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Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'

Name: Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
Director: Gary Leva
Released: 2007
Duration: 28 min

Representation Score

2.8/10

Limited

2007

Director

Gary Leva

Runtime

28 minutes

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This documentary provides a detailed look at the production history of a film that challenged societal norms. It examines Stanley Kubrick's impact and his commitment to artistic innovation. The film's strength lies in its exploration of how art can challenge established power structures and the tension between individual freedom and state-imposed morality. However, it lacks diversity in terms of gender, ethnicity, and other identities, focusing mainly on a specific era of Western filmmaking.

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Category Breakdown

Does Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The documentary does not include explicit stories or narratives about LGBTQ+ individuals. Instead, it focuses on the production history of a 1971 film.

How does Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' portray gender?

Fair

The film highlights the male-dominated world of filmmaking in the 1970s. It centers on Stanley Kubrick and his male collaborators, giving limited attention to female perspectives.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'?

Limited

The documentary is set in a specific period of Western cinema. It focuses on the technical and artistic changes during that time, rather than diverse ethnic casting or multi-layered stories.

How does Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The film excels in examining the questioning of Western institutions and state authority. It explores themes of moral relativism and critiques of systemic control.

Does Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no indication that neurodivergence or physical disabilities play a central role or are subjects of analysis in this documentary.

Present on Screen

Explores deeply how art can challenge systemic power and institutional norms.
Analyzes the mechanisms behind cinematic controversy and social conditioning.
Deconstructs the artistic intentions behind Kubrick's most disruptive works.

Limited or Absent

Needs more representation of diverse gender perspectives in filmmaking history.
Includes minimal focus on multi-layered narratives or diverse ethnic perspectives.
Does not address LGBTQ+ identities or narratives within its historical context.

Official Synopsis

In this documentary, we follow Stanley Kubrick as he creates one of the most controversial films of all time, one that retains its power to shock audiences, even after 35 years. At the time of its release, A Clockwork Orange created a firestorm of controversy. Through interviews with collaborators, filmmakers, screenwriters and authors, we come to appreciate Stanley Kubrick as an artist unafraid to take risks and court controversy, committed unwaveringly to his single-minded goal: the highest artistic quality of his films.

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