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DeborahYoung
DeborahYoung
Thank you for Saturday/Bits about A Clockwork Orange
May 11 2009, 4:27 PM EDT | Post edited: May 11 2009, 4:27 PM EDT
I'm not sure how this works or where to leave a message but I just wanted to thank the organisers and speakers for last Saturday's event. I am looking forward to the next one. I was too shy to say anything at the time but I wondered if anyone else thought about these points - that the clip of Gene Kelly in Singing in the Rain was satirised by Kubrick in A Clockwork Orange, an interesting irony considering the very polarised emotions evoked. Also, my viewing of A Clockwork Orange was forever changed when I learned that the most shocking part of the film was based on an experience of Burgess and his wife during a blackout in 1943: drunken American soldiers gone AWOL invaded their home, attacked Burgess and gang-raped his wife. Since learning this I have not been able to watch the film again and I wonder how others have coped emotionally with this information. I would be very interested to hear other people's views whether you attended on Saturday or not. Thanks again for a fantastic two hours. Very best wishes, Deborah Do you find this valuable?    
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DavidMathew
1. RE: Thank you for Saturday/Bits about A Clockwork Orange
May 15 2009, 6:04 AM EDT | Post edited: May 15 2009, 6:04 AM EDT
I thought the event last Saturday was top notch. I really enjoyed it and I have put the details for the next events in my diary. (I hope that all of the venues are as lovely as the Everyman!) I definitely won't be able to make the next one but others should be fine... I didn't know that story about Burgess and his wife. I read his memoirs years ago, but I agree it colours the film a shade even darker than it already is. Do you find this valuable?