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Firstly I would like to say that I believe Malcolm McDowell was the only actor able to carry the role of Mick Travis. His large, cold eyes communicated a world of unspoken thoughts.
Would I go and see the film again, probably not. I felt there was one or two scenes which defined the movie, they were rightly slow and full of connotations. Such as the scene where Mick is whipped and the preceding scene. The other scene was where the young homosexual boy watched the older boy on the bars, whilst putting on his sweater. I thought this was really well done. Whilst I watched the film I was anticipating a sudden violent eruption. The film lacked some pacing and build-up. I felt the ending was going to involve more of a physical retaliation rather than shooting from a distance. I felt the ending could have been longer I felt the film ended abruptly.
For me the metaphorical scenes made me believe these were illusions and a realization of Micks fantasy. I did not believe the girl truly existed. I cannot now say whether I thought the film was realistic or surrealistic - If the switching of monochrome and colour was used to identify the two I think I would have made the distinction. But the worlds together tainted my believability of the scenes.
I found it interesting seeing what life was like at a boys private boarding school during that period. I thought the young boy Jute acted his part well. I enjoyed the scene during the shooting practice where the boys had to practice their shouts of hate, very good.
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