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I started watching it and got really confused.

Random trivia - My mum's English teacher wrote CO, and it was (mainly) filmed in my home town :)
 
I've known about this film for years. There was a girl in my school who was obsessed with Malcolm McDowell and she would collect anything to do with the film as it was banned at the time.

So tonight I thought I could finally get to watch it. But I found it very disappointing and so dated. I couldn't be bothered to watch until the end even, which is quite rare for me.
I did like the dialog but that was the only thing I found at all inventive.
 
The film has grown on me. I didn't think much of it the first time round....but tonight I enjoyed it a lot more and paid a lot more attention to it.

I watched it again purely because I've heard the film takes a couple of viewings to truly appreciate, and thankfully its starting to make more sense now :)
 
Well, I agree that the film grows on you - don't know about appreciating it more or it making more sense though (I always thought it made sense :confused: ).

I think it works best at the cinema. The horrific violence projected fifty foot tall is something you simply cannot translate to a 32 inch TV with the same effect.
 
I could have swore I saw Fred Elliott in that scene in the wheelchair man's house when Malcolm McDowell is eating his spaghetti. I'm almost certain I did. Was it even his spaghetti or did he eat a meal intended for the owner of the house?

Paddy :D
 
It's another one of those films where it's hard to pin-point exactly why you love it. It's intreaguing to know what's going on in Malcolm McDowell's mind as he describes how he feels all the way through his experiences.
 
I have been writing about A Clockwork Orange as part of my dissertation. It's an excellent film, and certainly didn't deserve the abuse it got when it was first released.
 
A great film although a little dated.

Personally I think this could be a great candidate for a remake. I think Anthony Burgess story is really good and could be retold/remade. The main idea of the plot is still fresh today and never dates. But this should only be attempted if they didnt mess around with it too much. I normally dont like remakes as they usually are inferior but with a good director and good actors it's possible it could work.

Regarding Malcolm McDowell he has currently just completed The Remake of John Carpenters Halloween in the Role of Dr Sam Loomis (Orginally played by the late great Donald Plesence) Looks interesting.
 
The problem I had with the film was that, after all the hype, it seemed disappointing when I actually got to see it as it didn't seem much and looked very dated. But, seeing it again, I can see what all the fuss was about, especially if you'd been able to have seen it when it was first released - it must have been amazing. I particularly loved the new worRAB that were used, I found the dialogue almost Shakespeare-ish at times. Malcolm McDowell was as brilliant as ever. And who'd have thought old Fred Elliot would have been in such a classic!
 
I love Malcolm McDowell and I think the film is genius. Love the book, the rhythm of the writing and language is brilliant, plus the NaRABat is very quotable. Eggy wegs. :D

Incidentally Walter Carlos who did the music (electronic realisation) became Wendy Carlos years later :cool:
 
If I had a sex change I would probably choose Wendy as my new name. I like that I would probably choose a new surname for anonymity, ie Wendy Boatcomesin, Wendy Fatladysings, Wendy Knobissurgicallyremoved etc etc. I never knew that Wendy Carlos eh that name summons up an innocent nun drug runner.
 
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