A Clockwork Orange - What it all Meant

A thematic analysis of A Clockwork Orange. If you have a question please ask below and I will get back to you as soon as possible. If you disagree with my interpretation please be polite and state your case with examples. This is a learning experience for everyone and I am happy to be proven incorrect if that be the case. Thank you!
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[@BaconMaken]

Clockwork = Artificial, mechanical, and man made. Orange = Organic and found in nature. A Clockwork Orange = Forcing something natural to function artificially.

[@yoya4766]

That is the best interpretation I've seen. Thx

[@theguywhoisaustralian1465]

Ya

[@francomiranda706]

They literally say this in the book don't they? I haven't read it in years but I do remember a part of the book where they explain this concept

[@vbluercruz5815]

People are still commenting on this video even though this video has been online for a while. I guess A Clockwork Orange truly is a timeless masterpiece.

[@timothyivey5497]

That's the ONLY interpretation. And there's also the old English phrase, "queer as a clockwork orange"..."queer" meaning strange; which pre-dates the novel and the film. Supposedly, Anthony Burgess overheard someone using the phrase in a pub, and borrowed it for his novel.

[@azyx5849]

It's not a dystopian setting, it's just England.

[@connorperrin7088]

"it adds to the world being strange or off-putting" - Yeah, sums up Britain quite accurately

[@Joehand87]

😂😂😂

[@darkprince8288]

true.

[@georgemcgeough3513]

No it’s set in 1980, which means it’s dystopian as it was made in 1971

[@ohwowwewoo1842]

Well I read the synopsis of the film and it said a dystopian England setting

[@bencarpenter9119]

Finally watched it and it doesn’t even feel like I watched a movie. It’s really strange.

[@chlobotai]

Harold fucknugget yES

[@plugshirt1684]

Harold fucknugget note that he doesn’t deny being a muderer

[@fukase861]

very controversial and i like it ngl

[@JackHandelman]

Y’all ever seen Eraserhead or Gummo? Makes this look nice and fun

[@Cheetowitcheese]

Same I've been putting it off for a while now and I finally watched it super weird movie

[@Bruhhbrubruhhbtuduudhe]

It felt like the movie lasted 5 hours. Then I realized it was only 2 hours.

[@wesker1079]

You enjoyed it though yeah?

[@Bruhhbrubruhhbtuduudhe]

@@wesker1079 Yeah one of the best movies ever, still never want to watch it again

[@mohammedfathi3592]

I used to think this movie is unrewatchable too until I watched again about two days ago, and I was wrong. I think I appreciated some things that I didn't appreciate the first time. The first time I thought it's just meant to make you feel sick and weird. But this time around like, I felt like everything made sense. and the lead actor's performance, hands down one of the best in history.

[@noobieartist3801]

Im just watch today n fucking this main actor is so good

[@randywhite3947]

Perry Ellis nah your mothers shit but this film isn’t

[@hemprope4326]

I can't be the only one who actually really liked the aesthetic look of this movie.

[@yoinkszoinkys9924]

I loved it

[@arnavdespande384]

Everyone loves the look. It's so... Kubrick.

[@MooSaidChicken]

No shit its Kubrick lol

[@bryan1687]

It scares the shit out of me

[@PaytonsOwnProductions]

Sooooo good omg

[@aleksandrasteff8651]

i’ve just watched the movie for the first time and i’m completely obsessed. something i’ve noticed: when the doorbell rings at the man’s house, the ringing follows the theme of symphony no. 5 in C minor composed by beethoven. this theme is used in movies when something bad is about to happen. both times we hear the doorbell, bad things occur. is the film also brainwashing viewers with beethoven? haha, thought i’d share that!

[@shapeshift13]

This movie is compared to keith raniere and the NXIVM doctor’s fright experiments. Many similarities

[@grahamnumber7123]

The chords sound like they where also used in the shining.

[@elizabethmorales6548]

@@shapeshift13 can you explain this more this is a very interesting take !

[@jcdentonunatco]

Stanley Kubrick was trying to educate people on MKULTRA, the CIA brainwashing program developed in the 60's

[@cameronbleecker9072]

fucking brilliant ear noticing that. i’ll never hear it the same way again

[@inserttapehere276]

This movie is just so hauntingly beautiful, the characters speak like robots yet they feel so alive to me. Clockwork Orange is a contradicted masterpiece.

[@notmere5033]

I know its my favorite movie😫

[@ysabelledelacuesta7533]

yo shostakovich got shosta-covid? (just kidding love your pieces tho)

[@thomascaprino7948]

Seeing my favorite composer commenting and approving of one of my favorite movies 🔥🔥🔥🔥 love the 7th and 10th especially, Maestro

[@AwakenedFromWoke]

You’re all sick.

[@krossbow_]

Malcolm McDowell would have played a wonderful Joker

[@25taylorkw]

+Mynameis What? I think that the story of Alex Delarge is like a origin story of the Joker.

[@hunain1838]

Heath Ledgers biggest inspiration for Joker was Malcom McDowell role in this movie.

