A Clockwork Orange Analysis

Wednesday 19th March 2014 Classwork

A Clockwork Orange
- Asked to identify with a bad person
- "Duality of man"

Case Study
- Contemporary cinema, last 10 years
- Gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity

A Clockwork Orange
- How are women introduced to the audience?
- How are the audience positioned to view them?

Male Gaze in A Clockwork Orange

- Women introduced as decoration rather than people
- First real woman we see is a sex object
- Phallic images accompany Alex's violent acts

Ludovico Treatment Scene

The Mirror Stage
- The Life of David Gale
- The mirror Stage
- Reflects onto us and film
_ White, straight men
- Views himself as the image created in the mirror stage
- Mulvey and mirror stage = Old Theories
- H/W = Choose film + What debate

The Duality of Man Analysis

Full Metal Jacket "Rather Him Than Me" Clip Analysis

Alignment F.M.J