Starting with Milkbar set pieces, Dr. Rodney Hill discusses the spectacle of violence in Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange.
Rodney F. Hill, Assistant Professor of Film Studies at Hofstra University, holds a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas and an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He teaches various courses in film studies, on such topics as film authorship, film genres, and documentary film. Hill is co-author of THE FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA ENCYCLOPEDIA and THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF STANLEY KUBRICK, co-editor of FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA: INTERVIEWS, and a contributor to several other books, including THE ESSENTIAL SCIENCE FICTION TELEVISION READER and THE STANLEY KUBRICK ARCHIVES. His essays have also appeared in _Film Quarterly_, _Cinema Journal_, _Literature/Film Quarterly_, and elsewhere. In addition to his academic experience, Rodney Hill worked for several years in film distribution and marketing, handling theatrical campaigns for various international, independent, and documentary films, including Edward Yang's YI YI, Chuck Workman’s THE SOURCE (starring Johnny Depp, John Turturro, and Dennis Hopper) and the Oscar-nominated ON THE ROPES. Prior to joining Hofstra's RTVF faculty in 2012, Dr. Hill taught film and English at several other institutions, including the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Paris XII - Val de Marne.