[@magentuspriest]

@@25taylorkw There's this movie coming out

[@ProjectEsenler]

or IT

[@roythomas2765]

Yeah I thought the same thing

[@ariel-jg8mn]

this movie really had me confused which side i'm supposed to be on

[@i.heart.sid_77]

the viewer's

[@Balrog-tf3bg]

There isn’t a real side cuz everyone’s right and wrong

[@ashskullz]

Alex

[@melissacooper4282]

Well I don't trust the government in this movie because they are like the Pharisees in Jesus's time. They seemed to be outstanding citizens on the outside but inside they are corrupt more so than a common criminal!

[@trenthuston6404]

u should not side with anyone in this movie because everyone is either corrupt or commits horrific and selfish acts. it's all about the brutality of human nature

[@polished___]

This entire film is basically the type of nightmare I would have as a kid.

[@ggabey14]

the ludovico technique

[@MetalizedButt]

To me the part where his parole officer appears in his home is so disturbing, and smacking alex’s fist against his crotch. It’s something straight out of a weird nightmare I would have had as a kid.

[@haeleigh]

yes omg i don’t see anyone talking about that and that scene stuck with me

[@MetalizedButt]

@@haeleigh I’d compare it to a dream where your worst principal or school teacher enters your home and invades your privacy, or a dream where you’re naked in your school hallway and everyone is laughing at you

[@Screechingradical]

So you found that more disturbing than the multiple acts of sexual assault and physical violence resulting in death? Gross.

[@torosalvajebcn]

that part was really impossible to happen in real life, parole officers dont give a damn about their parolees.

[@slick9953]

@@Screechingradical at no point did they say that it was more than other scenes lmfao 🤦‍♂️

[@Jedi_Are_Scum]

A bit of Trivia: That was a real doctor putting drops into his eyes. Not an actor.

[@jordanwillrog]

That was so fucking disturbing how he kept putting them in

[@superficial.mp4]

he scratched his retinas irl after that, has to wear contacts i think. shelley duval had a nervous breakdown on the set of the shining. tom cruise got a stomach ulser on the set of eyes wide shut. some other stuff happened in full metal jacket that i can't remember. kubrick may be evil, but he makes a damn good film.

[@cv507]

sö dip geniüce xD

[@lakeystoic]

Yeah, they got a real doctor to do it to make sure his eyes would stay wet sufficiently

[@hypocriticalsatire3966]

@@lakeystoic Because it would literally damage his eye if they didnt

[@403patriot3]

in malcolm mcdowell's own words- 'a clockwork orange makes an unpalatable character palatable.'

[@sly3115]

Like so many characters today.

[@MikeGreenwood51]

Yet wasn't the book about the palatable turning non-palatable. I am not disagreeing with you as the film glorifys violence. Where as in the book it is the young teenage Alex who glorifys the violence incontrast to the establishment.

[@lyonwick52]

It's weird how this guy does horrendous awful things and all of the beatings / torture he got in return may be arguably deserved, but we still feel sorry for him

[@bennett9551]

Michael Greenwood the movie and book are much different- at a certain point I begin to wonder myself if they’re even comparable despite the same name. The book isn’t about palatability in any sense other than that “art should unease the comfortable and ease the uncomfortable”- paraphrasing but. The movie focuses on the violence and aggression, the idea that no one in this world is good. The book is about the very opposite, human nature, immaturity to maturity, redemption. In the original printing of the story the very last chapter was showing DeLarge’s maturity and natural change. In the original American printing they removed the last chapter, believing it made it too fluffy. Kubrick follows this version for the film adaption. In the film Alex acts like this because he wants too. In the book it’s because he’s young and immature. Because violence is how young boys entertain themselves. Destruction before maturing to creation. The only time palatability was introduced was with the film, as the book is a true work of art, uncomforting the comfortable and comforting the uncomfortable.

[@jo-gu4ln]

@@bennett9551 I like this answer

[@packersfan1905]

I wanted to watch this movie for a while, but after watching it there is something about it that makes me not want to watch it again.

[@netbatchin35]

Packers Fan i agree😂

[@poketz100]

Maybe the raping

[@nonamemcgillicutty9585]

I love it... I think the message is that the fear mongering government doesn't have as much power as they lead u to think

[@theabsoluteclown5107]

That's the point.

[@codysouthwind7176]

Compare it to today's world. Burgess predicted now pretty much

[@bribitch4814]

this movie is so disturbing but alex’s actor is so attractive with the eye accessory lmao

[@colico14]

That's the great Malcolm McDowell.

[@criminal268]

If they took out the rape scene in this movie it would been PG13

[@liamlandy8308]

Lmao no there's a ton of other 18+ scene

[@stressedrex]

@@criminal268 The intro, consensual in-out scene, and the grape scene: "am I a joke to you?"

[@cecivizz]

right????

[@strega0]

Malcolm Mcdowell looks like Evan Peters. O-o

[@stormellis_]

what's interesting is that in American Horror Story Asylum, they took inspiration from this film for Evan Peters character

[@dixienormous6969]

Strega 0 that's what made him so fucking hot lmao

[@misscuntour]

i tHOUGHT THE SAME

[@TheBraunMachine2011]

When I saw Evan on AHS, I said the same thing hehe.

