tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591038.post6193359374878774928..comments2024-02-25T04:20:09.570-08:00Comments on When the Dead Walk the Earth: A Clockwork Orange (1971)Jeff McMahonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455194268519396055noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591038.post-67357659591662915052008-04-03T07:37:00.000-08:002008-04-03T07:37:00.000-08:00Jeff, As far as desensitization .... when watching...Jeff, <BR/>As far as desensitization .... when watching it on a big screen, by the time I reached the attacks that they're showing Alex during his "treatment," the violence was just washing over me. IT was the strangest feeling, watching something that should make yo uwince, but kinda sitting there and watching it without feeling. <BR/><BR/>I have a hard time putting Kubrick's ultimate goal intoK. Bowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130942010358018154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591038.post-19351152114804476792008-04-03T02:00:00.000-08:002008-04-03T02:00:00.000-08:00Interesting comment re: Barry Lyndon, and I'll kee...Interesting comment re: Barry Lyndon, and I'll keep that in mind next time I watch it. It's really a film that grows on you. <BR/><BR/>I'm interested to hear more about what you say about 'desensitized' because it's an important topic, especially regarding this film. <BR/><BR/>One other thing that I want to add is that watching this film right now has served as an important reaffirmation for me Jeff McMahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17455194268519396055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591038.post-21482607030435068962008-04-02T19:54:00.000-08:002008-04-02T19:54:00.000-08:00Lyndon is the Rosetta Stone of Kubrick's work. If ...Lyndon is the Rosetta Stone of Kubrick's work. If you think about it, read about it, learn about it, you will eventually start to see the rest of his work translated through that film. <BR/><BR/>What I remember about seeing Clockwork on the big screen was the way that by the time of the Ludovico treatment, I was feeling desensitized to the violence on screen, and it wasn't a pleasant revelation.K. Bowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130942010358018154noreply@blogger.com