Review of A Clockwork Orange (1971) by Ehuisman — 14 Jul 2020
There's a lot to love here. The violent realism brings to mind Quintin Tarantino, but it is combined with a comic absurdity and aesthetic surrealism that make the entire thing feel like a dream sequence, a bizarre journey through a weirdly recognizable near future.
A Clockwork Orange also makes for great social commentary, both at its surface as well as its layers underneath, in which this future's most intense characteristics are to be read as metaphors for a current society.
Ultimately, the film's weakness - or wickedness if you will - lies not in the questions that it asks but in the answers that it seems to provide.
This review of A Clockwork Orange (1971) was written by Ehuisman on 14 Jul 2020.
A Clockwork Orange has generally received very positive reviews.
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