Science Fiction · Crime
British
1971 · Directed by Stanley Kubrick · 137 min
In a near-future England of gangs, tower blocks and state control, a teenage ringleader who loves violence and Beethoven is caught and offered a radical cure. A satirical, stylised and deliberately provocative film about free will, told in its own invented slang.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining film of the permissive, boundary-testing years of New Hollywood-era cinema, and a landmark of dystopian science fiction that treats the future as satire rather than spectacle.
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Watch how the film seduces you through style and voice, and notice when that seduction starts to feel uncomfortable.
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