Ian Durkacz wrote:
> >I'm thinking of "Paths Of Glory" with Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker and
> > the wonderful Adolphe Menjou.
>
> That is a fabulous and powerful film.
>
> As a related note, the obituary for Kubrick published here in
> yesterday's 'Guardian' newspaper here (see
> http://www.filmunlimited.co.uk/news/0308/kubrick1.html, and further
> links) mentions that that film "was banned in France until relatively
> recently because of its unflattering depiction of the French army".
> Amazing.
I noticed this from the URL you gave (thanks) regarding "A Clockwork
Orange"
> Does wayward human
> intelligence and instinct frighten Kubrick?
> That's what one feels in the very powerful
> Clockwork Orange, a film so disturbing or
> dangerous that Kubrick has had it banned
> in the one territory he controls - that of
> Britain.
>
Do you know if was Kubrick's own doing? Interesting?
b.s.
