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06-09-2005, 01:57 AM
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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? Last edited by tom-tom; 06-09-2005 at 05:33 AM. 
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06-09-2005, 04:52 AM
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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 :)
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06-09-2005, 05:26 AM
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"Fiction is the truth inside the lie". "Seeing a murder on television... can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some." Last edited by tom-tom; 06-09-2005 at 06:43 AM.
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The irony is, when they were totruring Santa's Little Helper, Mr Burns was trying to make him violent, not non-violent. :)
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06-09-2005, 06:38 AM
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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 ..
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06-09-2005, 06:42 AM
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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.
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06-09-2005, 06:57 AM
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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.
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06-09-2005, 07:01 AM
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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 ..
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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 :(
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