"The art direction stuff in A Clockwork Orange looks really dated. You can't blame them for not predicting future technology, but it raises a laugh to watch characters sitting down in front of high-tech typewriters or playing music on dictaphones rather than CDs or MP3s."
Or maybe this makes it retrofuturistic?
Kubrick may have looked for inspiration to the battling mods and rockers of the late 60s. The skinheads and punks of the 70s were certainly further evidence that youthful rebellion could have a dark, violent edge... Dr Katie Milestone of the Manchester Institute for Popular Culture, thinks such groups are largely a thing of the past.
"Youth culture used to be played out on the streets, where it was easier to spot your enemies - those who didn't wear the same clothes as you. Today it has moved inside, into the clubs, where violence and confrontation are less relevant."
Or are today's kids just too 'sorted' on E to tolchock? -- acb