(Someone needs to figure out the 40th anniversary isn't until
Dec 19, 2011 - ed)
If you are going please take pictures, audio/video and I will be happy to
trade: contact me.
News | Pictures
8/6/10
A Clockwork Orange 40th Anniversary Screening with Malcolm
McDowell Friday 8/6/10 Murray Theater 4959 S. State 801-654-6678
Category:
A&E Essentials Picks The controversial 1971 film-based on the novel by
Anthony Burgess and starring McDowell as the antisocial Alex-earned a reputation
for glorifying violence and sex, and, of course, caused an uproar among
God-fearing folks. Its original version received the MPAA's X rating until
Kubrick edited out 30 seconds of sex. As most ACO-philes know, the unedited
version is the one available on DVD and shown at screenings. Interesting then,
that four decades later-although the film remains unsettling even in these days
of torture porn and Disney pop stars, and with lead droog McDowell showing up
for the occasion-that probably no one will show up to protest. Is it because,
after all this time, the message-what constitutes "good" and
"evil," and is it morally proper to force a man into changing his
inherent leanings-finally sank in? Or have we all become desensitized? These are
surely good questions to put to Mr. McDowell if he deigns to entertain an
audience Q&A. Then again, instead of analyzing the film, maybe it's better
to get drooged-up, don your eyeliner and sneak Milk Chugs into the film and just
dig the ultraviolence…
7/17/10
A bit of the old ultra-violence will be descending on the Murray Theatre next
month.
A 40th-anniversary screening of "A Clockwork Orange," Stanley
Kubrick's still-controversial 1971 adaptation of Anthony Burgess' novel, is set
for Aug. 6 at the Murray Theatre, 4959 S. State St., Murray. The big news -- and
the reason for the $40 ticket price -- is that the movie's star, Malcolm
McDowell, will be there in person to introduce the film. McDowell played
Alex DeLarge, a teen delinquent in a dystopian Britain, leading his
bowler-wearing group of thugs -- the Droogs -- in random acts of "the old
ultra-violence." Then Alex is sent to prison, where the "aversion
therapy" designed to end his violent tendencies ends in even more horrific
results. Tickets for the event, which includes an afterparty (presumably at a
milk bar), are available at 24Tix.
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