Films involving Limb & Spinal Conditions

Limb & Spinal Minor

TITLE

Clockwork Orange, A (1971)

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DISABILITY

Limb Wheelchair

COUNTRY

USA

LENGTH

137

GENRE

Horror

DIRECTOR

Stanley Kubrick

CAST

Malcolm McDowell

Patrick Magee

Michael Bates

Warren Clarke

John Clive

Adrienne Corri

Carl Duering

Paul Farrell

NOTES

Notoriously violent film banned from showing in the U.K. by

Kubrick. It's possible after Kubrick's death (March 1999) this

may be shown in the U.K.

Set in the future ( 80s England) when gangs of youths are

terrorising the country. One of the victims is left paralyzed

and in a wheelchair. The leader of the gang, Alex, ends in

prison and is put through a brain washing regime.

I've since seen the film (on British TV) and I was not over

impressed. The film is a feast for the eye and the set

designer deserves the most praise. But the script is pushing

its message (of free will) with such force it slips over the

edge of the cliff. For example Alex's treatment includes being

strapped to a cinema seat with his eyelids held back and

forced to watch violent films. This form of aversion treatment

is now old hat and shows how dangerous it is to promulgate

fashionable ideas in fiction.

From Anthony Burgess's novel.

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