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Malcolm McDowell Thinks Audiences Misunderstood A Clockwork Orange
By WITNEY SEIBOLD
Stanley Kubrick's 1971 sci-fi satire "A Clockwork Orange" follows Alex DeLarge (Malcolm McDowell) and his street gang in various brutally violent misadventures.
Some critics believe the film advocates violence as Alex is presented as bright, funny, and charismatic, while others believe that viewers are meant to shrink from its brutality.
However, McDowell told ScreenRant he believes that both views are slightly incorrect, saying, "I was a bit perturbed that they seemed to think it was a very violent film."
He continued, "I honestly thought they missed the point there, because it's really satirical, that part. I mean, yes, it's violent, more violence, it's psychological violence."
McDowell sees the violence in "A Clockwork Orange" as wholly artificial and presented in a context so wild that one could watch it without being disturbed.