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From: rwl@uvacs.UUCP (Ray Lubinsky)
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Subject: Kubrik's ``A Clockwork Orange''
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Date: Mon, 30-Sep-85 10:18:14 EDT
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> I would disagree with one * for "Clockwork Orange" - more like ***1/2 to ****!

Absolutely, Laura!  This is one of my favorite movies, in part for Kubrik's eye
for photocomposition, mainly because it engages me on many levels.  Any
creative work -- fiction, painting, whatever -- that can hit you on so many
levels is Art in my book.  The characters are well-developed, the plot is
intense, the message is complex but clear.

Maybe detractors of ``A Clockwork Orange'' are not seeing beyond the violence.
Sure it's there, but it's not an end unto itself.  (If you don't appreciate the
distinction, watch a low-budget martial arts film.)  It's not a film for the
faint-hearted, but then hard-hitting drama never is.
-- 

Ray Lubinsky		     University of Virginia, Dept. of Computer Science
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