Tag: A Clockwork Orange
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Freaks vs the Reich review – atrocious mash-up of circus fable and the Holocaust
Franz Rogowski plays a Nazi ringmaster in a deluded blend of magical realism, gratuitous violence and sentimentalityWhat better way to start the new year with what will surely be remembered as one of its worst films. This mashup of magical realism, gratuitous violence and sentimentality is an atrocity in filmic form. It’s only a bit…
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‘An Endless Sunday’ Review: Lost Kids Roam the Streets of Rome in Promising Italian Debut
In a typical scene from “An Endless Sunday,” three teenage delinquents wander beside a canal. They end up killing a frog with a brick. Another group of children slightly younger than they are are also mucking about, and one of them is playing the recorder, blasting out a wobbly but recognizable version of Beethoven’s Ninth…
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This Iconic Stanley Kubrick Scene Took 148 Takes to Get Right
Like many writers and directors who rise to the top of their profession, Stanley Kubrick was, no doubt, a perfectionist, and it’s hard to disagree with that statement based on evidence throughout the auteur’s career. The last six films he directed took sequentially longer before he deemed them ready for release. There’s a three-year gap…
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A Clockwork Orange Ending Explained: And He Was Cured, All Right
In his 1962 dystopian satire novel “A Clockwork Orange,” writer Anthony Burgess positions a teenager as a perpetrator of extreme violence. This teenager in question, Alex, is a product of a youth subculture that views violent acts such as murder and assault as thrilling pastimes. Although an inevitable product of his society, Alex chooses this…
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Stanley Kubrick Had Tom Cruise Flying Blind While Filming Eyes Wide Shut
It’s hard to reckon with a filmmaker such as Stanley Kubrick when he’s created art so deserving of critical acclaim, but the grandeur is clouded by how incredibly difficult, obsessive, and manipulative his behavior was on set. Films like “A Clockwork Orange” and “Eyes Wide Shut” had audiences everywhere figuratively by the throats, earning decades…
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Two Brief Moments Came Together To Create The Concept For A Clockwork Orange
Before “A Clockwork Orange” was a visually stimulating, textually fascinating dystopian crime film by Stanley Kubrick, it was a nearly puzzling novel by Anthony Burgess published in 1962. It’s such a unique story that it’s hard to fathom exactly how it must’ve come about in the author’s mind, but the birth of “A Clockwork Orange”…
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Stanley Kubrick Borrowed Some NASA Tech To Capture Barry Lyndon’s Natural Look
Stanley Kubrick’s 1975 epic “Barry Lyndon” is one of the most beautifully photographed movies ever committed to celluloid. The film’s cinematographer John Alcott had previously shot “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “A Clockwork Orange” for Kubrick, and would win an Academy Award for his work on “Lyndon.” Alcott would also shoot “The Shining,” as well…
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A Clockwork Orange at 50: Stanley Kubrick’s biggest, boldest provocation
The controversial 1971 adaptation of Anthony Burgess’s button-pushing novel remains both utterly repellent and utterly compellingThroughout his career, Stanley Kubrick never cared much about ingratiating himself to the audience, so it’s an achievement that A Clockwork Orange, his controversial adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ 1962 novel, is the most repellent film of his career. That’s not…
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Malcolm McDowell Recalls ‘Torture’ of Making ‘Clockwork Orange’: ‘It Was Worth It’
Stanley Kubrick was notorious for his, well, exacting methods on set. And while Malcolm McDowell has never minced words about the toll making “A Clockwork Orange” took on his soul, the movie is getting renewed appraisal thanks to a re-release timed to the film’s 50th anniversary. In an expansive interview with NME, McDowell talked about…
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‘Gully’ Review: Like ‘Boyz n the Hood’ as an Indie Art Film
There’s a certain kind of music-video director who will seize on the prospect of doing a movie as an opportunity to make a splash. It’s not hard to see why. In-demand video directors work with the hottest talent in the business, and their videos tend to be celebrated as four-minute bursts of genius. “Gully” is…