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A Clockwork
Orange is a 1971 British film written, directed and produced by Stanley
Kubrick, adapted from Anthony Burgess' 1962 novella A Clockwork Orange. It
employs disturbing, violent images to comment on psychiatry, youth gangs, and
other social, political, and economic subjects in a dystopian future Britain.
Alex
(Malcolm McDowell), the main character, is a charismatic, sociopathic
delinquent whose interests include classical music (especially Beethoven),
rape, and what is termed "ultra-violence". He leads a small gang of
thugs (Pete, Georgie, and Dim), whom he calls his droogs (from the Russian
друг, "friend", "buddy"). The film chronicles the horrific
crime spree of his gang, his capture, and attempted rehabilitation via
controversial psychological conditioning. Alex narrates most of the film in
Nadsat, a fractured adolescent slang composed of Slavic (especially Russian),
English, and Cockney rhyming slang.
A Clockwork
Orange features a soundtrack comprising mostly classical music selections and
Moog synthesizer compositions by Wendy Carlos (then known as Walter Carlos).
The artwork of the now-iconic poster of A Clockwork Orange was created by
Philip Castle with the layout by designer Bill Gold.
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