Posted: 10/2/2009 9:28:48 AM EDT
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Anyone else think this movie is making more and more sense?
Totalitarian style government, youths running around unchecked without fear of conseqences, citizens calling out for their government to do more to protect them. Crazy half-cocked ideas on criminal reform. Growing gap between the rich and the poor. Then there is the line near the end, spoken by the guy who alex crippled in the beggining. He says something like "The common person doesn't care about liberty, they would trade it for comfort, that's why it's up to us to give them a push" Sound familiar? ETA: I'm going to dress as Alex for Holloween. 
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"And the first thing that flashed into my gulliver was that I'd like to have her right down there on the floor with the old in-out, real savage."
"Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorgeousity made flesh. It was like a bird of rarest-spun heaven metal or like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship, gravity all nonsense now. As I slooshied, I knew such lovely pictures!" " As we walked along the flatblock marina, I was calm on the outside, but thinking all the time - Now it was to be Georgie the general, saying what we should do and what not to do, and Dim as his mindless greeding bulldog. But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy ones, and that the oomny ones use like, inspiration and what Bog sends. Now it was lovely music that came into my aid. There was a window open with the stereo on, and I viddied right at once what to do." 
"The Durango '95 purred away a real horrowshow - a nice, warm vibraty feeling all through your guttiwuts. And soon it was trees and dark, my brothers, with real country dark. " http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk137/SsevenN_photo/alex-de-large1.jpg |
I'm always in for a bit of the old "in-out in-out" real savage like.
I have two copies, first VHS and now DVD. 
My favorite line from the movie? "If a man is not free to choose to do wrong, is he truly free?" GREAT movie with a HUGE social message.Oh-and it FOREVER changed what I think of the song "Singing in the Rain"
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I luv that movie. Its one of those "you either get it or you dont" This! One thing that really stands out in memory is talking about the movie in American Lit class in HS. The teacher had seen it over the weekend on cable & was discussing it with a few other students. This same teacher, whose class we went on & on (& on & on......  ) about symbology, metaphors, etc in The Scarlet Letter was  & didn't "get" the point of A Clockwork Orange.
re going as Alex DeLarge for halloween...been there, done that. Again, the people who had seen (& liked) the movie got it right off, lots of thumbs up "kick ass costume" comments, etc. Those who hadn't? It got really old trying to explain it
Have the movie on VHS (somewhere around here...), DVD & had the soundtrack on tape (multiple copies, wore them out) & even had the Wendy Carlos expanded "soundtrack" CD that had the full versions of her synth work from the movie. Loaned it out though & never got it back  . Had a couple of wall posters, a few T-shirts, etc.
The album cover artwork on The Ramones Too Tough To Die is a homage A Colckwork Orange & includes the instrumental Durango 95 Goth-metal band Type O Negative has used the opening music from ACO (actually Henry Purcell's "Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary but on synth by Carlos) as they take the stage. 
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I luv that movie. Its one of those "you either get it or you dont" This! One thing that really stands out in memory is talking about the movie in American Lit class in HS. The teacher had seen it over the weekend on cable & was discussing it with a few other students. This same teacher, whose class we went on & on (& on & on...... ) about symbology, metaphors, etc in The Scarlet Letter was & didn't "get" the point of A Clockwork Orange.
re going as Alex DeLarge for halloween...been there, done that. Again, the people who had seen (& liked) the movie got it right off, lots of thumbs up "kick ass costume" comments, etc. Those who hadn't? It got really old trying to explain it
Have the movie on VHS (somewhere around here...), DVD & had the soundtrack on tape (multiple copies, wore them out) & even had the Wendy Carlos expanded "soundtrack" CD that had the full versions of her synth work from the movie. Loaned it out though & never got it back . Had a couple of wall posters, a few T-shirts, etc.
The album cover artwork on The Ramones Too Tough To Die is a homage A Colckwork Orange & includes the instrumental Durango 95 Goth-metal band Type O Negative has used the opening music from ACO (actually Henry Purcell's "Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary but on synth by Carlos) as they take the stage. Most High School Lit teachers have as deep an understanding as the Cliff's notes teach them. No Cliff's notes - no such luck. |
 I've done a halloween party as Alex also!!!
It was when I lived in PRK, the party was on the east bay side and I didn't want to run the gauntlet of CHP and all the municipalities between where I lived (Montara) and the party (Walnut Creek) so I parked at the BART station in South San Francisco. While I was waiting for my train a group of gang-types showed up to catch the same train. I stood on the platform in full Alex regalia and they eyed me down, I eyed them down, and one of them said, "Fuckin cool costume, dude". I said thanks and all was well. |
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Anyone else think this movie is making more and more sense? Totalitarian style government, youths running around unchecked without fear of conseqences, citizens calling out for their government to do more to protect them. Crazy half-cocked ideas on criminal reform. Growing gap between the rich and the poor. Then there is the line near the end, spoken by the guy who alex crippled in the beggining. He says something like "The common person doesn't care about liberty, they would trade it for comfort, that's why it's up to us to give them a push" Sound familiar? ETA: I'm going to dress as Alex for Holloween. a fair descrition of the UK |
Viddy well bruther.....viddy well
Excellent film. I was told many years ago that the premise was actually Anthony Burgess' vision of Britain had the revolution been fought in England (not here in America) and the rebelion had won on the Queens soil....interesting concept. Not sure if its true but its a hell of a thought. |