[@zatrat5696]

Strega 0 that's all I got from the movie

[@ahmededrees4295]

I loved this movie, but throughout the movie i kept checking how many minutes are left, every long lasting scene feels like hours. in the end, this movie has achieved what it set out to do, make us uncomfortable for 2 hours straight

[@chelseyzavala848]

i agree it felt so long

[@rolandpereira4161]

It felt the opposite to me. I hate long movies but I wished this movie was longer. Guess I really loved it

[@Addivodka]

@@rolandpereira4161 me too

[@mspisnotdead4667]

i had to watch it over the span of a day because it felt like it dragged on for so long so i had to take breaks. there’s so much to look at as well so it kinda hurt my head LMAO

[@grungeisdead8998]

I watched it and have no clue what I watched so I'm here lmfao

[@neilpapier7384]

IMHO A Clockwork Orange raises the question of what is the correct way of going about changing someone who is evil into an individual with integrity. Do you forcibly impose your views and belief system down their throat? No, because thats just as evil and all you end up with is a clockwork orange - an android who superficially acts good on the outside(perhaps for fear or punishment) but has never really changed inside. This is ultimately cruel because its mental torture for that individual. So in my opinion the story is prompting us to think about finding humane, ethical and insightful ways of reforming dysfunctional or evil people in society.

[@oldskoolaspie]

+Neil Papier Is it possible to do without resorting to a metaphorical Ludovico Technique?

[@KneelB4Bacon]

I agree. Alex is compelled by Pavlovian reflex to be good, not by any moral impulse within himself. After Alex passes his behavioral test, I think the conversation between the prison chaplain and the Prime Minister sums up the heart of the movie: Prison Chaplain: _Choice! The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fear of physical pain drove him to_ _that grotesque act of self-abasement. The insincerity was clear to be seen. He ceases to be a wrongdoer. He_ _ceases also to be a creature capable of moral choice._ Minister: _Padre, there are subtleties! We are not concerned with motives, with the higher ethics. We are concerned_ _only with cutting down crime and with relieving the ghastly congestion in our prisons. He will be your true Christian,_ _ready to turn the other cheek, ready to be crucified rather than crucify, sick to the heart at the thought of killing a fly._ _Reclamation! Joy before the angels of God! The point is that it works._

[@EhCanadianGamer]

Who's to say Alex doesn't have integrity? Is Alex really evil? Or is he just a representation of human nature? Just because someone does "wrong" doesn't mean he isn't honest with others or himself. Morality is just an allusion, the only morality you have is your own. And morals vary from person the person. I absolutely love it when someone deems himself the pillar of morality. Cause honest words break them rather easily. Its hard to play morality games when following the rules doesn't do you any favors. It just makes you an easier target.

[@cupcakegurls909]

They should just be executed. There’s no way of fixing them

[@Zeitgeistmusic997]

Neil Papier A brilliant movie about rather evil can be fixed by conditioning. In the end he was conditioned but still had the evil thoughts but was under control. It's true because of the soul and those lacking a soul. One can't commit evil acts that harm others directly when they have a soul. It's guaranteed so ofcourse they won't change at the core even if they are conditioned. Orange represents flesh and their evil and the nature of good is like ckockwork with flesh. Basically you're either good or evil from birth and that can never truly change. The above is why the meticulous Kubrick have the breaking into ‘Real people’s houses’ line in this scene. It’s a brilliant movie. Alex is supposed to be confused and surrounded by violence. That’s what his love of music represents and is supposed to be seen in his friends beating him up and leaving him behind but I don’t know how much Kubrick respected that depth Alex was originally written with because of the way it ended. In a sense Alex wasn’t supposed to have evil thoughts he was just acting out of pure pressure from his surroundings and him getting caught in the middle of this evolution divide where people are trying to deal with violent animals and come up with a way to condition them...by them choosing Beethoven a beast doesn’t care about music but that’s supposed to highlight the tragedy of Alex being caught in the middle because the condition ties pain and revulsion to the music that touches his soul so it’s supposed to be tragic but then in the film the tone is kind of uneven cause Alex is having this violent fantasy running through his head which indicates that Kubrick may not have fully understood the material but it wouldn’t be the first time an adaptation missed the point but still it’s one of the best movies ever Kubrick was right in a sense of how reality, a person’s soul will stop them from doing anything atrocious but that’s not what the writer was going for.

[@Jedi_Are_Scum]

Did any other viewer of the film notice when he was in prison and not in society, he never broke a SINGLE rule. So, over a year, he never got in a fight with a single prisoner. (men were winking at him). The priest agreed he never got in any trouble there. He cured himself on his own. Then he wanted the experiment, only to be released early. I don't think he was faking in prison. Remember, "the cure" didn't even exist when he entered. It was society that made him a maniac. I always found that a crucial point in this story. I think Kubrick was suggesting he cured himself in prison, when RULES were in place. Outside those walls, with barely any rules or structure in this "future society", he becomes a maniac. People need structure - I believe is the real message. Without rule and law, people (not all), will become like him.

[@sisypheanexistence8955]

Yes, I thought the same. Excellent analysis.

[@plugshirt1684]

shimanchunutakara you have added very greatly to this discussion with your words of wisdom

[@MSLallemand]

THIS this is what I was looking for, I’ve watched the movie 3 times and looked for all the reviews and analysts that I could find, but I still couldn’t get it to click in my head. THIS comment is what made me understand thank you

[@henrynoonan7940]

I think he was faking it, he acted well on purpose to try and get out early. Which is why he also wanted to do the experiment.

