Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (Cambridge Film Handbooks) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521573769 ISBN 13: 9780521573764

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Stanley Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange' brings together critically informed essays about one of the most powerful, important and controversial films ever made. Following an introduction that provides an overview of the film and its production history, 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.

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Review:

"Highly recommended. Academic libraries supporting film studies at the lower-division undergraduate level and above." Choice

Book Description:

Brings together critically informed essays about one of the most controversial films ever made. It examines 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 for the screen.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521573769
• ISBN 13: 9780521573764
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 184
• Editor: McDougal Stuart Y.