Cinema is not just a series of good feelings, described in the most beautiful romantic comedies, like Pretty woman, a classic of the genre for which director Garry Marshall had imagined a very particular method to bring out Julia Roberts’ famous laugh, the revelation of the film. No, the seventh art is also shocking works, which leave the spectator speechless, and leave an impression. With obviously a number of horror films, like Chainsaw Massacrewhose terrifying interpreter died in November 2015. In a completely different style, 1917 by Sam Mendes also stands out, for its deep dive into the heart of the fighting of the First World War. When it comes to historical feature films with unforgettable images, there is one that stands out undeniably: Stanley Kubrick.
Stanley Kubrick’s film broadcast on French television 24 years after its release
It is very difficult, if not impossible, to classify the masterpieces of this master of cinema, who bowed out far too early, in March 1999. Because the English director, obsessively attentive to detail, made some of the greatest films in history. Like Barry Lindona masterpiece at the four Oscars with its candle lighting or Full Metal Jacketa relentless portrait of American soldiers sent to Vietnam with its unforgettable screaming drill sergeant. Stanley Kubrick’s last film released in theaters a few months after his death, Eyes wide shut featured the Tom Cruise-Nicole Kidman couple, the most glamorous in Hollywood at the time. But the film by the brilliant filmmaker that caused the most ink to flow and provoked the most skin reactions was undoubtedly Clockwork Orange (1972), broadcast this Monday, July 1, 2024 at 10:50 p.m. on Arte. This visionary fable of remarkable intelligence and audacity on the excesses of society is a monument of the seventh art, with exacerbated violence. Banned for under-16s in cinemas, the film will not be broadcast for the first time on French television (on Canal+) until… 1996, 24 years after its theatrical release!
Clockwork Orangea visionary masterpiece
Inspired by a terrible news story, Clockwork Orange multiplies the shocking sequences, whether that of the protagonist of the film, his eyes held open in front of bloody images, or the terrible sequence of the rape perpetrated by Alex and his gang, lovers of music and the famous “Beethoven’s 9th (symphony)”The impact of the film was such in England that criminals claimed to be his characters during their misdeeds, and threats were sent to Stanley Kubrick and his family. Uniquely, it was the director himself who asked Warner, the film’s distributor, to withdraw Clockwork Orange of the poster, which will be done. However, this masterpiece remains as powerful and relevant today, to be seen and seen again, with a strong heart.
