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CS Weekly Archive> DVD > 11/16/07
Writing With Yarbles
by jason davis
A Clockwork Orange (Special Edition)
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick (also directed)
Based on the novel by Anthony Burgess
 
 
According to the supplementary materials included on this new release, director Stanley Kubrick essentially shot A Clockwork Orange from writer Anthony Burgess’ novel, and—much like Coppola’s The Outsiders—the transparency of the book on screen is evident. Burgess’ violent world of youth gangs obsessed with rape and violence, as seen through the eyes of Alex DeLarge (Malcolm McDowell) and suffused with the author’s invented Nadsat language is rendered with all its satirical ire intact. Alex’s amorality is neither compromised nor apologized for, and Kubrick is free to upend audience expectations by using an essentially evil character to make the argument that evil forcibly conditioned into good by a well-meaning government is even more insidious than the initial evil, and that free will is the most sacred element of our essential humanity. Documentaries explore the film’s making and reputation, featuring copious interview clips with Burgess and various media theorists discussing the nature of violence in cinema.
A Clockwork Orange (Special Edition)
Warner Bros. Home Video
Rated R; 136 min.
$26.98
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Jason Davis has been the DVD Manager for CS Weekly , a contributing editor for Creative Screenwriting Magazine, and has written for Cinescape.com, MSN.com, and created the TV series Studio 13, which ran on Lorne Michaels' Burly TV network. He lives in the small space left over by his ever-expanding library of books, movies, and music.
A Clockwork Orange (Special Edition) courtesy Warner Brothers Home Video
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