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A Clockwork Orange (Book)
Orbert:
It's not just a matter of being good, because you're right; it's not that good. But it broke some barriers, broke a lot of new ground, and was close enough to mainstream to make a lot of people nervous. I remember when the movie came out in the U.S., and the stir it caused. It was indeed justified, because there wasn't anything else like it at your local theater. Heck, XXX movies were still being played at mall and shopping center theaters. It was still early; it hadn't yet occurred to the powers-that-be to start "limiting" (read "censoring") what's out there.
BootsyMarie:
Okay, can I just say..I read the book first, and I loved the movie just as much...Right up until the end. WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Seriously, the fucking point of the end of the book is that after Alex gets some new droogs, and then sees his old droog in some shop and sees that he has like a wife and a baby, and shit, he decides then to stop. And he realizes how life is more beautiful.
The movie ending where it did sucked any meaning or moral right out of the whole story.
I kicked my dog after the movie was over.
ViolentDove:
--- Quote from: iliketodraw on 13 Jul 2007, 15:45 ---
P.s - Can anyone point me in the direction of anything like this at all? everything i read recently seems to be spawned from the same dreary egg. Thanks :-D
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Read Catch 22 by Joseph Heller! Seriously, there's nothing else like it.
philharmonic:
that was a book? oh great, I feel so betrayed. (i've only seen stanly kubric movie)
Orbert:
The Kubrick movie captures the spirit of the book very well. It follows the main storyline as best as you can expect (since it's non-linear) and preserves that whole disorientation thing. Also, as with the book, it starts off kinda silly, poking fun at the insanity of war and what the men have to do to get through it, then slowly gets darker until at some point you realize it's not really a comedy anymore, but more a dark social commentary.
If you've never read the book, definitely find a copy and read it, especially if you liked the movie. Catch-22 is unusual in that both the movie and book are excellent, quite different from each other, yet both still faithful to the author's vision and tone.
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