[@danarsarkawt2694]

True, law and orders are very important, as the guy said in the movie that it just works.

[@honeynmilk00]

I'm not sure that this was placed in the future. In the scene were a newspaper was read by the father the date says 1977. It could just be a theatrical, metaphorical way of seeing the present in that time.

[@lisakarson3279]

No, I've studied this film extensively, as it's my favorite movie. The future can be depicted right in the scene where Alex and his "droogs" steal and then use "a Durango 95'" to get around the city of New York, believe it or not, to eventually go to the outskirts of the suburbs, and commit the burglary and rape scene in an isolated home.

[@lisakarson3279]

Me niether. There were dozens of accents a hundred years ago, but not in the 70s. But yeah, in the movie he says he lived by "the marina, Municipal flatbloc A" let me look that part up, bc i remember it throwing me into total confusion when I think he referred to New York.

[@lisakarson3279]

Sorry, disregard my comment until I'm sure. The movie was on Hulu, so I go to check the movie, as I borrowed the book to a friend, and find out it's no longer on Hulu!...damn, man...I'm pissed. Why would they take it down? But anyways, I have some distant memory of hearing "New York" and how it made no sense to me. I don't want to be misleading, so, go w ur guess before mine, lol. K, ttyl ;)

[@thecityislost1]

The film shows the present or very near future, which was the late 70's. It's Kubrick's interpretation of the mechanisms of society and society itself.

[@OutInTheFields]

He probably drives a car made in 1995 in the beginning.

[@edgarazaky8256]

I just watched 7 of stanley kubrick's films and I swear the god I have never seen such attention to small details as him . Literally every one of his movies has a rewatch value in them because you can't grab all details and plot from the first watch. And right now I'm depressed because I can't another director whose movies has such a beauty in them so can you please recommend someone who has similar style?

[@dennisevgenov3606]

Tarkovsky is a genius when it comes to visuals, I would recommend "Stalker"

[@ApocalypseLater8]

Are you familiar with the cinematography of Gordon Willis?

[@daffyduck1811]

quentin tarantino martin scorsese

[@nonamemcgillicutty9585]

Scorsese yes Tarantino just kinda used a mixture of all the greats Kubrick's the king because he was a self hating jew

[@srijanagrawal255]

Charlie Kauffman for sure. His symbolism is just as brilliant as Kubrik (almost). Check out Synechdoche, New York

[@bentertainmentproductions8451]

The most uncomfortable movie experience I have ever sat through.

[@spiderswebs3]

A complete load of indulgent, cryptic ,freemasonic.crap splintered with no real meaning boring and meaningless.

[@KEN-1991]

You think this was uncomfortable? Watch Caligula ‘79.

[@KEN-1991]

@Alrimate Funny Games was rather shocking.

[@IamDanish99]

Watch "A Serbian Film" if you find this movie to be disturbing

[@laughingbat1695]

@@IamDanish99 i would watch it but it's imdb score is 5

[@theunsalted9195]

I think our first mistake is to believe psychopaths can be changed.

[@god8020]

Thanks doctor, glad you figured that out

[@variouscastorena190]

I think psychopaths are born like that, not sociopaths, but psychopaths nonetheless. I think they can learn to live with it and stay harmless though, especially considering 2% of ceos and 1% of the general population

[@variouscastorena190]

@Honking Honker a bit of both nurture and nature? I dont know, you think purely the nurture aspect?

[@yt-sh]

psycopath lack amygdala which is physical part of brain, give them that and set it properly and they might be like us

[@comedownmachine4682]

nobody thinks that tf💀

[@TheAvalonians]

The way Alex chews his food in the final hospital bed scene makes me want to jump through a window, no lie.

[@WhatitallMeant]

Hopefully no legal trouble comes from this version. I believe I got rid of all the music Serndip LLC flagged me for last time. I also rerecorded my lines and added a few touches. Thanks for all the support!

[@storytellers1]

Nice. Adapt and overcome

[@thibhan98]

Flagged ?

[@sanchirkh6019]

DUDE I LOVE UR FUCKING ANALYSIS KEEP IT UP MAN I HAVE FAITH ON YOU

[@rivhard]

I was looking for this the other daybto watch again and wondered what happened. It is a good analysis so hopefully you don't have any more trouble.

[@datzit9176]

hope it all works out man, love your channel

[@markeakes7941]

The title means an organic being whose responses are mechanical/programmed.

[@tmaxim2651]

Alex is surely a sociopath or psychopath

[@alexdesmall6916]

or is he just human?

[@tmaxim2651]

Alex Desmall I don't remember him truely showing empathy. Him being mentally ill wouldn't ruin the message of the movie. If you look at what sociopaths or psychopaths are like it certainly sounds like him. Although I haven't seen the movie in a while. I just have a different theory.

[@itsmoonie4495]

Apothegmatic Reality ~~~ maybe a sociopath?

[@diddymuck]

sadistic poser who surprise-punches people who can't fight back or faces a group when numbers are in his favor however runs to the priest for aid and protection when alone.

[@milascave2]

Absolutley he is, and an extreme one at that.

