On Wednesday night, students gathered in the Fine Arts Building to watch a film that has remained controversial since its release in 1973.

The film, Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange,” was presented by the Art History Association as part of their Violence in Art Film Series.

The Art History Association started the film series at the beginning of this semester and every Wednesday night, presents a film as part of the series.

Professor Allie Terry advises the Art History Association and teaches a “Violence in Art” course at the University.

“Each one of the films in the series addresses the notion of violence in some way,” Terry said. “In ‘A Clockwork Orange’ they’re trying to cure violence through aversion therapy.”

Terry’s research focuses on the way violence is represented in different forms of art.

“The history of art can be considered a history of violence,” Terry said. “Film is unique in that it can suck you into a fantasy.”

The students of the Art History Association choose the films that will be shown in the series. This semester, many films including “Elephant,” “The Passion of the Christ,” and “City of God” have been shown in the series.

Art major Michael Krause, and attendee of Wednesday night’s screening, views the violence in “A Clockwork Orange” as eye opening.

“The way that violence is portrayed is very interesting,” Krause said. “Violence hasn’t changed, but our perception of violence has changed.”

“A Clockwork Orange” is a likely choice for the Violence in Art film series, because of its controversial history. When it was released in 1973, the original X-Rated version had to be cut down to an R-Rated version for release in America.