Stanley

Alex and his droogs in the Korova Milk Bar

Whenever I stumble upon a Stanley Kubrick movie, I try to post it on this blog. He made so many top movies. I posted his Paths of Glory [1957] and his 2001 Space Odyssee [1968] before.

This blog is about A Clockwork Orange [1971]. It was
on my radar before, because this is a masterpiece that made me drip (cinematographicaly speaking) when I saw it for the first time (and it still does).

I'm not going to spend many words on this movie (it will take me p/ages), you can just Google or Wiki the details when you're interested in this movie/director. Some critc wrote;

"Stanely Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange" is one of the first movies that proved that cinema can be the most enlightening and amazing art form around. Movies have always been a true love for me, but it wasn't until this film challenged me that I fell deeply in love. The first viewing left me speechless, unable to describe how weird and terrible I felt. I thought it was the film that left me in this mood, so of course that was the easy target to blame. It was just a bad movie, overrated and stupid and a waste of time. But upon further thought, I realised the film did exactly what it was supposed to. It showed how the world can be a weird and horrible place, and how this young man who goes around torturing people and being a wicked person ultimately doesn't have to pay for what he does. And it's funny too. So this film brilliantly satirises this world, showcasing pure evil and people who ordinarily do not perform such evil are forced to laugh and observe what we all hate to admit is the truth. It's sick, but at the same time brilliant. And when one gets down to the core, you can't really explain it. It just is what it is. It's real. No one really sees it very often, but it is out there and everyone knows. And no one does anything about it. In essence, "A Clockwork Orange" is the ultimate satire, and one of the ultimate film experiences. It's art, it's life, and in a funky way, it's entertaining."

Here's the full movie - Rightclick + Save As - and download it to your HD. It takes some time - about 650MB./136min. in one .avi file.

The move is full of and maybe also about Beethoven. Here is the Für Elise track. Beethoven never had a woman - Elise seemed to be his only and failed love - very appropriate for the movie.

Enjoy