[@ClassADriver]

One of the most interesting movies I have ever seen in my whole life

[@Ryan78336]

I saw it as an extra viewing project for my psych class, I saw it and thought of it as an allegory for human free will, and the right for everyone to choose which power they act upon, their good or bad nature. People have to have an outlet for their nature and control over their own actions. Harry potter briefly deals with a similar theme, people are not split into good an evil, there is light and dark inside all of us, what determines out nature is what power we choose to act on. Alex has chosen to act on his evil nature but unnaturally made to conform to a sick sub for good nature. he looses his free will and thus a part of his humanity, much like seven of nine looses her humanity upon entering the collective, and then gains it back slowly upon entering voyagers crew.

[@satandy6058]

indiana christiansen read the book

[@Ryan78336]

Me Meno I have read the book mate. The film left out the last chapter completely in which Alex grows up and pretty much gets himself a life. He's in a cafe with his new friends, he has a picture clipped from a newspaper of a random baby, he's looking at it and imagining himself with a faceless nameless wife and a faceless nameless child. Then realises he really doesn't want to participate in violence and non-consensual sex anymore. Not because of his conditioning, but just because it has lost his interest. It ties up the story nicely but the movie just looped it off, leaving a lot of loose ends.

[@codysouthwind7176]

You thought the exact same thing I did

[@Rontlc3317]

Our nature is evil that’s why we surrender to Christ Jesus n walk in his ways

[@christiantaylor1495]

That's such a juvenile idea.

[@voicetube]

Malcolm Mcdowell looks like a younger Malcolm Mcdowell

[@Alexander-vm2ox]

omg he does!!!

[@fukase861]

he looks like harry styles pssh

[@voicetube]

@@fukase861 I can see that resemblance, I suppose

[@i.heart.sid_77]

@@fukase861 absolutely not. He looks exactly like Evan Peters

[@harrylongofficial6248]

made the mistaque of watching this for the first time infront of my parents. thinking it would be similar to kubricks take on 'the shining' and '2001 a space odyssey'. needless to say it went off in under 15 minutes. i'll try watching it again in my Uni apartment if its worth a second chance.

[@sly3115]

I couldn't get through it with my husband.

[@barrylyndon2727]

I watched with my mom and she said "what in the holy hell is this were watching." I thought it was an appropriate first response to seeing this movie for the first time.

[@hairycrocs5038]

John Tyler I instantly loved this movie when I saw it but okay

[@samgomez9942]

"Inherently natural, unnaturally augmented, forcefully used." Damn dude, I got chills from that line, great video

[@octaviusdelmonte9019]

It's about post industrialism, and facets of English culture concerning generational warfare. A surreal film with realistic aspects, it is unique to the film world. The cinematography and color scheme creates a fun house effect. Sort of a reverse or inverted Oliver Twist.

[@ClockworkAlex]

One of the best movies ever made.

[@kaanthedesperate]

Overrated*

[@nikolasselimis202]

@Perry Ellis wtf

h3h3

[@analitycznie]

Real question, do you feel like a psychopath just like the main character? That's why you like the movie?

[@ClockworkAlex]

@@analitycznie No. I just like the movie because the way it looks, for me Alex is just a parody of a human being.

[@jakehawkinsmusic]

I whole-heartedly believe that this movie is about karma and the idea that we create our own hell, yet we are so egocentric with the psociopathic nature rooted in each of us through human nature, we refuse to change and that nobody really ever knows if someone is being genuine about anything, even themselves. Bad people will be bad. In the end, he didnt change, and there's no point? Maybe that's the point. Super prevelant in today's social media, self-centered, competitive, man-eat-man world where we hurt others in the process.

[@joesmith9216]

it's about the cia mk ultra mind control programming

[@pontiusaquila6907]

I just recently read the book. And I have to say; the final chapter that was taken out of the American version of the book, and not featured in the movie, added a great new thought and meaning that I won't dare spoil here. But it's a shame it wasn't featured in the movie.

[@SolarDragon007]

Kubrick found the final chapter to be ham fisted and inconsistent with Alex's character, hence its exclusion

[@thyhuynh9115]

Can you spoil it for me? 😿

[@hairycrocs5038]

SolarDragon007 I agree with Kubrick

[@codysouthwind7176]

Alex sees Pete in the last chapter and Pete is with a woman and has a family. Alex wishes he had that and has nothing other than himself. He realizes the great picture of life the end great book read it

[@crazykiwi1525]

Yes it would’ve been a better ending to the movie honestly because in this movie we feel bad for Alex near the end but like he’s just going to do the same shit again so you isn’t feel bad anymore, it’s still a great movie though

[@t0ad55]

The movie felt so much longer then it was You could take every frame of this film and it would stand on it's own

[@matt82403]

Could you do Sharknado next?

[@TheRPGentleman]

Lol.

[@greeneyedbandit7950]

Matt Bradley lol

[@NoItDoesntChange]

Matt Bradley That's probably my favourite Alcest album, in your pic :)

[@matt82403]

@@NoItDoesntChange This comment has highlighted how long I've had this picture,, but it's a beautiful album!

[@hairglowingkyle4572]

The most uncomfortable and uneasy film of all time

[@renelhabil1013]

Serbian movie is the one you are talking about, not Clockwork orange for sure

[@fukase861]

same, but i'd rewatch it tho i like movies that gets in to my feelings haha so yeah thats why i like this movie

[@MrSkullChrist]

You haven’t seen too many films. This is extremely light hearted compared to most.

