Reid Goldberg is a features writer for Collider. Having grown up in the Midwest, he attended the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.
The Big Picture Largely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Stanley Kubrick was famously uncompromising and enigmatic in executing his singular vision of cinematic storytelling. Lauded for challenging audiences and pushing the boundaries of the medium, the Bronx native was also known for attracting controversy. And while several of his films would garner backlash, nothing compared to the uproar generated over 1971's A Clockwork Orange.
Release Date December 19, 1971 Director Stanley Kubrick Cast Malcolm McDowell , Patrick Magee , Michael Bates , Warren Clarke , John Clive , Adrienne Corri Runtime 136 mins Main Genre Crime Writers Stanley Kubrick , Anthony Burgess Studio Warner Bros. Stanley Kubrick Dealt With Controversy Long Before 'A Clockwork Orange' As an artist of such rare conviction and vision, perhaps it's no surprise that Stanley Kubrick would ruffle some feathers throughout his iconic career.
Writing for The New Yorker, renowned critic Pauline Kael was particularly scathing in asking, "Is there anything sadder — and ultimately more repellent — than a clean-minded pornographer?" In a similar assessment, Roger Ebert proclaimed, "Alex has been made into a sadistic rapist not by society, not by his parents, not by the police state, not by centralization and not by creeping fascism — but by the producer, director and writer of this film, Stanley Kubrick.
With local media, prosecutors, judges, and politicians piling on, seeking a sacrificial lamb they could use to provide the public with a simple explanation for complex societal ills, Kubrick outright rejected the notion that his film was responsible for such behavior. He told Michel Ciment of Positif:
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