a clockwork orange

                     A Clockwork Orange

  A clockwork orange is an anti-social criminal film which was released in 1971.It took place in futuristic London,Alex Delarge who was played by Malcolm McDwell is a leader of "droogs".They fight with others and rape women.Although they saved a girl who was raped by another gang.they came into a home of writer who is anti-government,and rape his wife.He fight with his friend ,and his friends want to revenge.One night,he want to rape the woman who lived alone.but he killed her accidentally.when he want to escape ,his friend hit him and he fainted.So he was taken into prison .Because he want go out of prison as soon as possible .So he agree to received an experimental aversion therapy for rehabilitating criminals within two weeks.When he was free from the prison.He was bullied by some people who were bullied by him before.When he came to the writer's home again.The writer let him stay in the room and playing Beethoven's ninth symphony which is his favorite music.When he jumped from the room and into the hospital .He tell people he has been healed.but in fact ,he began to love violence and rape again.

  This film was banned when it was released in England because it contain a lot of violence and erotic until the director Stanley Kubrick was dead. moreover,At that time ,There are some criminal event which were happened in England .The government think this film led to these things happen.
           

  A clockwork orange suggests some of dark side such as humanity and society.First of all,Alex'gang raped the woman but they do not allow others do it like them .His gang like a small government,they can do everything even it is wrong but general public can not do .Secondly ,it is a issue about freedom.Alex was a bad man.But the government made him become a person who is numb and can not choose to be good or bad.This means government use law and right to limited people's free.In addition,this film also imply that people are inherently bad.

 In this film ,there is a thing which is very interesting that Alex favorite music is Beethoven's ninth symphony .As we all know that it is a elegant works of art.So why did Alex like this elegant music at the same time he like to do some violent crime.Actually,Hitler also like elegant music and many Nazis senior had received high education but it does not affect them to attack other country and kill those people.

The remains of Day

                      The remains of Day

PLOT

In 1950s post-war Britain. Mr stevens received a letter from Miss Kenton who was his colleague in the 20 years eairly .The film flashes back to Kenton’s arrival as housekeeper in 1930s. Mr stevens,he is an English butler who has dedicated his life to the loyal service of Lord Darlington . His level of loyalty is the highest.Miss Kenton who is his colleague.She is not very inflexible .In the manor, there is a rule that woman and man cannot have personal emotion.But love will come in time,Stevens fell in love with Kenton .It is definitely that Stevens will never violate this rule because he always strict for himself .So he buried his love in the heart.His worry and fear make him missed the best time to get together with Kenton.Finally ,she left.because the perfect performance of the actor and actress, they make the emotion of the repression expression to be perfect.The second world war has subtly evolved as the story developed.

Characters

The remains of Day directing by James Lvory in 1993.The author of this novel is Kazuo Ishigguro in 1989. and perform by Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins.Emma Thompson plays Miss Kenton who was a housekeeper at Darlington Hall .Anthony Hopkins plays Mr Stevens who was a loyal butler and he set a high standard for himself ,and particularly concerned with dignity. Stevens think to express feelings about his personal matters will compromise his dignity.

Setting 

There are a lot of country estates of English as location for the film .for example,Dyrham Park for the exterior of the house and the driveway, Powderham Castle , the interior of which was used for the aqua-turquoise stairway scenes, Corsham Court and Badminton House . Some scenes were also shot in the Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, which stood in for Clevedon. 

             

    This story occured at the period of the sceond world war in British.At that time,the social rules were certainly a major constraint.servants who wish to get married and have children immediately find themselves without a job, Married life is incompatible with total devotion to one's master. A truly "great butler" does not abandon his profession.So like Stevens ,he has to restrain his emotion by his job. When they stay at the Darlington Hall, Stevens choose to maintain the distance for his dignity which his personal understanding instead of to find the feeling that existed bewteen himself and Miss Kenton.