[@djsixto62]

@@MrSkullChrist what do you recommend?

[@MrSkullChrist]

@@djsixto62 I have a few, but to be honest most of the gruesome films have to be streamed online, because they’ve been banned from public viewing. The Human Centipede 2 I would say is deeply disturbing and surpasses the first one surprisingly.

[@eddiewillers1]

I rather think you're missing the central point of the story. Going back to its source material, the 1962 novella by Anthony Burgess, we find that, as a self-confessed 'lapsed' Catholic, Burgess was troubled by the fundamental issue of how organized religion viewed the human condition. In essence, Burgess was exploring the theme 'is it better to allow a man to choose evil than force him to be good?'. Indeed, Kubrick did introduce this theme to his movie but it was somewhat overshadowed by the sex and violence (that doesn't actually appear in the source material) that he appeared to convey for the shock value alone. Personally, I think it's a shame that Burgess's script for the movie was rejected - we might have had something more artful (if that were possible) yet also more thinking.

[@alicekliewer]

Eddie Willers What do you mean not in the book? There was even more violent and sexual things in the book than the film. There were some more sexual things added to the film like the old lady dying from a penis (which Kubrick contrasted with her attacking with a bust of Beethoven, showing how Alex's lust overcomes his intelligence) when in the book if I remember correctly he only strangled her, but Kubrick still took out a lot, like the beating and stripping of a scholar, or raising the age of the two around twelve year old girls Alex sleeps with in the book. Just because there's now imagery to show these acts taking place doesn't mean there's more of it, it just means you notice it more. The book is even more gruesome in its descriptions.

[@eddiewillers1]

You're kidding, right? Yes, Burgess describes things sexual and violent, but with great circumspection. Don't confuse the literal words with the scene they paint and keep in mind that the original novel was published in 1962. In case you're not aware of the history of censorship in England, this pre-dates the lifting of the infamous 'Chatterley Ban' - the complete publication ban on DH Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover", on the grounds of obscenity. Burgess was not able to be bluntly literal as he would have faced the wrath of the Censor. He even had to have a character, in "Inside Mr Enderby" (published at around the same time) say, "for cough" - couldn't even use the asterisked 'f**k off' to issue an imperative to go forth and multiply. For example, in describing the afternoon's debauchery with two ten-year old girls, Alex tells us, "what was actually done that afternoon there is no need to describe, brothers, as you may easily guess all." whereas what follows is so obfuscated by Burgess's use of Nadsat that imagination is the only recourse the reader. That was Burgess's genius.

[@alicekliewer]

Eddie Willers You say it was Burgess's genius to not tell too much as a writing mechanism, but you also say he did it only to get past the censors, implying he would have wanted to include more vulgar things but had to avoid outright saying it only to appease the censors. That seems contradictory. Anyway, I argue that the book is viciously cruel in its descriptions, but he uses either the part Russian made up lingo or Alex's own disorienting state of mind to distort the interactions into something the censors would not get angry over, but close readers would be able to see the true horrors. Even if you disagree with me, you have to admit that there are more violent and sexual acts (shown or not) that take place in the book than the film.

[@milascave2]

As I recall, there was plenty of sex and violence in the book. The effect was blunted a bit by it being described in a fictional slang that the writer made up. But it was there all right.

[@listeniolistenio5160]

Eddie Willers Kubrick didn't inject violence for shock value, he got it straight from the book. Moreover, I think the message comes out just as well as in the book, which is about state control vs individual freedom.

[@mizbo580]

I watched this and it is truly beautiful. I think I've been cured too after watching. The music always playing in the back of each scene and it's unique aspect, feel its horrifying when something is happening. this movie makes my blood boil and my anxiety skyrocket, my heart pump, and I think my love for classical music is gone.

[@mizbo580]

This movie has impacted me mentally and emotionally, physically no movie has ever done.

[@bennyh.reviews6770]

What it all meant: The Room Or at least Birdemic 2.

[@terraemotus7044]

You're tearing me apart.

[@bennyh.reviews6770]

+Terra Emotus Oh hi Mark.

[@nishadnadkarni7874]

great, anyway how's your sex life?

[@alexdesmall6916]

i knew there was a connection between Tommy's and Stanley's work. Who couldn't notice it? You should do your own video and compare/analyze the films together and their similarities.

[@sofiehaga]

nishad nadkarni ... probably like the one in "The Room"

[@TheGreenSharingan]

This analysis was beautiful as the movie

[@thedarkmaster4747]

yes it was.

[@anthonyhedberg6471]

He's a sociopath, albeit a pretend one. Most everyone else are conformists, miserably conformed, or wish to be, as it were. Interesting interpretation.

[@abodagamer6134]

You got it

[@jabhdehutt1]

A beautifully put synopsis on a beautiful film, a masterpiece in every sense of the word and it is truly wonderful to hear the true undertones of the film put into words of such clarity.

[@mor9361]

This is ingenious. Very deep, why there are no movies like that anymore?! And your skill of analysis is divine

[@johngreylove1359]

I've watched this channel with absolute amazement that you could just clarify these messes like this. Ive watched these movies years ago and only half got the idea. Thank you for bringing clarity and peace.

[@OZ88]

In Kubrick's movie we see a lot of themes from the ancient Greek tragedy "Oedipus", especially the cat lady scene and the beginning of the movie are a strong evidence of this.

