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Awix (3310 KP) rated A Clockwork Orange (1971) in Movies

Apr 7, 2019 (Updated Apr 7, 2019)  
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
1971 | Crime, Sci-Fi
Kubrick's provocative examination of violence and morality. Young offender Alex (McDowell) leads a carefree life of theft, assault, and rape, until his actions catch up with him and he is sent to prison. There he volunteers for a new therapy which is supposed to remove his capacity for violent wrongdoing...

A massively iconic, much-imitated film, despite being taken out of circulation (in the UK at least) by the director for thirty years. The film's musings on the nature of moral agency are less striking than its baleful, scathing criticism of social attitudes towards crime and punishment, and the extraordinarily vivid opening and still difficult-to-watch opening sequence. A grotesque morality play with many coups de cinema; an extraordinary film by any standard.
  
Heist Society (Heist Society, #1)
Heist Society (Heist Society, #1)
Ally Carter | 2010 | Young Adult (YA)
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6.9 (7 Ratings)
Book Rating
I enjoyed this, which is unusual for me since I tend to prefer my YA books to be of the paranormal variety.

Hearing how Kat and the rest of her team were brought up doing art theft jobs was fun. Kat being the "grease man" when she was five. Awww.

The rest of her team were cool too. The brothers and Simon made me laugh at one bit on the day of the job. But I think Hale, who's name I want to know with almost the same desperation as Kat, was my favourite. I'm hoping that him and Kat sort themselves out in the next book and get together instead of circling around each other.

Will definitely be reading the next one!