Best Movie Ever: A Clockwork Orange

Is the dystopian future of A Clockwork Orange one where the Soviets won the cold war?

Much of the fabricated slang that author Anthony Burgess created (known as Nadsat) has its roots in Russian.  And some of the gang costumes, like the ones from this Ludovico treatment film, look like uniforms out of the Crimean War.

Certainly the willingness of the state to create a program to systematically eradicate antisocial behavior through science falls in line with Soviet-style thinking, but Burgess' send-up of bureaucracy hardly makes this a piece of commie propaganda.

Doctor Branom's gigantic face hovers over bedridden Alex like a Kryptonian jury member, pummeling him with aphorisms, when all the poor guy wants to do is beat people up, steal and commit sex crimes.

The eggheads in charge weren't expecting any pesky religious talk, and they certainly didn't expect commentary on their films' background score.

When images from Nazi Germany are set to his beloved Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th Symphony (ironically enough, the "Ode to Joy,") Alex reaches his breaking point.  As the doctors wonder if anything can be done, they quickly find a good way to spin it.  "Here's your punishment element, perhaps - the Governor ought to be pleased."

Yes, I'm sure it was this sly political commentary that W. Axl Rose had in mind when he ripped off this image for the "Welcome to the Jungle" video.

And I can prove it with this boring moment of on the nose speeches!

Here we see bleeding heart Priest (on Alex's LEFT) arguing for the rights of the individual and the dignity of man squaring off against the cold Politician (on Alex's RIGHT) arguing about the good of the state and the safety of the citizenry.

Okay, everybody got that?  We can back to more boobs and beatings now.