A Clockwork Orange

In a sense, the tone of hyperdrama is as far from the realism of melodrama as you can imagine, plus a bit farther. Even the more formal examples of the style are over the top they have a greater aura of ritual than of anarchy. Kubrick s A Clockwork Orange, Herzog s Aguirre, the Wrath of God, and Von Trier s Breaking the Waves exemplify this dimension of tone in hyperdrama. 

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