Tom Mohr wrote:
Regarding "A Clockwork Orange", Iain Noble wrote:
If I'm baffled by anything it's Tom's description of the film as
'decadent' and 'appalling'. I think he's confusing depiction with
approval.
and
You might
disapprove of what something shows or says but th
Iain Noble wrote lotsa sensible stuff and:
perhaps you ought to see 'Red
Dragon' an earlier film about the first Hannibal Lecter novel with
Brian Cox as the good doctor which is rather better.
sorry, being nitpicky, but that movie was called "Manhunter", tho I believe
it was based on the
[A late posting - I get P2 on digest - on this topic which has,
by now, already been well covered here] :
Bill Silvers:
... was "A Clockwork Orange" in fact banned in the UK as was
reported here? ... Do you know if was Kubrick's own doing?
Jon Johnson:
My understanding is tha
got his point
across.
Clockwork Orange is a masterpiece, and will always be one of the most
important films ever made.
Slim