Movie analysis: A Clockwork Orange, by Stanley Kubrick

This film (see a few YouTube vids on this movie here), seen with an intermission of many years, reminds this reviewer of a lot of things that he thinks is bad about society (at large). No, this won’t be really a personal review (read: completely subjective), but will be more like how this film has touched aspects of the reviewer’s mind in between long periods of time when the film was first viewed (and seen again lately) – as all Stanley Kubrick’s films are considered to be works of art (with certain exceptions) that influence other artists’ works (no matter how suspiciously pretentious the notion can be to others). Artists look up as well to the best role model artists around them. And in this reviewer’s personal list, Kubrick ranks as among the best filmmakers ever. For a synopsis of the film, better read what Wikipedia has on its pages on this film,here.

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