tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post1714517399243156162..comments2023-11-05T07:45:02.082-05:00Comments on Mystery Man on Film: "A Clockwork Orange" AnalysisMystery Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17486331815227364944noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-87553116740853846202008-06-19T18:31:00.000-04:002008-06-19T18:31:00.000-04:00Exactly.Exactly.Mystery Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17486331815227364944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-35270117935063610912008-06-16T14:06:00.000-04:002008-06-16T14:06:00.000-04:00Well, I'd suggest reading the novel first, MM. To ...Well, I'd suggest reading the novel first, MM. To get you started, Alex's violence is extreme because it has to be contrasted with what happens to him later; tell me, which is better, to be evil with a choice or to be good by force?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-24677371805910996492007-05-09T01:47:00.000-04:002007-05-09T01:47:00.000-04:00The first time I watched Clockwork, it was clear t...The first time I watched Clockwork, it was clear to me that it was a criticism of the overall violence in society (including the sexualizing of violence,) with Alex as it's inevitable result. A society that turns people into objects, and leaves them to extreme acts in order to find stimulation.<BR/><BR/>It can hardly be said to glorify violence, because it is so difficult to watch. Because it is uncomfortable. Unlike, for example, Die Hard or any number of cartoons. (I related the torture/mind control experiments with television - the constant stream of violent images being fed to us...)<BR/><BR/>I couldn't say I love the movie, as it's too hard to watch for that. It's disturbing. But I do appreciate it.Laura Deerfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481017193764065233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-18076514855241663032007-05-08T22:27:00.000-04:002007-05-08T22:27:00.000-04:00Really... I was nervous about posting this and ya ...Really... I was nervous about posting this and ya know, I'll have to examine this again.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, you may be right.<BR/><BR/>-MMMystery Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17486331815227364944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-19633481052814374922007-05-08T21:02:00.000-04:002007-05-08T21:02:00.000-04:00This is one of my all-time favorite movies. The fi...This is one of my all-time favorite movies. The first time I watched it I thought it wa a comedy. I mean, it is funny, very funny, but yet not a comedy. It'as a twisted, wonderful... thing.<BR/><BR/>If people can look at it and internalize their own personal experience with it, is that not a true definition of art?Carl Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07145297032733680067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-83509400661777574732007-05-08T17:58:00.000-04:002007-05-08T17:58:00.000-04:00guillermo - Yeah, me too! I haven't had a chance ...guillermo - Yeah, me too! I haven't had a chance to say that.<BR/><BR/>Mim - You're too good to be true to be sick. I must confess, I hadn't read the book. That's like, required reading for writers, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>-MMMystery Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17486331815227364944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-92011548620780582752007-05-08T17:26:00.000-04:002007-05-08T17:26:00.000-04:00I must be a sick person. Clockwork Orange has alw...I must be a sick person. Clockwork Orange has always been a favorite of mine. I also read the book in High School and loved it.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11590214841424958129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30413383.post-62911544117141168222007-05-08T15:53:00.000-04:002007-05-08T15:53:00.000-04:00Speaking of Kubrick, I'm looking forward to seeing...Speaking of Kubrick, I'm looking forward to seeing <I>Color Me Kubrick (starring John Malkovich)</I>, it sounds like an interesting script/movie.Just Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593382026149076376noreply@blogger.com