5. Clockwork Orange
FB: The opening scene is really brilliant, with the chords coming in and that classic Kubrick zooming-in. And of course when Alex brings two girls home and has his way with them. The use of Beethoven is so good in that scene.
RZ: What I love about this is that Kubrick choreographs a lot of the scenes so beautifully. Especially in 2001: A Space Odyssey, but here there’s a fight scene between the gangs which is so theatrical. It’s almost balletic.
FB: This is apparently the first film to use Dolby sound. I was once at a party arguing with Sam Duckworth because he said Dolby was more important to music than punk. Dolby is just something that was high-tech in the past, whereas punk continues to resonate – it’s part of the evolution. I don’t know what his reasoning was. The thought of a whole conversation on the subject makes me want to sit with my eyes wide open but actually be asleep.
