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A clockwork orange!

Postby Souichiro » Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:57 pm

I just saw it today..... and I must say it's brilliant!!! A true classic!

So? who has seen it and what are your opinions about it?

For those who haven't seen it

info about the movie

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/


GO AND SEE IT!!!! think it has an 18+ rating though....
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Re: A clockwork orange!

Postby ozzy72 » Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:06 pm

I saw it some years ago and just couldn't see why it was so popular...
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Re: A clockwork orange!

Postby expat » Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:06 pm

I just saw it today..... and I must say it's brilliant!!! A true classic!

So? who has seen it and what are your opinions about it?

For those who haven't seen it

info about the movie

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/


GO AND SEE IT!!!! think it has an 18+ rating though....



Not in the UK. The National Viewers And Listeners Association (lead by Mary Whitehouse) a group of self-appointed guardians of public morals made such a fuss Kubrick got so fed up with all the hassle that he decided to withdraw the film from the British Cinemas and never allow it to be shown here again it any format. I believe that this ban is still in place even after his death, but I could be wrong.

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Re: A clockwork orange!

Postby eno » Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:32 pm

I just saw it today..... and I must say it's brilliant!!! A true classic!

So? who has seen it and what are your opinions about it?

For those who haven't seen it

info about the movie

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/


GO AND SEE IT!!!! think it has an 18+ rating though....



Not in the UK. The National Viewers And Listeners Association (lead by Mary Whitehouse) a group of self-appointed guardians of public morals made such a fuss Kubrick got so fed up with all the hassle that he decided to withdraw the film from the British Cinemas and never allow it to be shown here again it any format. I believe that this ban is still in place even after his death, but I could be wrong.

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It is available on DVD here in the UK...... I seem to remember it being shown on TV a few years ago.
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Re: A clockwork orange!

Postby expat » Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:53 pm

I just saw it today..... and I must say it's brilliant!!! A true classic!

So? who has seen it and what are your opinions about it?

For those who haven't seen it

info about the movie

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/


GO AND SEE IT!!!! think it has an 18+ rating though....



Not in the UK. The National Viewers And Listeners Association (lead by Mary Whitehouse) a group of self-appointed guardians of public morals made such a fuss Kubrick got so fed up with all the hassle that he decided to withdraw the film from the British Cinemas and never allow it to be shown here again it any format. I believe that this ban is still in place even after his death, but I could be wrong.

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It is available on DVD here in the UK...... I seem to remember it being shown on TV a few years ago.



Not as if he ca sue us from the grave..................wait a minute, he is American, so he probably can ;D

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Re: A clockwork orange!

Postby Hagar » Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:59 pm

Not as if he ca sue us from the grave..................wait a minute, he is American, so he probably can ;D

His family or estate probably could. Doesn't worry me. I've never seen it & never wanted to. Not my idea of entertainment.
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Re: A clockwork orange!

Postby Woodlouse2002 » Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:13 pm



Not in the UK. The National Viewers And Listeners Association (lead by Mary Whitehouse) a group of self-appointed guardians of public morals made such a fuss Kubrick got so fed up with all the hassle that he decided to withdraw the film from the British Cinemas and never allow it to be shown here again it any format. I believe that this ban is still in place even after his death, but I could be wrong.

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I see. And that'll be why it was on Film 4 just before christmas then. :-?
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Re: A clockwork orange!

Postby Fozzer » Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:17 pm

...quite a nasty bit of work I remember, the only time I have ever watched it... :(...!

I don't think I fancy seeing it again now...

I found it as disturbing as "Soldier Blue", another film I wouldn't want to watch again...(amongst a lot of others, for the same reason).... :o...!

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Re: A clockwork orange!

Postby Romulus111VADT » Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:08 pm

I saw it some years ago and just couldn't see why it was so popular...


I agree 100%, very strange movie to say the least.... :-/
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Re: A clockwork orange!

Postby expat » Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:45 pm



Not in the UK. The National Viewers And Listeners Association (lead by Mary Whitehouse) a group of self-appointed guardians of public morals made such a fuss Kubrick got so fed up with all the hassle that he decided to withdraw the film from the British Cinemas and never allow it to be shown here again it any format. I believe that this ban is still in place even after his death, but I could be wrong.

Matt

I see. And that'll be why it was on Film 4 just before christmas then. :-?


Up until his death in 1999 he banned it from the UK.

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Re: A clockwork orange!

Postby Apex » Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:00 pm

Saw it long ago in the days when nothing would strike me as being too bizarre, even then, it struck me as being too bizarre, if I'm remembering correctly.  Don't know if I'd want to see it again.  Back then, one friend was a movie buff who had aspirations of becoming a director (he became a news reporter instead), so we would see a lot of films, a lot of foreign films too, and would go in always knowing who the director was.  Kubrick was certainly one of the biggest, so at that time it was a 'must see' for us.
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Re: A clockwork orange!

Postby alrot » Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:32 pm

What the Kubrik one? Iuuuf ? that's Old one, last time I saw was in a classic 30 or 35 years ago ,I can't remember the argument ,maybe I should rent it,If I can find in VHS or Betamax,or perhaps I will have to see it in 35mm in my proyector ;D ,I know is on DVD just kidding
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Re: A clockwork orange!

Postby Willit Run » Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:49 pm

A very sick minded movie, but a classic!!

 Malcolm McDowell's version of " Singin' in the Rain " was a little different then Gene Kelly's!! ;)

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Re: A clockwork orange!

Postby Stormtropper » Tue Jan 09, 2007 2:41 am

I never saw the film, but the book was decent. I wouldn't call it "sick minded" its the same type of book as 1984 or Riddley Walker...basically the author's way of warning us to take action or that is where society will end up. ::)
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Re: A clockwork orange!

Postby Franky_4_Fingers » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:31 am

I hadn't seen it since the 70's and i bought it a couple of weeks ago. Brilliant movie. I used to think it was very violent in the 70's but by todays standards i see it for what it really is - Satire!
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