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WHY CAN'T WE ELECT THINKING LIKE THAT TO I AM! A special CHRISTMAS OFFER- SUBSCRIBE FOR 3 Years we Av cr 1 1 WE SUBSCRIBE TO "HODSEFRAU FORUM" CONGRESS FOR 2. YEARS, WE SAVE v. AM, BUT; IF WE I DON'T SUBSCRIBE '4 Clockwork Orange' McDowell. He is positively electrifying, transforming himself in an instant into a Cockney Rasputin who gleefully beds down two teeny hoppers in time to lit- Wil- Reschedule Premiere id na ppt-il." American lmc-national 1'iituies relrast starling Michael and Trevor Howard, has moved its pienm-ie to Dec. 22 at the Pent llo.l-e RkO Twin Theater- en Cynical Vision of Tomorrowland lighted sign that reads quite Sim petrators of violence as Hitler i- until the him of violence is enough to make them physically ill.

The brainwash experts inad- vertently use Beethoven's Ninth1 Symphony in a film, destroying the one hopeful note in Alex's character, his appreciation of thai piece of music. Alex can no longer choose freely between good anil 1 evil. And he soon finds that be- markable to behold. Everything ing good makes him a misfit in has been strategically planned. Kubrick's brutal new world.

As from the use of certain music usual Kubrick's ending is ambigu- as an ironic counterpoint to the ous. Will Alex continue to fune- movements of the camera, and it tion like "c'ockwork'' as the gov-j all serves Kubrick's purpose ernnient's "crime cure:" or will i beautifully. His film ma offend he resist, and return freely to (it very nearly makes one nau-his original state? seous but there is no doubting ONE CAN'T imagine anyone tl)e tact that it is tin end pio-who could bve handled the role duct of a brilliant, highly original of Alex nre deftly than Malcolm mind. K. "is- i rm- brick's at AnUifiiniii's icen orgv in Klow-up.

js adept at feigning pious innocence for the benefit of the prison clergyman, Patrick Magee gives the other stand-out performance as Me- Howell's vengeful victim. the film plainly belongs to Kubrick. His technical asurance. his command of the media, is re- Detective Harry Callahan. You don't assign him to murder cases.

You just turn him loose. ply: HOME. Gaining entrance. they beat up the man of the house (Patrick Mag-ee) and with their, leader doing a rousing rendition of "Singin' in the Rain," they tape his wife. Alex, as he is' called, is finally arrested for committing another indescribably sick crime.

"This is the weepy- tragic part of the Alex warns as he becomes prisoner "no. fi-double 5 -321." I Ami tms is wnere KtiDricK is at his best, needling the modern prison system with, as one official puts it. its "concentrated criminality," in some truly funny scenes. ALEX ESCAPES thanks to a government sponsored peri-ment which re-programs criminals and within a fortnight, turns them into law-abiding citizens. How does it accomplish this about-face? By forcing them to watch (Force is the word.

Alex is wired to a chair, even the lids of his eyes are held by wires to prevent them from closing) films showing violent acts or such per- "40 Years of Laughter Served Up "CHAPtlN 5 BACK" on Pi'imeuni Rfcerdi ltd an Album by B'uback. THE KING OF LAUGHTER CHAPLIN IN if I Festival. St. The story deaN it II 1 1 I le pet lod when an attempt va to restore Scottish Stuait help- nie I luce liarlie. to tin thien.

Preminger Series The Jliw-iim of Ait vil! repeat tltto Pi -emingei 's "Tell Mt That Vim 1 -o Me. Jimie Moon slurring Lisa Minelli. at 2 and .1 p.m. on Thursday. The ii-i ici-i i -tives eries of the director's will i lose in S'wii-mer." another epat mr binda Darnell, tanne rstn i t'oimy Wilde Ml p.m.

tit name night. i Stanley Kubrick upon cloaking1 his films in a shroud of secrecy. The unveiling of each new production comes as a rude shock to the senses. It's not that we don't expect the unexpected from Kubrick. It's just that his films are never ordinary.

They throw us by refusing to fall into the nice, sae categories of our more conventional films. be warned. Kubrick never plays it safe. "'A Clockwork. Orange," at Cinema is a mind-shattering experience with its exaggerated violence and oulrage- us vulgarity.

Kubricks terrifying vision of tomorrowland. which has tts Binges" novel basis in Anthony of the same title. "A Clockwork Orange." a Warner Bros, re'ease in Color. Produced, directed and screenplay by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel by Anthony Binges. Presented at the Cinema I Theater.

Running time: 2 hours. 17 minutes. MPAA rating: (under 17 not THE CAST: Alex Malcolm McDowell Mr. Alexander Chief Guard Dim Mrs. Alexander.

Frison Chaplain Mum Cad Magee Michael Bates Warren Clarke Adrienne Corri QuiBley Shelia Ravnor Philip Stone is that of a cynic. Our world-to-be. as depicted by John Barry's i uturistic suffers from urban paralysis. Hallways are left littered with broken furniture. People live in cold, impersonal cell-block homes here communication is impossible.

KUBRICK IS NOT offering violence for the sake of violence. It is there in excess (as are the phallic symbols to emphasize the total moral decay. As Kubrick would have it, our future world is a raging inferno polluted by 'ultra-violence," a barren place where Manson-like tribes of young; Cockneys prowl about getting their kicks from clubbing; drunks find raping women; and finally it place of wanton disorder where the fine line that separates the law fiom the criminal no longer exists. Kubrick's earth odyssey of one of the toughs is a bitter tale, spiked with irony and sarcasm. We first meet the tale's narrator in an ultra pornographic milk bar.

He's wearing false eye lashes (on one eye), and, like his fellow Cockney raiders, a Chaplin bowler. The night raiders may look like Picasso clowns but the games they play are deadly. Driving down a country road, they spot a United trtisis SUTTON 1 CP: -u ym CLINT EASTV'OOD in "DIRTY HARRY" A Malpaso Company Production Co-Starring HARRY GUARDING F-frjl SANTONI ANDY ROBINSON JOHN LARCH and JOHN VERNON as 'The Mayor" Executive Produce- Rc 't Daley Screenplay by Harry Julian Fink R. M. Fink and Dean Reisner Story by Harry Julian Fir F- r-K Produced and Directed by Don Siegel PANAVISION" TECHNICOLOR" Warner A Kmnty C' -j STARTS WEDNESDAY MODERN nmes WRITTEN.

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