Stanley Kubrick's a Clockwork Orange

by Stuart Y. McDougal

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521574889
• ISBN13: 9780521574884
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 9.7"