# "A Clockwork Orange"; I was underwhelmed. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 12, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clockwork-orange-i-was-underwhelmed/752003 "2016-04-12T15:21:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clockwork-orange-i-was-underwhelmed/752003/61 "2016-04-15T12:22:36Z")
> [@Ignotus](#): > > Am I right in recalling that in the movie it is implied that Alex, and probably others, were removed from the prison and taken into treatment to make place for political dissidents? So, presumably, the treatment couldn’t “cure” those whose anti-societal behavior stemmed from some political conviction? > > I don’t know where this observation would lead as to the moral (if there be any!) of the film though. It’s definitely in both the book and the movie, exact same line - “Soon we may be needing all our prison space for political offenders.” As stated by the Minister of the Interior or Inferior. Alex was the first test subject, but if he was successful, they were absolutely planning on using the technique on many more prisoners. That’s why they had the whole scene where they demonstrate to an audience of VIPs how effective the treatment was. However, the bit I mentioned above where Alex and his cellmates kill a new prisoner is not in the movie, just the book. ---
**Author:** ![ruh-roh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ruh-roh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruh-roh)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clockwork-orange-i-was-underwhelmed/752003/62 "2016-04-16T13:32:24Z")
> [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](#): > > …Just months earlier I’d seen _ **“Star Wars”** _ in the theater,… And both Star Wars and A Clockwork Orange have Darth Vader in them. May be something some, including the OP have missed. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-clockwork-orange-i-was-underwhelmed/752003.md?page=3)