http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:53:23 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/10/30/073219.php#comment-646521 i would like to point out that i saw A Clockword Orange in the movie theatre on a field trip when i was in 5th grade. that may explain something about me, though i'm not too sure. 646521@blogcritics.org Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:53:23 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/10/30/073219.php#comment-646514 Duke, you are too kind. I know a lot of people only care for the first half of FMJ, and I have seen it more times than I remember, but the second half worked for me, maybe even more than the first, as it examined "The duality of man. The Jungian thing, sir." With most Stanley's films, I see more in them with each viewing. Now let's imagine for a moment a world where all films were a bit less than something extraordinary. 646514@blogcritics.org Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:33:49 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/10/30/073219.php#comment-646492 Sir Bicho, excellent interview, beautifully written as ever. I'm torn on the matter of Kubrick. Times i think he's grossly overrated, and certainly two of my favorites - Full Metal Jacket and A Clockwork Orange - are really only Half Great films (explicitly in the case of Full Metal Jacket, you can pinpoint the precise moment when it turns from somethin extraordinary to somethin a bit less than that). But then there's Strangelove and The Shining which are, no doubt, flawless from start till end. I dunno. But that has no bearing on this article, which, as i mentioned, is a joy, 646492@blogcritics.org Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:21:06 EDT