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Originally Posted by Slainte
No. Wrong. Seriously, do some research...outside of your local yokel video store.
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Mmm'kay....
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=A+Clockwork+Orange
The majority rail on about "futuristic dystopian orgy of sex and violence"; again, right to the root of my argument: it is loved by a subset (thus "cult classic") but generally diregarded as an ode to ultraviolence. See Roger Ebert's review:
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/...202110301/1023
The author of the novel upon which it is based said the same things! He railed on how the world was misinterpretting his work, "The book I am best known for, or only known for, is a novel I am prepared to repudiate: written a quarter of a century ago, a jeu d'esprit knocked off for money in three weeks, it became known as the raw material for a film which seemed to glorify sex and violence. The film made it easy for readers of the book to misunderstand what it was about, and the misunderstanding will pursue me till I die." (per
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange)
You must be a fan too; we're in a cult. Heh.