Film Directors Everywhere Have a Research Proposal

An American Alex would be against classical music, with anarchists normally being associated with hard rock music. Moreover, he would find it perfectly normal to use drugs instead of drinking milk in a club that has dummies for tables. The reason for which a Hollywood producer would not have his psychotic character drinking milk is that he or she would unquestionably find such a scene to be sick, and, thus, not to be presented to a general public.

Most American movies presenting young people fighting for anarchy want to teach a lesson. They want people to understand that society is good and that it is not worth fighting it, since you only harm yourself in the process. In contrast, Kubrick shows that the system is bad and obsessed with maintaining control over people. After Alex is freed from prison, he can no longer be free, as his mind continues to be controlled by the medicine that he was given.

In the end of the movie, after the audience has witnessed an anarchist put down by the system, people can conclude that crime occasionally pays, and, that being institutionalized kills free-will. A Hollywood director might have had Alex learning an important lesson consequent to spending time in prison, eventually becoming a good citizen.

Works cited:

1. A Clockwork Orange. Dir. Stanley Kubrick. Warner Bros, 1972.