ecovery from a crippling disease, seem to work well both dramatically and as expressions of an idea. Michel: What amuses me is that many reviewers speak of this society as a communist one, whereas there is no reason to think it is. Stanley: The Minister, played by Anthony Sharp, is clearly a figure of the Right. The writer, Patrick Magee, is a lunatic of the Left. 'The common people must be led, driven, pushed!' he pants into the telephone. 'They will sell their liberty for an easier life!' Michel: But these could be the very words of a fascist. Stanley: Yes, of course. They differ only in their dogma. Their means and ends are hardly distinguishable. Michel: You deal with the violence in a way that appears to distance it. Stanley: If this occurs it may be because the story both in the novel and the film is told by Alex, and everything that happens is seen through his eyes. Since he has his own rather special way of seeing what he does, this may have some effect in distancing the violence. Some people have asserted that this made the violence attractive. I think this view is totally incorrect....
