kubrick's indictment of the prison system as it relates to cruel and unusual punishment/absurd methodologies of "reform" isn't particularly interesting or even insightful (former prisoners are subject to a cyclical economy of false sympathies; society is Bad, Actually, etc., i've heard it all before) - i'm much more drawn to this because of its utilization of language. there's such a palpable adoration for the malleability of the english language here; it is recognized as the last bastion of freedom in a world of injustice and imprisonment wherein everybody is dealt a poor hand. words flow beyond all the piss and shit and metal bars .. long live linguistics!