Controversial Movies

Many movies are timeless throughout the ages but some movies are highly talked about and start controversy. Most of the controversy comes from a scene’s content or the assumed meaning of the scene being distasteful in some manner. The problem that I see with this is that people are forgetting what most movies are; Not Real (even though many fictional movies are based in reality). Other movies are depictions of actual events that really occurred at some point in time in the past and are still ridiculed for the truth (or the filmmaker’s depiction of the event). I believe that many people lash out at what they find to be unsuitable before they watch some of these movies and see them as art or as a depiction of the topic. One of my favorite films A Clockwork Orange directed by Stanly Kubrick is one of the many films that has been ridiculed for content even as a book when it is just a fictional story. Some of the scenes that have been labeled as controversial and/or vulgar to the point that when this film was released in 1971 it was rated X. Probably the most notorious scene in the film that sparked controversy was the scene when Alex and his droogs brake in to an old man’s house and rape his young wife while Alex is singing “Singing in the Rain” and assaulting the old man while he if forced to watch his wife being raped. The content in this and other scenes are in no way acceptable behavior but none the less are a part of the story. These scenes are hard to see on film but the point of it all was totally missed by those who criticized this film. Disregarding the negative views on this film, it has won critics best picture and director awards and 4 Oscar nominations including best film. This film could have only gotten these awards by being viewed as it should have been: as a piece of art (that is vulgar due to the nature of the subject). No art should ever be censored or banned.