A Clockwork Orange

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I know it's old but I saw for the first time about 4 days ago and wow, I was really impressed. After seeing Eyes Wide Shut years ago I thought I would never give Kubrik another chance. Now it looks like I need to watch Full Metal Jacket and 2001. Who knew. lol.

Anyone else?
 
This a very sick and very good movie. Haven't watched in a while, gotta refresh in order to say something more specific.
 
A lot of people swear by Kubrick. I'm not a big fan. I never cared for Clockwork, Full Metal Jacket is half good. 2001 hasn't held up over time for me. Two laughs (and a lot of sleeping) in Dr. Strangelove. I enjoyed The Killing and The Shining. Perhaps he's an acquired taste.
 
I love Kubrick, and not because it's currently en vogue. He's had a major influence on my films (especially visually) in many ways that are difficult to pinpoint. Blain, you should give Paths of Glory a watch.
 
Kubrick is the master of tone. All his films have a similar beautiful, comfortable tone. His camera movements are patient and deliberate. Pay more attention to tone and less to the content in his films and you will be a fan. A Clockwork Orange is a gorgeous gorgosity.
 
Phil Maker said:
Kubrick is the master of tone. All his films have a similar beautiful, comfortable tone. His camera movements are patient and deliberate. Pay more attention to tone and less to the content in his films and you will be a fan. A Clockwork Orange is a gorgeous gorgosity.
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Thats how I feel about Clockwork. It's not so much the content that got me (although, it was a good story) but the camera work in the film is amazing and is better than alot of the recent movies I've seen. Not better as in quality or movement but better as in arranging the composition to be pleasing to the eye and provoke a mood. Good stuff.
 
I have just recently gotten into his work and so far have been amazed. Most times when I first watch a classic movie that everyone has raved about and I've been wanting to watch for years I get disappointed. So far every movie of his has greatly exceeded my expectations. 2001 and A Clockword Orange especially. Kubrick is a master.
 
I dunno man... i worship Kubricks foot steps.... I think 2001 was one of the most beautiful things ive ever seen. Painting, sculpture or otherwise.
 
Phil Maker said:
Kubrick is the master of tone. All his films have a similar beautiful, comfortable tone. His camera movements are patient and deliberate. Pay more attention to tone and less to the content in his films and you will be a fan. A Clockwork Orange is a gorgeous gorgosity.
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made flesh..

and the majority of them are in HD now!
 
Phil Maker said:
Kubrick is the master of tone. All his films have a similar beautiful, comfortable tone. His camera movements are patient and deliberate. Pay more attention to tone and less to the content in his films and you will be a fan. A Clockwork Orange is a gorgeous gorgosity.
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I deliberately did this in 2001 and I actually enjoyed it.
 
I love this film, oh my brothers.

It's a vicious little bastard of a film that poses lots of uncomfortable questions about free will. Great book too, although it doesn't have the bleak ending.

I have it in HD. Phenomenal how it held up.
 
I love this movie as I did the book. What really got me was the language, it feels like it took some of the futuristic dialect of 1984 and made it for the streets--in a cockney sort of way. The brutal violence, intense imagery, all backed by a critique on society balances the crude with the intelligent and makes for a great watch.
 
For me Kubrick is the greatest director of all time. The only movie I did not fully enjoy of his was Eyes wide Shut.

Paths of Glory - Fantastic movie with beautiful black and white cinematography. Gripping story and great acting from Kirk Douglas.

Dr. Strangelove - Great Black comedy that still holds strong today. Peter Sellers in several great roles.

2001 - Cutting edge film but some of the effects may not hold up today. Still a beautiful film and captures Arthur C. Clarke's story very well.

A Clockwork Orange - Pretty much right on with the book. Great film.

Full Metal Jacket - Great first half of a film. The second half is good as well but suffers after following the first half.

The Killing - A good story and a really good heist thriller.

Lolita - Again Sellers in a strong role. A good telling of the book.

Eyes Wide Shut and Barry Lyndon were two films that are beautifully shot but I wasn't to thrilled.

For me he is the finest director simply because everything he did looked wonderfully and he stuck to his vision. I would have loved to see his version of AI and also his story for Napoleon.
 
I just started buying Kubrikck's stuff on BluRay so I can revisit it. Like Timur 2001 has always been one of my favorites. The subtlety is brilliant; something lost with our fast-paced style that has developed over the past couple decades.

Somebody said TONE and that is one of the main elements of successful movies, if you ask me.

Also, Kubrick had a photographer's mind and eye. He knew how to use the camera to inform the audience, which is much more difficult than it sounds. Turn off the sound on one of his movies and see if you can still tell what's going on.... you probably can. The SHINNING is this way. Absolutely brilliant and even though it has some abstract moments you can still tell what's going on and see the dissolve of the human mind, even without sound.

Like many people I don't like all of his work or each movie as a whole, but it's hard to love film and not be influenced....all you have to do is pay attention.

J.
 
I have come to really appreciate Kubrick's work over the last year. He still isn;t going to make my top list but I have taken from his palette quite a bit of influence.

Filmmakers in this mold tend to be on the side of an eccentric curve and my curve falls on the cusp of Scorsese and Spielberg with De Palma and Tarantino bookending them.

When we start getting into Kubrick, we get off the beaten path and into a more abstract veracity. I believe a filmmaker like Kubrick (and even deeper with a Lynch) operates under the surface and not with a face value.

I absolutely love

Full Metal Jacket, Barry Lyndon and The Shining but just don't get 2001 and a Clockwork Orange.

No doubt, Kubrick has become an influence even if I only take a dab here and there.
 
Among Peter Sellers' great works, Dr. Strangelove is a masterpiece for Sellers , Kubrick and screenwriter Terry Southern.

Sellers plays three fantastic roles, for cryin out loud.
 
I forgot the Shining. Great film - far better than King's story as Kubrick plays up the psychological aspect of the story as opposed to the horror.
 
(preparing to take shelter from thrown objects) I never understood the resistance to Eyes Wide Shut - I think it holds it's own amonhst Kubrick's works, in fact it's one of my favorites... anyone "revisiting" Kubrick should revisit it as well, and see how it plays...
 
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