Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange [Paperback]

Brings together critically informed essays about one of the most controversial films ever made.Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange brings together new and critically informed essays about one of the most controversial films ever made. A suite of essays examine the literary origins of the work, the nature of cinematic violence, questions of gender and the film's treatment of sexuality, and the difficulties of adapting an invented language ( nadsat ) for the screen. This volume also includes two contemporary and conflicting reviews by Roger Hughes and Pauline Kael, a detailed glossary of nadsat and stills from the film.Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange brings together new and critically informed essays about one of the most controversial films ever made. A suite of essays examine the literary origins of the work, the nature of cinematic violence, questions of gender and the film's treatment of sexuality, and the difficulties of adapting an invented language ( nadsat ) for the screen. This volume also includes two contemporary and conflicting reviews by Roger Hughes and Pauline Kael, a detailed glossary of nadsat and stills from the film.Bringing together new and critically informed essays about one of the most controversial films ever made, this collection of writings examines the literary origins of the work, the nature of cinematic violence, questions of gender and the film's treatment of sexuality, as well as the difficulties of adapting an invented language ( nadsat ) for the screen. The volume also includes two contemporary and conflicting reviews by Roger Hughes and Pauline Kael, a detailed glossary of nadsat and reproductions of stills from the film.Introduction: 'What's it going to be then, eh?': Questioning Kubrick's Clockwork Stuart Y. McDougal; 1. A Clockwork & ticking Robert Kolker; 2. The cultural productions of A Clockwork Orange Janet Staiger; 3. An erotics of violence: masculinity and (homo)sexuality in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Oral³