l choice, has he?” This quote is arguably the crux of the story, and one of Kubrick’s crucial points, asking us the question to what extent and at what cost will we go to reform people? The final scene in Stanley Kubrick's movie is Alex's thoughts of violence coming back with no painful repercussions. [except for the second to last line, which is itself wholly unsatisfactory, this whole section on A Clockwork Orange is basically summary/descriptive analysis; you have to go much farther than this to fit A Clockwork Orange into the equation you spelled out in the beginning; what is the thread that links these two films, and indeed, Kubrick’s work in its entirety, at least in part? And then convey how they are different]The two movies differ greatly both in subject matter and in cinematic styling. One is an outwardly hilarious satire and the other an artful drama. Yet both movies tell the same saga about the human race and the violent darkness which lies within all of us. Whether it is the system trying to strip away our God-given right of free will to choose our life’s path or the dark reality of a global destruction, the human race is ultimately bad.[again not that simple] Kubrick uses completely different styles[vague] to show this point showing his giftedness as a filmmaker. He can show the dark side of humanity through both a comic and serious medium and do it in a way that makes us think they are completely different.[extraneous and basically redundant] This exemplifies the ideas that make up the definition of auteur theory perfectly as does the man himself, Stanley Kubrick....
