A Clockwork Orange is a movie made by Stanley Kubrick in 1971 and based on the book written in 1962 by Anthony Burgess. It is about a near future dystopian Britain in which law and order no longer exists and the government is on its heels. The main character is named Alex DeLarge and he is the leader of a gang. Dim is the dumb muscle, Georgie the mutineer, and Pete the quiet one are his little "droobies". They go around basically doing whatever they want which includes beating up people, robbing them, and even raping if they feel like it. Alex is excited by this "ultra-violence" and lives for it. Eventually he murders someone, is "reformed" by the government, and goes back to where he started without serving his full sentence with a great job and the government on his side. The way this world of anarchy and chaos is portrayed is perfect. There is nudity literally everywhere, in all forms of art, trash is strewn about, nothing looks fancy or even close, and group seems to trust another. Their clothes look like they're wearing whatever they can throw together, but still very colorful, it's hard to explain, but it does so perfectly. And then there's the subtle undertone of a very dark humor in the movie and couldn't have been presented better. It doesn't try to be epic or to blow the audience away, it is what it is and isn't afraid of it. It's something missing from most movies today, but so easy and simple a concept.
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