“THE POWER DRUG”
An in-depth analysis of
Stanley Kubrick’s
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
Text copyright © by Rob Ager 2010
CONTENTS
1 PREPARATION AND RESEARCH
2 BOOK AND FILM DIFFERENCES
3 THE HAND OF HYPOCRISY
4 THE NEW PSYCHEDELIC FASCISM
5 STATUES AND MANNEQUINS
6 LITTLE ALEX
7 AN EYE FOR AN EYE
8 QUEER AS A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
9 GOOD, LOVING PARENTS (video supplement added 20th Jan 2011)
10 THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING
11 YOUR HUMBLE NARRATOR
12 PECKING ORDERS
13 A LUST FOR POWER
14 WATCH FOR THE ORANGE EYE
15 ORCHESTRATED VIOLENCE (video supplement added 11th Jan 2011)
16 THE LIGHT OF HEAVENLY GRACE
17 POLITICAL PUPPETS AND PAINFUL HISTORY
18 DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT DREAMS?
19 A SYMBOL OF OUR NEW UNDERSTANDING
20 THE KUBRICK TECHNIQUE
21 THE FACES OF ALEX
22 SUMMARY
There are still some minor updates to be added to some chapters.
My much shorter 2007 video analysis of this film is now only available on my DVD set Kubrick Decoded Volume One. See DVD Products page for details.