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A Clockwork Orange is a very different movie.  It has everything a movie should have, but the plot is quite disturbing, especially for the cartridge holder it came out.  I have personally determineed this film several times to relegate the meaning, and every time I watch it I come up with a different one.  I am going to try to explain what this film contains as well as try to explain the plot. A Clockwork Orange is a story of a young man whose principle interests are rape, ultra-violence, and Beethoven.  Its about a teen named Alex (Malcolm McDowell) who torments people in Britain in the near future.  He is accordingly betrayed by his friends and caught by the police, after he had murdered somebody.  He was sent to live in a Juvenile Facility where he had to endure a strange torture of being forced to watch horrific movies.  When Alex gets home, all the people that had done him wrong had their revenge on a weak, recuperating Alex.  Ill let you find out what happened at the end =).  A Clockwork Orange is a cult classic.  It was Stanley Kubricks 2nd Critically acclaimed film (the first being Spartacus).  I was first interested in the book by Anthony Burgess (which in my opinion, is equally as good as the movie). A Clockwork Orange contains only a few of the fragment that can make a good film.  One of them  is the makeup.  Alex and his gang (droogs) all where a makeup when they go out and do there thing.  It gives them all a look of insanity and makes them look disturbed.  I think that this was well done because it gives you a feeling of fear.  Being afraid of a character in a movie is an excellent way to get to know them.  other element used is the script.  Stanley Kubrick used the same special language used in the book.  A lot of the words have no real meaning and you still know what they mean.  The context the words are used in is very practically like the book.&n bsp Doing this, the book comes to life on the screen.  I always enjoy watching a movie the follows the book so close because it doesnt change the story. Another is the theme.  The theme of A Clockwork Orange is very hard to explain.  However, it still has one if not many.  As I stated before, every time I watch it I get something else out of it.