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RE: Watched, like, this movie like, last night -- A Clockwork Orange.

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In Reply to: RE: Watched, like, this movie like, last night -- A Clockwork Orange. posted by clarkjohnsen on July 07, 2008 at 08:12:00

One of my favourites. It's been awhile since I'd read the book but I believe the author used Slavic words in the book and the characters used those words like slang. I'd once read, Burgess wasn't happy with Kubrick taking the last few pages of the book out of the movie; at the end of the book, Alex is supposed to have understood what he'd done was wrong and eventually become a fine and upstanding young citizen, but Kubrick used the different US ending of the novel and made Alex into a corrupt and uncontrollable sooka of a politician.

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz like uses like a lot.

Follow Ups:

Yes, it was far better than I had (mistakenly) imagined. Nor had I exactly been aware... - clarkjohnsen 10:54:05 07/07/08 (2)
...that it was social satire. And (pleasantly) talky!

Funny, just a couple weeks ago I'd seen O Lucky Man for the first time, and now I'm totally impressed with the young Malcolm MacDowell. An actor's actor, and so he remains. (Anyone see him in Heros last year?)

As for that ending, I was told by the buddy I watched it with that the (recently released) last chapter of Burgess' book as published in the UK was changed/eliminated for US release, and that it did take Alex back to his previous violent life -- which is where I had thought the movie was headed anyway. I'll have to check that out.

clark
- If... - R Browne 21:31:31 07/11/08 (1)
  If you haven't already seen it, try "If..." directed by Lindsay Anderson in 1968 with Malcolm in the lead role.
  - Saw it in London long ago. nt - clarkjohnsen 09:08:53 07/12/08 (0)
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