Film: "Purgatory" (1999)

Book Review # 101212

Film > Analysis, Criticism, Etc.

This paper explores the concept of a clockwork orange in the film "Purgatory" (1999).

880 words () | 2 sources | MLA | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper explains that the movie "Purgatory" proves that it is better to possess free will, even if it is the will to sin, rather than to be made into a clockwork orange as a paradigm of virtue. The author relates that Blackjack Britton gang fleeing a posse rides into Refuge, a town of second chances where the people make every effort to be virtuous. The paper points out that Refuge is a clockwork orange in reverse because moral choice has been taken away. The paper concludes that Alex's brainwashed paradigm of virtue and the Refuge paradigm were broken apart by the free will choice to do something for oneself.

From the Paper:

"It is only when Sonny, who is in love with Rose and sacrifices himself for her, makes them realize their identities, that they in turn realize they do have a choice and take action. Sonny is surprised to find Hickok with his gun belt on coming out to stand with him in the classic gunfight scene: "What the hell," he says." "That's exactly what it is," Forest replies, "Hope you're ready to meet it." Alex's self-realization, even in the midst of his performance after the Ludovico Technique, is the same slow sign that there is still a spark of free will there."