A Clockwork Orange (1971, Kubrick)

A film filled with stunning images and vibrant characters, A Clockwork Orange is amazing. Malcolm McDowell is Alex, a young man who's interests are ultra-violence, rape and Bethoven. He and "Droogs" spend their times doing all these things, and speaking in their own language, with such colorful sayings and figures of speech as:

"Well, well, well! Well if it isn't fat stinking billy goat Billy Boy in poison! How art thou, thou globby bottle of cheap stinking chip oil? Come and get one in the yarbles, if ya have any yarble, ya eunuch jelly thou!"

and "Doobiedoob, a bit tired maybe, best not to say more. Bedways is rightways now, so best we go homeways and get a bit of spatchka. Right-right?"

Overall, this is shocking, flamboyant, and excellent. Such images you would only see in a Dr. Seuss book, blows out your ears and scorches your eyes. A masterpiece.


Final Rating: 10/10


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