'Movies that make people sick': Audience Responses to Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange in 1971/72

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Kramer, Peter (2011) 'Movies that make people sick': Audience Responses to Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange in 1971/72. Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies, 8 (2). pp. 416-430.

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Abstract

Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange (1971) was a big commercial and critical hit in the US and also the focus of a major controversy. Many of the film’s detractors were worried about the possibility that it could stimulate violent behaviour in the audience. This essay explores the actual responses of viewers to A Clockwork Orange, drawing on letters that cinemagoers wrote to Kubrick soon after the film’s release. It outlines the expectations they brought to the film, the cultural context in which they encountered it, and the viewing strategies they employed to make sense of, and to take pleasure in, the film. It also raises questions about gender specific responses.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Film and Television Studies (former - to 2012) Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Art, Media and American Studies
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Film, Television and Media
Related URLs:	https://www.participations.org/08-02-23-...
Depositing User:	Katherine Humphries
Date Deposited:	24 Jan 2012 12:19
Last Modified:	12 Sep 2023 08:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/36417
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