[@netherrack6619]

Can you do an analysis of Requiem for a Dream, Citizen Kane, Schindler's List, Apocalypse Now or City of God, please. Great video by the way. I really enjoy your channel.

[@hattiegirl99]

Nether Rack requiem for a dream!

[@globalcombattv]

Only Apocalypse Now deserves an analysis from the movies you mentioned.

[@Zappappappappa]

Citizen Kane has been done too many times already.

[@adamfurey7320]

Citizen Kane is so overrated

[@paigelewis4769]

I also feel like a large theme of this movie is Good vs. Evil. How everything good has a bit of evil, and everything evil has a bit a good. This is shown through the violent scenes, that they have classical music playing in the background. Also, from how when Alex is talking about the bible, the main thing he gets from it is the sex and violence

[@wexportus]

Can you do one on Napoleon Dynamite?

[@Shi-Long_Wang]

weexportus carl that would be great

[@capedone]

The soundtrack is also why this is one of my favorite movies. Wendy Carlos did such an amazing job.

[@bellad3660]

This movie was so unpredictable I loved it

[@SAMURXAI]

I absolutely loved the unhinged chaos of this movie. So much so that I bought the book after watching this. Whether it had a deeper meaning or not, it’s completely charming in its strange, exaggerated and perverted reality. It touches a note in our own existence meanwhile being completely surreal.

[@Skobie1kanobie]

Finally watched this. That first 30-35 minutes is wild

[@mitchbulfin]

Just finished watching it, very weirded out and disturbed, but it was beautiful written and shot, Stanley Kubrick is a master behind the camera. Keen to watch more of his films

[@Halpin2006]

Very good analysis!

[@graham6132]

yes, for all the other retards out there.

[@MichaelTurner856]

Bruh I feel like I could watch this over and over again and I just finished it for the first time it's so interesting and awesome

[@Jargon]

Evan Peters if a remake comes out!

[@eggthetalonflame1453]

Give the poor dude a break he doesn't need it.

[@happ1estdays]

Imagine the mental toll it would have on him.. jesus

[@MiniLemmy]

I like Evan Peters, but a remake of this movie would be an abomination - it was very much a product of its time and should be left well alone

[@largeautomobile]

the world doesn't need a remake. enough remakes, ugh. it's perfect as is. this is art.

[@mjolninja9358]

Jargon Reboots and remakes are absolute garbage. We need originals

[@jasonpeters9865]

The movie is like a feeling of end of world. No hope feeling.

[@BudderCreeperz]

I was afraid of this movie for so long and become old enough to watch and it is so good

[@kiokosearle-mbullu3956]

Hey, was wondering if you could consider Trainspotting? Great videos! 😊

[@shannontinsley5907]

Trainspotting could provide an interesting narrative

[@567nicol]

Kioko Searle - Mbullu It's just about drugs man...

[@kiokosearle-mbullu3956]

567nicol It really isn't

[@yogabagaba36]

YES!!! THATS A GOOD MOVIE

[@boomernality1904]

Watched the film for the first time 10 mins ago it’s very thought provoking and different it’s so good.

[@chelsearockmore8259]

Mk Ultra Programming

[@bubbas87ss]

Main theme of the film is everyone has good and evil, it's all up to your own perception. We see this at the end of the film with flowers and a fake happy smile for alex and the minister. The perception is changed to see the government is good. Alex is not cured by the government, by he is cured because he is back to his normal self, not an artificial being

[@sunitao8]

the meaning is described beautifully well done👍

[@timothysawyer-garza6372]

I absolutely love this movie. Thanks for a great breakdown.

[@cotaryan3740]

What a mind bending review. Well executed and scripted. Thx!

[@Gamabunta24345]

He went through everything so his life goes back to normal

[@ahnhan97]

PLEASE do the eternal sunshine of the spotless mind: what it all meant I'd really love to hear what you have to say about it!

[@floydian1987]

Wow that was beautifully put together , very succinct and affectively put for sure

[@justicelut]

First watched it ( the uncut version ) when I was fifteen years old. It is all about control, nothing more nothing less!

[@floydian1987]

Gave me much more insight into this classic masterpiece

[@laramollin]

Wow, I never really understood the film when I first watch it, now I have a good idea of it. I'm going to go watch it now. By the way, nice videos! They are very thought provoking.

[@officialheathercombseardrp559]

That movie scared me so bad at 16 years old that I have nightmares to this day! ;) Good motif compilation, well done.

[@jasonpeters9865]

I watched "A Clockwork Orange" by chance in 1989 as an 11year old at a slumber party. While everyone else passed out. Me and nother boy were still up watching cable and it came on like Cinemax or HBO. I don't think we ever blinked once during whole movie. It was literally life changing for me. Like 2 years later hearing Nirvana for first time. So forever if I ever saw that friend we would say. "..singing in rain, just singing in rain." Cuz he wasnt really a close friend but a friend. So literally all way up till we graduated High School 6 years later in 1995? We would STILL talk bout the night we accidentally watched "A Clockwork Orange." Weird irony? Found out decades later "A Clockwork Orange" was set in not so distant future of 1995. Alex's 95 Durango

[@alexanderthegrape5641]

The entire film I wanted Alexander Large to find his way out turn back to his old self and go on a rampage It’s like an alternate ending in a way

[@ThePyrofreak789]

I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on Cache, The White Ribbon, The Holy Mountain, The Devils, Brazil, 8 1/2, La Haine, Wild Strawberries, Magnolia, and A Serious Man.

