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Rating: Compelling, artistic, and ambiguous! The three A's best represent the nature of "A Clockwork Orange," a visual and auditory work of art, a masterpiece of modern cinema.
"A Clockwork Orange" is the missing link: nothing is random, it's not enough to judge a book by its cover. According to its structure, an orange has a peel inside which lies the actual fruit, the juicy and sweet, edible matter. Like an orange, so is the human being. Beneath the hard, or rather semipermeable, shell of the skin, in the recesses of the brain, every man keeps a certain amount of sweetness, of goodness that can be put at the service of himself and others, in contrast to the violent attitude often exhibited by the same man who unconsciously hides his positive component, thus causing harm to himself and those around him.
Alex is a shameless, violent young man, with not a shred of morality and a guilty conscience, insensitive to the pain of others, unaware of his actions, simply a sword that pierces anyone who passes by. Confusing! Destructive! Excessive! Often under the influence of drugs, he loves to exercise the so-called "Ultra-violence," his job in life, his only purpose. His "Gulliver" (that is, the brain) conceives only that, until he undergoes a challenging path full of traps and deceptions that lead him to reflect on the relationship between men, a relationship of peace, or rather a fair and balanced cooperation. He is both victim and assassin! He acts and suffers, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, suffers for his sins, for his heinous crimes. A futuristic London sets the stage for the story of an insecure young man, who believes he is confident, a naive young man, who believes he is steady. "A Clockwork Orange" is the epic of Alex, a character with many faces, a lover of classical music and, on the other hand, a lover of disorder, excess, and enjoyment at the expense of others. He is the prototype of a society falling to pieces, of a youth devoted to violence. Torture will bring him to reason, but it is known that torture has no reason! This is the lesson of Burgess, author of the homonymous book, from which the film was indeed adapted.
Stanley Kubrick: a master of our times, a versatile and skillful director behind the camera.
R.I.P. Stanley
Film: 10/10
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