A Clockwork Orange (1971)
 

How about a little discussion about Alex and Co.?
Although A Clockwork Orange doesn't qualify as horror, it deserves a thread.
Any thoughts?

With due respect to the subject matter and the director (Kubrick), it definately belongs on a Horror board.

I didnt like it at all. Kubrick did a great job, as did Malcom Mcdowell. Everything was very well done, which is why i dont like it. Too much of the bad stuff for me.

Weird isnt it? I dislike it because it succeeds in telling it's story properly. I am glad to have seen it, though. Too many references in the Simpsons would be lost without it :)

I actually like the story, but I can't stand to watch the movie. I've seen it about three times and it disturbes the piss outa me.

Sure, wasn't there an episode in The Simpsons featuring Alex's torture - in a comical way, of course. I think it was the dog, Santa's Little Helper.

Yep, and for the 3rd halloween episode, bart was Alex for halloween, eye makeup and all.

The irony is, when they were totruring Santa's Little Helper, Mr Burns was trying to make him violent, not non-violent. :)

i remember reading that Kubrick's take on this film is that this was the same time frame as 2001 - what was happening on earth at the time that the space mission was taking place.

not Anthony Brugess's idea - just Kubrick - who is kind of famous for bending subject material to suit the way he thinks ..

Ah, that's it. Sure, was one of the Simpson's Halloween specials not taking the piss out of 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' - it was something to do with Ned Flanders.

Yeah, they hit him with a car and disposed of the body. Turns out they didnt kill him because he had just become a werewolf.

Kubrick was pretty good at adaption. its interesting how his movies made from book susually turned out to be more well known than the books themselves.

well if you think about it - thats really the norm...

movies are always better known .. they are in our face - advertised ..

whens the last time you saw a TV commercial for a book ?

the sad fact is that there aren't that many readers ... i'm surrounded by people who are in their 30's - 40's and havent read fiction since high schools.

the good thing is that the people who are readers - are avid readers ... readers are word junkies .. more rabid than film fans ..

Whats frustrating for me is that deep down i am an avid reader, i just havent had time or the energy to do it for extende periods in YEARS. This fucking job is killing me. I'm glad that i have been writing a lot more recently, but i miss books :(