Clockwork Orange County vs On the Impossibility of an Homage

On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6/10 for Clockwork Orange County). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h 13m. Clockwork Orange County is the older of the two (2012 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Clockwork Orange County posterClockwork Orange County2012 VS On the Impossibility of an Homage posterOn the Impossibility of an Homage2024
Clockwork Orange CountyOn the Impossibility of an Homage
Audience score★ 6.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20122024
Length1h 13m19m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
Country–Germany
DirectorJonathan W.C. MillsXandra Popescu
Main castIggy Pop, Henry Rollins, David Bowie, David Johansen, Jello BiafraGabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu

Synopsis

Clockwork Orange County

Many objected to leather-jacket, spike-hair kids with tattoos. But, that did not dissuade a generation... No one realized that a little club in Costa Mesa, CA would end up spawning a multi-billion dollar youth culture that still endures today! It was the Cuckoos Nest of the late 70s and early 80s. With archival, unseen and new footage, the filmmakers compiled an intimate story about the beginning of a movement, a place of refuge for a youth…

On the Impossibility of an Homage

Given a portrait, who is responsible for the image we see, the painter or the subject? Ion used to be a a rockstar of Ballet in Communist Romania. When we first discussed the possibility of a portrait, Ion was initially thrilled. He’d been dreaming that someday there’d be a film about him. But during the filmmaking process Ion finds it hard to let go.

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