Stanley Kubrick's work "A Clockwork Orange" undoubtedly throws this complicated issue to the audience, and makes people naturally think of the "sexual evil" that runs counter to the Confucianism and Mencius. The beginning of the film gave people an unexpected shock. The choice of white as the main color, coupled with malicious eyes, made people shudder. The statues of naked women around were suddenly stuck among the group of teenagers who were only thirteen or fourteen years old. Then, under the fluent lens, he explained the bad deeds of the problem boy like Alex.
The soundtrack of the first half of the film is mainly cheerful, including when they beat up old people and raped women. Especially when facing a kind old man, his violence is horrible. The cheerful tune of "Singing in the Rain" undoubtedly has a more intense impact on people's moral bottom line. His room is full of "pornographic" pictures, but "Beethoven" is completely inconsistent with it. Who would want such a wicked teenager who loves Beethoven's music madly.
Kubrick's ingenuity took the film to a higher level. Using elegant music to make gimmicks for seemingly "vulgar" films is a kind of risk. If it is not handled properly, it will inevitably lead the director into a deliberate showy and flashy rank. But Kubrick's adventures added a plot line to the film to a certain extent. From loving Beethoven's songs, and then indulging his behavior under the "inspiration" of music, to being afraid of listening to Beethoven's songs, knowing that I have no feeling for Beethoven's songs in the end. Because Beethoven was awkward with his friends, he planted the bane, and was finally betrayed by his friends and entered prison. . . Everything seems to go with the flow. Going back to the source, it seems that Beethoven is the direct fuse of this farce.
By the second half of the film, it seems that more political issues are involved. The struggle between the ruling party and the opposition parties seems to have placed a bet on Alex. The government's treatment of him is just a relationship between use and being used. Finally, the practice of dehumanizing turned Alex into a so-called "good guy". But after being released from prison, such a good person is incompatible with this society. The sins he had once seemed to be a mark on his face. Whether it is the old man begging for money, or the so-called policeman in "sheep's clothing".
Some people can never look back when they make a mistake. The feedback of disappointed parents, angry beggars, and old people who "hid a knife in a smile" left him nowhere to stand. The audience will cast a smoke of sympathy when he is down, but when they hear him singing happily in the bath, the audience realizes that they are wrong. It turns out that he is still the same. Just a person who is afraid of violence and sex, the government's "peace treatment" is even more ridiculous at this time. The old man’s hatred for him was written on his face, and the repeated close-ups of the old man’s eyes and hands were exaggerated, but considering the style and tone of the whole film, it didn’t feel abrupt. Kubrick deliberately exaggerated the facts, so some decay that was only in the dark of life was shown in front of the audience.
Alex's suicide cannot be said to be his awakening, it's just that he jumped into a set trap. In the face of political rights, human lives have become so small. Everything was arranged and carried out in accordance with the procedure, so there was no surprise at the result of his attempted suicide. Finally he couldn't even do it himself. The self-righteous and domineering "boss" from the past has become just a tool used by others. It cannot be said that this is not a retrogression in realizing the value of life. Knowing that in the end, I am too lazy to think, do what I want to do, and say what I want to say. So the suppressed nature exploded again, but it seemed that this kind of explosion was more in line with current events, so all the sinful thoughts became able to penetrate into his values again in a high-sounding manner.
At the end, Alex was surrounded by reporters and cameras, as if he was a very successful person, and the smile on his face was disgusting. His last sentence, "I feel completely healed" is even more ironic. People can't help but wonder what is justice and what is evil.
Speaking of this, I think of the sentence "When the fake is true, it is true and false, and there is no place where there is nothing."
"A Clockwork Orange" is a controversial film, which involves human nature, morality, law, politics, friendship, family affection, but It seems to be viewed from a biased angle. I think this is the only way to give people a stronger shock and impact. In addition, the composition of the scenes in the film is also remarkable.
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