Section B - Popular film and emotional response: A Clockwork orange

Question 1

Date

Answer 1

1971

Question 2

Director

Answer 2

Stanley Kubrick

Question 3

Main character

Answer 3

Alex - Malcolm McDowell

Question 4

Ma and Pa

Answer 4

Alex’s parents, both weak characters. the mother is constantly bursting into tears, whilst the father always falters under alex or anyone.

Question 5

Mr Alexander

Answer 5

The writer who becomes crippled by Alex and his gang.

Question 6

Dim

Answer 6

Big dumb and brutish, described by alex as ‘mindless, grinning bulldog’.

Question 7

Dr. Brodsky

Answer 7

The calm doctor who administers the treatment.

Question 8

Tramp

Answer 8

The tramp that alex beats up, showing the gangs lack of respect for their elders.

Question 9

Chief prison guard

Answer 9

Comically angry and uptight.

Question 10

Cat Lady

Answer 10

Obsessive in nature, lives in a health spa. isn’t threatened by alex, depicted in a cartoon like extreme nature.

Question 11

Georgie

Answer 11

Another member of alex’s gang, tries to overthrow alex’s power. (manipulates Dim to get his way)

Question 12

Deltoid

Answer 12

Alex’s parole officer, creepy and perverice. has little understanding of alex’s problems or the youth in general.

Question 13

Prison Chaplain

Answer 13

Speaks out against the power of the state, and is against the Ludovico treatment as it takes away personal choice and free will.

Question 14

Ministor of the interior

Answer 14

the sleazy government official who is behind the reforming plan. after his plan is thrown back in his face he tries to convince alex he was only trying to help.