A Clockwork Orange: Movie Analysis

We all know of movies that have fermented court cases, murders and rapes. But do you know that there a few movies where the actors themselves left the set because they were traumatized to that extent? Honestly, I love controversial movies. I appreciate the courage it takes to make a movie with the prior knowledge that the press is going to line-up in front of your house for all the wrong reasons. These movies, generally, don’t involve any form of manipulation. They put the message across very clearly and bluntly. As a viewer, I like that. Amongst commercial movies which are quickly discarded from our memory after the first watch, it is good to have a movie that will be remembered for a long time. Let’s move on to the bigger question. Why

Even people who are uninterested in or afraid of horror watched this movie just to see what the talk is all about.

A Clockwork Orange-

Alex (played by Malcolm McDowell), the protagnist, is a sociopath whose interests include classical music(especially Beethoven), rape, and "ultra-violence". He leads a small gang and the movie shows the crime spree of his thug gang.

Personally, the fact that made the movie so disturbing is the film score. If a rape scene has terrifying background music, the scene will be brutal. The transformation from brutal to disturbing happened when the background score was a track by Beethoven. It gives us a feel that the rapist is enjoying the act and the thought of it is twisted and disturbing.

This movie was not only banned by the Catholic Church and given an X rating but was also banned for 27 years in the UK. The casual rape depicted in the movie had lead to a lot of similar incidents involving rape and murders in the UK. The crimes are horrifying but the protagonists are inexplicably likeable and this is a deadly

There is a scene in the film which shows a 5-year-old boy getting raped by his father. This movie according to the director is a big metaphor about how the Serbian government hypnotises people into doing their bidding.

There are a few movies in this list that I actually like. This clearly isn’t one of them. Many parts of the movie were absolutely senseless. The director conveyed no message and clearly, nobody got the “metaphor.”

Last temptation of Christ- The film depicts the life of Jesus Christ and his struggles against various temptations including lust. This film depicts Christ being tempted by imagining himself engaged in sexual activities.

The name and the summary of the movie suggest enough. It caused uproar amongst the Christian community without doubt. The outrage from the religious community was rampant. A group of French fundamentalist Christians attacked a theatre showing the film in Paris, injuring several moviegoers.

Any other theme of controversy like torture, horror or violence doesn’t cause half as much agitation as religion does. The other themes are disturbing. So, they become a controversy. But when a movie hurts the religious sentiments of someone, the viewers get offended and a controversy is