A Clockwork Orange

Kubricks masterpiece of surrealism. Obviously it’s not for everyone as it does have very sensitive subject matter and I can appreciate that. It’s extremely dark, morbid and just straight up nightmare fuel but for me you simply can’t deny the absolute mastery behind the camera. This movie is absolutely bonkers and it moves and feels like it’s pulled from your dreams, it gives the world such a unsettling and unnatural feeling to it all that makes it so uncomfortable to watch yet I can’t help but be absolutely fixed on what’s happening even in its darkest moments. I mean it’s pretty hard not to admire the craft on pretty much every level, but the set design and colour especially is just incredible, not to mention the cinematography to go with it, as a purely visual experience this is as close to perfect as you can get. What I take from the story is summed up pretty well by the priest when he talks about choice and free will and having the ability to choose right from wrong, it’s a really interesting thing to think about and I really love the morale of the story. One of Kubricks best.