A Clockwork Orange

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What is your opinion on this highly controversial book and film? Did it shock or disgust you?

I can't see why it was banned, it had a story line that was easy to understand...

Love the book, hate the movie, thought Kubrick put too many sexualised sculptures and UFO-style wigs in it. About the best things about it was the sardonic soundtrack and Malcolm McDowell.

I liked the slang, but didn't think the book was anything special apart from that.

At a personal level, what is generally referred to as highly controversial has no meaning. Obviously I understand what is meant (only by listening to irrational plebs over the years) by the reference.

Fun movie and book.
For the moment, I don't have much to rattle on about either of them though

Read the book saw the movie and have the soundtrack by Wendy Carlos. The book I read was the later
edition by Anthony Burgess that has a final chapter showing Alex as a grown-up being a responsible and
productive member of society instead of a hooligan, but his change had very little to do with the treatment
that the doctors had given to "reform" him.

Recently my favorite radio show Echoes had a special celebrating Wendy Carlos's 70th birthday, she
wrote the music for the movie. Among her other works are Switched-On Bach and Sonic Seasonings.
One of the earliest pioneers of electronic music using synthesizers.