Whole books could be and have been written on both Citizen Kane and A Clockwork Orange. Each unarguably rests among the elite of cinema lore and critical acclaim. Both shocked moviegoers alike, to the point where a powerful movement arose to bar Citizen Kane’s release and A Clockwork Orange was banned in many markets. Citizen Kane’s release came amidst a storm of controversy because its title subject was modeled on powerful media titan William Randolph Hearst. Hearst ran a smear campaign on the film in all his media and was almost successful in having the film barred from release. Nonetheless, his efforts were successful enough to have the film snubbed at the annual Academy Award’s ceremony (where the film was booed when announced), and RKO took control of Orson Welles’ next film The Magnificent Ambersons (many say the film’s greatness was seriously diminished by the studio-ordered forty minutes of cuts). Hearst’s biggest complaint was allegedly that the word “rosebud” used to weave the entire film together was his pet name for his wife’s, Marion Davies, private parts. Kubrick’s film created controversy because of its shocking depiction of violence and pornography. Nonetheless, Citizen Kane is often considered to be the greatest film ever made. As respected film critic C. A. Lejeune remarked, “Probably the most exciting film that has come out of Hollywood for 35 years. I am not sure it isn’t the most exciting film that has ever come our of anywhere” (openix.com 1). A Clockwork Orange, while generally considered inferior standing beside Citizen Kane, is nonetheless regarding as a critical masterpiece of social satire by many film critics, “Not simply a social satire but a brilliant cultural one. No movie in the last decade (perhaps in the history of film) has made such exquisitely chilling predictions about the future role of cultural artifacts—paintings, buildings, sculpture, music—in societ...