A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick) EuroArts Music International

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Infobase, film distributor.

EuroArts Music International GmbH

Series:

A Film and Its Era

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication.

Mass media--Study and teaching.

Mass media.

Genre:

Internet videos

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (51 min., 56 sec)) sound, color

Distribution:

New York, N.Y. Distributed by Infobase, 2018

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : EuroArts Music International, [2011]

Language Note:

Closed-captioned

System Details:

Streaming video file

System requirements: FOD playback platform

video file

Summary:

Stanley Kubrick directed A Clockwork Orange in 1971. In England, in the near future, the Droogs gang spreads terror through gratuitous acts of violence. Arrested for murder, Alex, their leader, agrees to serve as a guinea pig for a new therapeutic experiment that renders any form of violence unbearable to him. Once released, now as gentle as a lamb, he is driven to suicide by one of his former victims who seeks revenge. Alex survives and is returned to his original state on government orders. Although supposed to take place in the future, the film is firmly rooted in the '60s-a period scarred by the Vietnam War, youth protest movements, and the rise of insecurity in Western societies. In addition, we notice the fears aroused in England by the proliferation of youth gangs as well as the political debates initiated by proponents of anti-psychiatry against psychological conditioning techniques. On an esthetic level, A Clockwork Orange reflects its time in the mixture of kitsch and psychedelic pop art and through the music of the first electronic synthesizers. A perfectionist filmmaker, Stanley Kubrick controls the production of his films from conception to distribution. Being of a rebellious and libertarian temperament, he believes that civilization is only a veneer and that the true nature of man-evil-can resurface at any moment. However, everyone must preserve his free will, and even the worst criminals do not deserve to be tortured. A Clockwork Orange is the work of a visionary

Contents:

"A Clockwork Orange": Plot (3:49); Kubrick: Background (2:04); Portraying Alex (7:04); Filming Influences (3:57); Rape of the Wife (3:53); Violence in Cartoon Form (4:34); History of Mind Control Techniques (3:51); Filming Reconditioning (2:05); Identifying with a Character (3:26); Kubrick's Approach (4:42); Innovation in Film (3:09); "A Clockwork Orange" Premieres (3:55); Cult Movie (4:14); Credits: A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick) (0:44);

Notes:

Originally released by EuroArts Music International, 2011

Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on September 24, 2018

Title from distributor's description

OCLC:

1083796764

Publisher Number:

162970 Infobase

[162957]s Infobase

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license