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Subject: Re: Anthony Burgess died (25/11/1999)
Date: 26 Nov 2024 11:27:53 GMT
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Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> wrote or quoted:
>I heard and saw of it, it struck me as glamorizing violence in a way 
>that was very fashionable at the time, but not to my taste. Maybe I was 
>wrong.

  Hey, you totally know taste isn't about being "wrong"! But look,
  a movie like this is basically just another Hollywood product,
  and nobody's obligated to watch every single entertainment flick
  out there. I probably caught this when I was a kid, or at least
  a teenager. After checking out a mind-blowing masterpiece like
  "2001", I just had to see everything this director put out.
  The violence by the kids isn't just thrown in for shock value - 
  it actually highlights the institutional violence and the main
  character's transformation later on. Still, it's violence as
  entertainment - something you definitely don't need to watch
  if that's not your scene!