>Hate to break it to you, but Anthony Burgess named this movie when he named >his book (on which the movie is based & probably better than the movie >too). >******** >jajasoon tlitteu ([log in to unmask]) Well, it's very good but I think there is less of a "goodness" gap between the book and film than you typically find in films from books. I thought the original post about differing interpretations of Alex's fantasy and "I'm cured." It's rather like the debate between which is better, the book Clockwork Orange without the final chapter (which Kubrick worked from and was the American edition) or with the final chapter. **Spoiler for all those who haven't read it but want to.** In the last chapter (the 21st I think), time has passed and Alex is getting tired of the same old things; the Moloko, bit of ultraviolence and the ol' in-out in-out. He runs into an old droog who has gotten married and settled down. Alex does some thinking about this and decides to give up his former ways, as childish things, and pursue more adult things. I can't recall exactly why the last chapter was removed for the American edition (it could have been all subsequent editions, I don't know) but I know that a complaint about it is that Burgess is wimping out with such an ending. It seems to some like a tacked on happy ending. Another take on the last chapter is that in showing Alex deciding to become a law-abiding citizen it makes his behavior so far seem like a normal part of youth, a phase that young men go through in that (and our) society. A very disturbing thought indeed. If I had to pick between them, I'd go with the ending that was used in the movie. I'd also go with the usual interpretation of Alex's fantasy in the movie. I guess I'm a traditionalist ;)