A Clockwork Orange Film Analysis Stanley Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange was a deeply disturbing depiction of human nature that shed light onto dark thoughts in the character’s soul. Alex seems to have no regard for human decency or human life. He and his gang of friends kill at will. They have no purpose for their violent outbursts other than to shock and degrade their victims. They have fun making others suffer. This is the logic that is upheld by Friedrich Nietzsche in his approval of Prosper
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Full Metal Jacket And Lighting Stanley Kubrick typically had worked with John Alcott in cinematography. However‚ Alcott’s right hand man - Douglas Milsome – made his debut in cinematography working on Kubrick’s film Full Metal Jacket in 1987. Full-Metal Jacket has a wide range of cinematography and lighting. Depending on the given situation and time the lighting compliments the cinematography. The techniques of lighting and camera-work are complementary of certain moods – comedy‚ gloomy‚ sad
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Why does jack say “ I feel like I’ve been here before.” “The Shining” written by novelist Stephen King‚ was directed by Stanley Kubrick and released in 1980. This was a mysterious film about a hotel called the Overlook Hotel‚ Which Jack Torence and his family stay at for the winter. Jack is the caretaker. He has to watch the hotel for all of winter. Dick Holleren‚ the chef of the hotel‚ tells Jack it gets a little isolated and that’s when thing start to happen. Although the Shining is a horror film
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Introduction The great works of Stanley Kubrick was one of the main reasons why I have become so interested in film over the past years. Something I have always admired about them was the amount of depth they held. So‚ when faced with having to choose a film to write this journal on there was no other option for me than my favorite Kubrick film‚ A Clockwork Orange‚ a film that shocked a nation with its explicit visuals and storytelling. In this paper I will touch on what I see as the film’s cultural
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Having viewed in class five of Stanley Kubrick’s films and a documentary about him‚ a decent understanding of Kubrick’s process and vision is learnt; the two films Spartacus and Full Metal Jacket were the most inspirational and significan films of the bunch. Spartacus is about a rebellious (slave of the same name) purchased by Lentulus Batiatus‚ owner of a school for gladiators. For the entertainment of corrupt Roman senator Marcus Licinius Crassus‚ Batiatus’ gladiators fight to the death. On the
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I Learned To Quit Worrying And Love The Bomb‚ I found the film to be unamusing and almost painful to watch. However it became more and more barable with each of my 3 screenings. While I can acknowledge the cleverness and audacity of director Stanley Kubrick for the films political satire and the memorable character performances‚ all in all I found the film to be tepid‚ muddled‚ and lacking both cohesion and climax. The combination of the films eclectic characters felt out of place‚ but none
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If the thought of war which is a bunch of people trying to kill another group of people doesn’t scare you then when you have people who are in charge of the soldiers’ lives that are corrupt shows how trivial the soldier’s life can be. During the scenes of action especially with Col. Dax running trying to regiment 701 out of the trenches again shows the madness that is in this film. Dax tries to get them out of the trenches but the soldiers will not move because they know they will die. When Dax goes
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Dr. Strangelove: Air Force General‚ Jack D. Ripper‚ orders his troops to attack a Soviet base. President Muffley brings in the Russian ambassador to the War Room General Turgidson doesn’t trust Ambassador de Sadesky. Thinks he is a spy. Russians have a doomsday device that will destroy the planet if they are attacked. General Turgidson wishes America had a doomsday device. ProQuest Document: On the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ “The situation would be even graver if there were any LeMay
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In the novel/film “A Clockwork Orange” written/directed by Anthony Burgess/Stanley Kubrick‚ we are thrown into a futuristic dystopian world of England. In this world we are thrown into a society where a 15 year old boy named Alex narrates his life through this area. Alex‚ the Faustian protagonist of A Clockwork Orange‚ and a sadistic and depraved gang leader preys on the weak and innocent. Alex’s society/neighborhood consist of a lot of youth violence and corruption within the state. The film stays
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Tessa Wilson PSC 3030 October 6‚ 2011 The Failure of Liberalism in Dr. Strangelove Though Stanley Kubrick wrote Dr. Strangelove as a comedy‚ the premise and plot of the film are extremely realistic and suspenseful‚ this in part accounts for why the nightmare comedy was so successful. The main objective of the film was to show how military and civilian leaders would attempt to cope with an outbreak of an accidental nuclear war. However‚ in subtle and sometimes not so subtle ways‚ it also
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