It's another Kubrick movie. The enlarged eye in the movie poster is the false eyelashes that Alex put on his eyes when he was a hooligan. It is also the mechanical limb that opened his eyes when he was "tortured". Through one eye, I saw Alex's eyelashes. lifetime.
There are many interesting scenes in the setting of this movie. The first is the extremely morbid social environment and the lustful politicians. People do not adhere to principles but are based on their preferences. We see that Alex sticks to the old tramp. In addition, they broke into the house and raped women, but in the fire with other small gangs, they accidentally saved a woman who was about to commit rape. In the end, killing the hostess of the farm was not deliberate. There is no distinction between good and evil in what you do. Good and evil are effects and results, but Alex only acts and acts according to his will.
Secondly, Alex and his little gang, they call each other brothers. In the context of rebelling against the big society, Alex’s little brothers are still resisting pressure from the leaders in this gang. Alex is undoubtedly a The failed boss, the thoughtful brother wants to overthrow his commander, the stupid brother does not want to be punished by him, and the silent brother expresses obedience to anyone, but his heart is full of forbearing anger. Everyone in the gang is not like him. Alex was as simple as he wanted to be a leader; it was these brothers who betrayed and betrayed and put Alex in jail, and it was these brothers who gave him a fatal blow after he was reformed from prison and became a policeman. Transform into justice and continue to commit atrocities. All those in power play with power, and there is no difference between good and evil in their eyes, only the pleasure of exerting power and the need to seize power.
Third, Beethoven, the most profound detail in the whole movie is Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Although Alex is obsessed with violence and pornography all day, he truly loves the great music and art created by Beethoven. , He bought a record, a portrait of Beethoven hung in the room, and even living in prison did not forget to put up sculptures and portraits. But this music was accidentally added to the "treatment" process, so that he could no longer listen to this piece of Beethoven's music. He did not protest during the entire treatment, but when he heard Beethoven’s music and fascist scenes appear together, he had to resist. He said that Beethoven is wonderful and brings happiness to people and should not be the same. Put these ugliness together. This ingenious accident clearly reveals that people can distinguish between ugliness and beauty. The generation of evil lies in the choice. It indiscriminately makes people develop a physical fear of the ugly things that are prescribed and selected. So the power of choice for people. Finally, Beethoven was used for political purposes to make Alex jump off the building to his death. If the evil intentions are good, how to distinguish the good from evil? The root of good and evil lies in choice, not the good or evil factors in the world. Eliminating all sex and violence, nor can it stop those who choose evil from evolving a way of condemning their hearts.
Fourth, Christianity. The connection between Alex and Christianity is also obvious. He suffered the blood of Christ, the way he cut Dim's hand to punish him, watched the scene of scourge of Christ imagined by the Bible in prison, and finally was willing to help Alex. The priest who has the right to choose, Christianity plays a detached role in the whole movie. It is not influenced by politics or social morbid background. It influences the behavior of the protagonist with its own original story and original narrative mode. However, the film is also ironic about the pedantic religious doctrines. For the time being, it is not possible to distinguish the deeper elements of Christianity. However, it can be seen that the overall direction of Christianity is humane and can help this morbid technology-dependent society.
Fifth, get better. The most controversial estimate is this way of treating bad guys in movies. Choice is a word that is emphasized. If you turn a person into an unchosen creature, what is the point of making him better? Unlike the person in the small gang who wanted to rob money and rob in the “adult’s way”, Alex’s act of beating, smashing and looting was not self-interested, or had no practical purpose. He hated this pathological behavior. The society loves beauty and art, so it is necessary to inflict brutality on this society, no matter what the specific form of hatred, hate the old man on the street, hate "home", hate the gang that rapes girls, all are venting their anger for the sickness of this society . When Alex became better, he gave the old man he had beaten up a piece of money, but the old man greeted someone to beat him and snatched his package. Rationally speaking, he beat the old man and treated him favorably. The same The old man should both beat him and be kind to him, or simply don't want his favor. Alex is both good and evil, but the old man is just pitiful and evil. In comparison, who is better? Another example is the policeman who used to be thugs and the policeman who imposed lynchings, what kind of faces are the managers of this social order. Another example is a politician, how the two forces use Alex to make him good, make him commit suicide, and make him worse. No one has given Alex the right to choose. He doesn't even know that he has no choice. He thought that his choice was made by himself, but in fact, there are thousands of hands tearing at him. He is a chess player. There are too many chess players.
On the whole, "A Clockwork Orange" is a fairly classic and thought-provoking movie. The way it handles art and philosophy is also impressive. These days, I am always questioning myself whether it is true or not. Looking at the movies of the last century, I really don’t know how much stronger it is compared to this century, and I can’t help asking how much depth has been increased in the sense of experience provided by modern society in addition to technological advancement, and how art has become ordinary people. What I don’t understand, how philosophy disappears from daily life and is brought into the ivory tower... As for the choice, I think I have a little more, but not much.
ps: I don’t know if the picture is Kubrick’s space tour in cue2001
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