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Gotta argue with those who say A Clockwork Orange wasn't ahead of it's time. Sure, by today's standards the droogies don't even look threatening compared to an average bunch of kids on a wilding spree, but then that's the whole point. The movie, and the book before it predicted all that, which is exactly what "ahead of it's time" means. This movie was made a decade before punk rock and the number of bands who based their whole image and attitude on it is uncountable. It's fusing of Russian and Anglo culture was absolutely unheard of when it came out, and it's use of an electronicly adapted classical music soundtrack by Walter Carlos was also hugely influential. The movie influence other films, fashion, music, and culture at large.
Easy to proclaim dated from a jaded perspective, but trust me, Alex would have done the same thing.
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