In 1973 “A Clockwork Orange” was then withdrawn from British release at the request of the director.ĭocumentary exploring Canary Wharf, the economical centre of London a narrator reads excerpts from the science fiction novel “Super Cannes” (2000) by English novelist, and satirist essayist James Graham Ballard.įootage of corporate offices, public spaces, shopping malls are combined with a narrative dedicated to the invisible dynamics of the modern business environment. Kubrick defined his film as “a social satire dealing with the question of whether behavioural psychology and psychological conditioning are dangerous new weapons for a totalitarian government to use to impose vast controls on its citizens and turn them into little more than robots.” Following its release, the film was cited for alleged influence during some episodes of violence committed by young people and was considered diseducational by a part of public opinion. Ballard’s novel explores how successful businessman are psychologically encouraged to indulge themselves in activities involving sex and violence, as a cure for stress. The recent documentary “Into the Garden of Glass and Steel” by the young Greek filmmaker Aristotelis Maragkos and Kubrick’s celebrated work are both set in London and inspired by dystopian novels of social satire, respectively “Super-Cannes” (2000) by James Graham Ballard and “A Clockwork Orange”(1962) by Anthony Burgess.
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