A Clockwork Orange
The film “A Clockwork Orange” directed by Stanley Kubrick was a Sci-Fi film about a vicious fifteen year old boy. The film was an adaptation of the 1963 novel by Anthony Burgess. The film began with Alex and his three droogs drinking milk laced with drugs. The four then set out on a violent rampage. After, beating and elderly man the four stop at the house of a writer. The group then proceeds to beat the man and rape his wife in front of him. The following day Alex, makes the mistake of annoying his droogs. That night while escaping a new crime scene the droogs leave Alex to be caught by the police. While in prison, Alex manages to get himself into a program that will make him a good person and have him out in a month. The treatment was to give Alex a drug to make him feel horribly sick. During this sick period Alex was forced to watch acts of violence. This was to get his brain to associate the awful feeling with the images of violence. When Alex was released from prison he was rejected from society. Alex could no longer commit any act of violence. He met with all the people that he had wronged in the past. All of these people had taken turns beating Alex. After the treatment Alex was helpless to defend himself
When Alex woke up from his attempted suicide he felt different. He had a memory of doctors working on his head. A test was administered and Alex seemed to have his evil side back. Finally, to finish the movie Alex had a nasty evil thought to let the audience know that he was back to his old self. Later that same night Alex and his droogs arrive at a house. There is a large sign reading “Home” done in white letters. The house was well lie and seemed warm, inviting and yet futuristic all at the same time. Alex and the droogs crept up to the house along a long stone walk. The doorbell is rung and it plays a small piece of Beethoven. the next shot is of a writer typing away. The camera remains pointed directly forward as it is moved by a dolly across the room to reveal the man’s wife. The next shot is of a hallway with glass on both sides to make it look even bigger. The wife invites the man in and Alex and his droogs swarm the hallway. the camera makes a quick pan to watch Alex enter and kick the old writer to the ground. The camera shakes violently around as the droogs take over the home. A shaky hand-held camera is used to show a drug holding the wife as both the drug and camera rotate. the camera does a close up of the writer as he tries to free himself of the drug holding him down. The writer is lying on the floor and the camera shoots slightly down on him. Another good example of counter point sound is used as Alex sings “Singing in the Rain”, as he beats the couple. The camera is stationary as this occurs. The editing is no longer choppy now as the couple has been subdue. A deep focus shot is used to see the back of the writers head in the foreground. In the background Alex is using a pair of scissors to remove the bright red body suit of the wife. The film cuts to a close up of the writers face as he tries to escape. The same deep focus shot is used to see the writer watch Alex remove his paints. The wife is shown from the chest up struggling as Alex rapes he in front of her husband. against these attacks. Bruised and Bloodied, Alex seeks shelter at the closest home possible. The house is occupied by the elderly writer, that Alex beat at the beginn
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