A CLOCKWORK ORANGE'S Prediction of DYSTOPIAN DEMOCRACY: the Rise & Failure of AUTHORITARIANISM

For a hundred years now, we have been fascinated by DYSTOPIAS: nightmare-visions of environmental disasters, squalor, societal decline, or tyrannical governments maintaining complete control over a society—whether through brute force, propaganda, censorship or denial of free thought, brainwashing, or all of the above, leading to the complete loss of individuality.

But in this ever-expanding genre, there is one dystopian film that stands out as horrifyingly unique, breaking the mold, and creating a dystopian world unlike any other—except maybe, potentially, our own. Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 film adaptation A Clockwork Orange follows the deviant peregrinations of a young criminal named Alex Delarge, as he navigates a dystopian of version of London, England. This video explores the nature of crime, government, and culture. Why does authoritarianism fail to create safety and prevent crime? Can democracies be totalitarian? What makes policing ineffective? How do liberals respond in a world where liberalism is falling out of favor? How does culture, art, and architecture reflect the character of a society? Are their similarities between A Clockwork Orange and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World? If so, what do these classic novels have to say about our own societies?

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CHAPTERS
Chaotic Totalitarianism: A Dystopia Unlike Any Other 00:00
Corruption of Police & Politicians 6:12
How Liberalism Betrays Itself 10:03
Failing Families: Society's Poisoned Well 14:45
The Precursor of a BRAVE NEW WORLD 19:36
Modern Art: the Décor of Dystopia 23:50
BRUTALISM: the ARCHITECTURE of Dystopia 26:55
Synthetic Pop Music: Rhythm of the Subjugated 29:15
Misery Through Avoiding Struggle 31:29

FURTHER READING
"A Clockwork Orange," The International Anthony Burgess Foundation (“‘the dream of liberalism going mad’.”)
https://www.anthonyburgess.org/a-clockwork-orange/

Kubrick on A Clockwork Orange: An interview with Michel Ciment
www.visual-memory.co.uk/amk/doc/interview.aco.html

Kubrick Tells What Makes A Clockwork Orange Tick by Bernard Weintraub
www.archiviokubrick.it/english/words/interviews/1972clockworktick.html

‘A Clockwork Orange’: Kubrick and Burgess’ Vision of the Modern World
https://cinephiliabeyond.org/clockwork-orange-kubrick-burgess-vision-modern-world/