[@plagued.creation2454]

this was a great video. it earned my sub, keep it up man

[@canadude6401]

Kubrick birthday was July 26th. His astrological sign was Leo. Leo (Jul 23 - August 22) _They love drama, theatrics, and encouraging others to express their true selves. Leo Power Color: *Orange*. There's nothing more head-turning than the color orange, and the bold color is just what a Leo needs to feel at home._

[@jonasb2047]

I watched this after coming back from a rave, still tripping hard from acid and now it's my favourite film ever

[@richistacks]

please do one for Pan's Labyrinth would appreciate your imput on my favorite film. thanks!

[@NimlotSRV]

That was wonderfully thorough.

[@masonfreeman5176]

Lord knows how many times I have seen this film but every time I do I see something new. A frend once said its a very good film but felt uneasy watching it and did not know why?

[@farhansarkar2394]

It's crazy how close this movie is too what is going on now.

[@notrealy180217]

How?

[@bravenuworld9215]

Nihilism and the psycho elites

[@ethanwashoe5868]

Not even close to our society, unless you live in North Korea witch you don’t. Our reform systems are very much flawed but we don’t torture people. Unless they are suspected terrorists and it’s outside of the country. You comment is so corny

[@patrickparker8417]

That is why the film is so ;powerful .

[@z3roo0]

Just no

[@not8719]

When's your next video? You do an excellent job on these analysis's man keep it up.

[@WhatitallMeant]

Hopefully by the end of this week. Thanks!

[@not8719]

No problem man

[@OSRSRIP]

this is just a bunch of baffling crap from a emo's diary are you joking me did you even watch this film or do you over think things to the point that you lose focus on the ideals that is the storyline to the film the movie is broken down into simple things you just overthought the film to a nonsensical amount of emo bull shit re-watch this video after reading this comment and tell me some emo isn't going on about a bunch of bull shit it may sound smart to a moron but someone with a good iq will know what I'm talking about

[@MrBrainFog]

OSRS RIP 2017 Punctuate.

[@listeniolistenio5160]

Is that a pic of Jeff Bridges getting a bj?

[@MotiveCap]

Great video, thanks for the in-depth analysis!

[@defnekolay7496]

Thank you. This explanation was perfect.

[@vdav483]

I challenge you to analyze any David Lynch film

[@RyanMayer]

I'm curious about your thoughts on 'Requiem for a Dream'

[@itkojecockot]

"Requiem" is not really a mind-bending metaphorical movie...... it is quite obvious what's the movie about, but the magic of that movie lies in that brilliant directing, which shows you those events in movie in truly raw and psychologically uncomfortable way....... Aronofsky's signature style of directing

[@RyanMayer]

@@itkojecockot I couldn't agree more.

[@sherry866]

Absolutely love your outlook and agree 100% !!!!

[@rolyngeorges7315]

This Explaination of the Movie is amazing.

[@sethother8012]

That was actually pretty well explained. I didn’t think you were gonna go anywhere with it at first. I see k8nd of a central conflict in the movie as beng “man vs nature” in that kind of poses the question, does man administer justice, or does justice unfold on it’s own? ,Because in the movie, after the main character has his “treatment” which is supposed to be this man made cure to the problems of delinquency in society, what ends up developing in the aftermath is justice administers itself by way of Karma. These events of Karma unfold quite methodically in terms of the screenplay after his man-made treatment, so the central question becomes, is he reaping what he sowed by force of natural justice, or is it due to the political interference? Anarchy vs Control. Man vs nature. Which administers justice better? Both are at play, so it leaves the viewer to ponder.

[@MARQ247]

"He May Not Know Who He Is, But He Knows What He Is About..."

[@barnabysmith-zh6oy]

So glad this movie has prompted so much interest. It has been vidied well, evidently.

[@charlesmaximus9161]

I remember first reading the book my freshman year of high school, 1996. Kubrick’s portrayal was naturally excellent, but the dystopian feel of the actual book is even more vividly unsettling. The gang uniforms were also way cooler in the book; Alex’s codpiece, for example, bore the menacing image of a spider. I don’t know where the clothing inspiration came from for the film, but it was still good. If you haven’t read the book yet, please do. It’s fantastic.

[@lexingowzu]

any other Kubrick film

[@WhatitallMeant]

Definitely. Probably all at some point.

[@nerthus4685]

I made you a new ouroboros logo. It is posted here: postimg.org/image/6c3vrjgrf/ . Don't ask me why, I just thought your logo could look better and am a fan of the mystical truths of the image and like to make stuff while listening to the analyses.

[@lexingowzu]

Nerthus thanks

[@takitogoestoNY]

a space odyssey is going to be a difficult one lol

[@WhatitallMeant]

takitogoestoNY I already did it actually.

[@mackenzieweber7084]

Kubrick is one of my favorites, hes a genius. Great movie!

[@johnwright291]

This is one of the very rare pictures that was even better than I remembered it after 40 years.

[@AaravVijaySahu]

Stanley Kubrick is a genius of a director. Great analysis of the film!