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Tuesday, July 29, 2003

A Clockwork Orange

Watched A Clockwork Orange yesterday. Name of the movie itself creates curiousity. Ourang is Malay for "Man". Now you get the picture? :) Set in near-future Britain (movie/novel was made in 1971 and hence, you could say set in near about today's Britain!), its about a young guy who likes 'ultra-violence' (term coined by Anthony Burgess, author of novel), rape, and interestingly, Ludwig Van Beethoven. This guy offers himself for Ludovico treatment which is a novelty cure for criminals. A wonderful movie, A Clockwork Orange raises a lot of important questions such as: what is good and what is evil/bad? What makes us human beings like/dislike one of these? Can something be done to cure criminals? Director uses incredible (read: contrary to traditional) combinations of music and violence and the effect is, well, superb, and one that makes you think. Its a real though-prvoking masterpiece by Stanley Kubrick. Without giving any spoilers, I would just highly recommend that you watch this movie.

Btw, I watched the movie with subtitles. I was introduced to the subtitles recently by a PGP1 student, Aditya Govindraj. Without subtitles, I wouldn't have been able to grasp half the dialogues on Clockwork Orange, what will all the British accent and words like Devotchka, Droogies, Ludovico, Viddy, Yarbles, Rassoodocks, Malchick!! Talking of software, Did you know about this fantastic player software called MV2 Player? This software can play subtitles if it finds the subtitle file in the same directory as movie. And the interface is REAL COOL!
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