Clockwork Orange in blu-ray!
"Clockwork Orange" ("A Clockwork Orange", 1971), a Stanley Kubrick’s film, turns 40 in 2011. The film, which portrays a future society where violence is widespread, works a maximum of U.S. director and win a commemorative blu-ray edition, which hit the market (U.S.) in late May.
The package includes two discs of new material on the production, the documentary "Turning Like Clockwork" (25 min.), A long interview of actor Malcolm McDowell, star of the film in the role of the troubled Alex DeLarge, the documentary "Still tickin ': The Return of Clockwork Orange "and a making of.
It's always nice to remember on of the most famous quotes and sayings in the movie:
"Initiative comes to thems that wait. "
Based on the homonymous novel by Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange "has invented a language, the" Nadsat ", a kind of slangthat mixes English and Russian and is used by gangs of teenagers in the plot. The book also gives the term "Ultraviolence" ("ultra-violence" in translation Brazil), an extreme form of gratuitous violence practiced by the protagonist, his only source of pleasure.
The title "A Clockwork Orange" contains an encrypted and untranslatable pun. The word "orange" alludes to "orange", "man" inMalay (the root word "orangutan). According to the author himself explained in an essay, the title evokes "an organic entity, full of juice and sweetness and perfume, which is transformed into an automaton."
Both the book and the movie are an endless source of inspiration for the pop. Artists as diverse as David Bowie, Kylie Minogue, Lady Gaga and Cavalera Conspiracy have made mention of characters or passages of the work, in their songs and clips.
And if you're a fan of "A Clockwork Orange, be sure to also watch the film" If.... "(Anyway, with four dots), also starring McDowell and found a reference to Kubrick in his film adaptation
