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Originally posted by jayeff
Strangely enough since I was only 21 when the film appeared, it didn't occur to me that CO was about youth. Nor have I noticed since the domination of which you speak: only that the world is very practised at allowing youth the illusion they matter. If you want a movie about youth fighting back, McDowell's first movie, "If", might do it better for you.
CO showed a world in which technology had left behind morality. Violence was rampant and a government anxious to clear its prisons (to make room for political prisoners) embarked on a course of brainwashing for violent criminals. Thus the central question of whether dehumanizing an individual is a more morally acceptable solution than killing him.
With great relevance to the present, the film asks what sacrifices we are willing to make in order to live in relative security. It also takes a poke at the public's willingness to praise a government one day and turn on it the next: both without any real reason.
I also believe that many people saw more sex and violence in the film than was really there. That's a testament to how well Kubrick made CO, but it is worth noting that the film was re-rated to "R" some years ago.
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You deserver a bone, but it's not about killing.
It''s about taking a mans choice not to redeem him but to restrain/control him. Thats how you end up with a society of ORANGES that behave like CLOCKWORK. It does not matter the reason why, the result is the same. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.