Special Wes Anderson
What Would Wes Watch?

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

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“It’s funny how the colors of the real world only seem really real when you viddy them on the screen.” Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ ‘unfilmable’ dystopian novel proved so controversial the Brooklyn born director wielded all his 2001-begotten power with Warner Brothers to get the film pulled completely from theaters around the UK, the country he made his home several years before. There were several ‘droog’ copy-cat attacks involving injury and even murder across the country, resulting in death threats directed at the Kubrick family. The already reclusive director became borderline hermetic as a result. The film itself then, with its hyper-stylized mise-en-scene, Burgess’ Russian inspired lingo and the copious amounts of (sexual) violence depicted in operatic fashion, is still a controversial piece of classic cinema. Moral debating aside, its brilliance is undeniable and the film’s decor, love of (classical) soundtracks and visual trickery makes it an obvious Anderson favourite. English language without subtitles.

Credits

Regie
Stanley Kubrick
Cast
Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Adrienne Corri
Genre
drama
Speelduur
137 minuten
Land
VS, VK
Taal
Engels
Ondertiteling

Storyline

In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure that’ll rob him of all personal agency. In a time when conscience is a commodity, can Alex change his tune?