Are We Supposed to Identify with Alex? - A Clockwork Orange (1971) | Screenwriting

*Very light spoiler for Goodfellas. I say where Henry Hill ends up, but this is common historical knowledge. I do not spoil any plot points.*
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Cutting things Alex does in the novel for transgressive or even practical purposes removes misdeeds that Alex could have committed, thus potentially making him less evil. This creates very tough questions to consider. Should we sympathize with Alex? Perhaps a more important question is: do we sympathize with Alex regardless of whether or not we should? And, is making Alex more tame in the movie a bad thing?
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This video essay was written, edited, and narrated by Tyler Knudsen.
Kubrick: "Certainly one thing which relates to the story is the question of how authority can cope with problems of law and order without becoming too oppressive and, more particularly, in relation to the ever-increasing view that politics are irrelevant to the solution of social problems, that there's no time for political and legal solutions, that social issues have to be solved immediately even if this means going outside law and politics. What solutions authority may evolve certainly concerns me, and is one of the great unanswered social problems."
Sources:
Cinephilia & Beyond - ‘A Clockwork Orange’: Kubrick and Burgess’ Vision of the Modern World - bit.ly/2CAfI0o
Eyes on Cinema: Kubrick interview clip • Video
The Old Ultra-Violence: A Clockwork Orange - January 30, 2018 Vincent LoBrutto
Bluray Commentary
Mind’s Eye: A Clockwork Orange - John Hofsess 1971
Kubrick Archives - Alison Castle
A Clockwork Orange (1971) - Turning Like Clockwork
Interviews About Stanley Kubrick, 1970s - Film 31534
GREAT BOLSHY YARBLOCKOS! Making A Clockwork Orange - Gary Leva
My Droog Hell by Gareth Grundy
Kubrick Exhibit Book
Masks of Violence by Marisa Buovolo
Kubrick New Perspectives
Excerpts From Rare Kubrick Interview By Siskel In 1972 - March 08, 1999
Interview with Stanley Kubrick regarding A Clockwork Orange by Philip Strick & Penelope Houston
Anthony Burgess and Malcom McDowell analysis Clockwork Orange - James MacAndrew - • Anthony Burgess and Ma...
Clips:
The Killing (1956 dir. Stanley Kubrick)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964 dir. Stanley Kubrick)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968 dir. Stanley Kubrick)
A Clockwork Orange (1971 dir. Stanley Kubrick)
Barry Lyndon (1975 dir. Stanley Kubrick)
The Shining (1980 dir. Stanley Kubrick)
Full Metal Jacket (1987 dir. Stanley Kubrick)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999 dir. Stanley Kubrick)
American Psycho (2000 dir. Mary Harron)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1989 dir. John McNaughton)
Richard III (1955 dir. Laurence Olivier)
Goodfellas (1990 dir. Martin Scorsese)
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943 dir. William A. Wellman)
Music:
Epidemic Sound