A Clockwork Orange

I’ve struggled a bit with this film more than any other Kubrick. The problem is that I think I get it too easily, or I don’t get it at all. I’m never quite sure.

One thing’s for sure, it’s a hard watch at times. Kubrick, taking Anthony Burgess’ novella and running with it, creates a main character so loathsome and charming all at once that it can create a certain dissonance in an audience (Roger Ebert’s review of the original release is a fantastic example of a reviewer who simply could not...