Great Bolshy Yarblockos! Making 'A Clockwork Orange'

Again, I don't usually review DVD extras, but I think that "Great Bolshy Yarblockos" was previously available as a standalone DVD, so I'll give it a go - even if I did watch this as an extra on the "A Clockwork Orange" Blu Ray.

This documentary about the making of the controversial adaptation of "A Clockwork Orange" assesses the impacts of the film, as generally it doesn't include testimony from anyone actually involved in the production.

I have to say that of the three documentaries on the BluRay, this was the least interesting and comprehensive of them. There are a bunch of talking head style interviews, some of them with very famous people, like Stephen Spielberg and Sydney Pollack. They talk about their thoughts about the film or Stanley Kubrick but it lacks the historical context that "Still Tickin" provides or stories from people actually involved in the production. It does recount the controversy that followed the release, as well as the more famous "Singing in the rain" stories and the stuff about McDowell scratching his corneas in the aversion scenes.

I don't want to sound too meanspirited about what is perfectly fine time, but there are much better documentaries about the film available.