btw: this novel was inspired by a traumatic event that happened to the author where his wife was raped and killed, hence the scene in the beginning.
if you like films about murderers then watch The House That Jack Built. its absolutely batshit crazy and very disturbing. the cast is quite a big one too.
That's been on my to watch list for a while! I definitely need to give that a watch.
@@theguywiththemicrophone6505 it's so messed up dude, but you'll love it
This was an awesome reaction. You should react to the royal tenenbaumes by Wes Anderson
Thanks dude. I'm not very familiar with Wes Anderson's work but I've heard alot of good things.
I saw it 36 yrs ago and I still don’t know what to say
Kubrick, the boss that he was, had Warner Bros ban this film in the UK until his death in 1999 due to the British media hysteria and death threat Kubrick and his family recieved on the film's initial release (Kubrick lived north of London).
My favorite Kubrick movies are 2001 and Barry Lyndon. I'll sub in hopes you get to them both.
I'll definitely give 2001 a space odyssey a watch, thanks for the sub.
I caught this late one night when I was about 12 the bizarre nature of the movie and the cinematography really sucked me in one of those movies you finish and are just speechless. I would watch it again to see what my adult self thinks but I'd rather not
Read the Book!!
Lol, we’ll call you, ‘Joe’.
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While it has horrifying subject matter and moments of black comedy, this seems to me as a sci fi movie.
This film grew on me lol
I can see why some people wouldn't feel warm to it at first (especially when you didn't have any prior expectations). It's definitely out there
Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.😉
Huh, luckily or something even one of the ten or so reactors here at UA-cam to this great awesome classic movie seem to have some glue & understanding of it´s themes and way of showing/playing them out and all that ...and not just being baby-style "Yuck what a horrible disgusting movie and nothing more". Yep, nothing else at all. :-) :-/ :-D
Thanks so much! You're the best👌
You're the best 👌
As far as the point of the movie is concerned, you're playing around in the same ballpark. Surely seeing it a second time will bring it into view. You might next focus on the concept of free will to flesh out your very good questioning about the social response to crime. I'm not saying another word. I'll leave it for you to discover.
What happened to your insidious chapter 2 reaction?
I tried uploading it twice but it kept getting blocked. The full length reaction is on patreon though.
Alex is an unreliable narrator. Every time you pity him, he wants you to. The music is a good indicator that he's putting on a show.
Fcukkkkkkkk yea!!!!!!!!
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Mate, you can't do that to a film, chop it up like that, and give quick reactions to only some of the less graphic scenes. Get a real job.
You broke it up to much so that it can't really be followed by the viewer!! Wasted
I don't think you've heard of copyright before
@@theguywiththemicrophone6505 Of course I've heard of copyrights but the fact remains that in that condition you can't make heads or tails out of the review!! To give a review go on video without the film. I have seen that before and it works fine! You can also get interviews on UA-cam or Malcolm McDowell and the author of the book Anthony Burgess plus Kubrick himself!
This movie is seriously not for the faint hearted 😂 one of the darkest movies I've ever seen.
Even today, I totally agree.