He does attempt to do some muffling of his own. He generally moves the camera further away from the actors as the violence grows more intense, and shows the sexual scene at several times normal speed, but the effect is not as strong as Burgess' narrative device. In his adaptation, Kubrick does not leave too much to the audience's imagination; the scenes of a sexual or violent nature are still very explicit and much more shocking than the printed version.
As if Burgess' own words weren't graphic enough for him, Kubrick goes out of his way to increase the film's erotic content, adding sexual elements that Burgess' novel lacks. The opening scene of both takes place in a "milk bar" but, while Burgess' bar is not described, the furniture in Kubrick's is composed of nude female figures. In the novel, Alex murders a woman with a bust of Beethoven, but in the film, he kills her with an enormous sexual sculpture. Alex's walking stick is also sexually related. Almost every element of the film has sexual undertones; many I would rather not describe. .
Additionally, Kubrick's choice of background music and staging adds to the shock value of his film. In the novel, Burgess describes a scene in which Alex and his "droogs" find a rival group about to rape a young woman, and fight the group. Kubrick has the opposing gang (dressed in the remnants of Nazi uniforms) struggle with the woman to fast-paced classical music on a run-down stage; the scene looks like a ballet, and would be comedic if it weren't for the subject matter. Alex and his droogs enter to the sound of a classical overture, and the fight is exquisitely choreographed. The gangs hurl each other through plate glass, smash each other with chairs and flash switchblades in time to the music. Considering Kubrick's light treatment of traditionally serious subjects and his added erotic imagery, it is not too presumptuous to assume that even the most desensitized audience might find Kubrick's adaptation much more jolting than the novel upon which it is based.
A Clockwork Orange Authors who write of other times and places help us to better understand our own lives. Discuss A Clockwork Orange in terms of that statement. ... He is a walking robot conditioned by the government - a clockwork orange. ... "A Clockwork Orange" deals with moral judgment and the thought of taking it away from someone. ... The Clockwork Orange", what does the title mean? ...
A Clockwork Orange Authors who write of other times and places help us to better understand our own lives. Discuss A Clockwork Orange in terms of that statement. ... He is a walking robot conditioned by the government - a clockwork orange. ... "A Clockwork Orange" deals with moral judgment and the thought of taking it away from someone. ... The Clockwork Orange", what does the title mean? ...
Violence is the universal element in A Clockwork Orange. ... There is not just one function of violence in our lives, just as there is more than one function of violence in A Clockwork Orange. ... Clearly A Clockwork Orange, in comparison to violence of the present day, may be seen as harsh. ... Everything that happens in A Clockwork Orange happens everyday in our society. ... That is what A Clockwork Orange does and why it is perceived as so violent. ...
"A Clockwork Orange" is an anti-utopian novel, describing an imminent future in a stately supervised country. ... "A Clockwork Orange" confronts us with an anonymous, totalitarian country, as well as in "1984". ... But which warning does "A Clockwork Orange" imply? ... Firstly, "A Clockwork Orange" includes a warning against totalitarian state forms. ... In "A Clockwork Orange" the people feels threatened by growing criminality and for that reason elects an authoritarian party. ...
The novels, A Clockwork Orange and 1984 both represent a future dystopia. ... Irony and betrayal are devices used in both, 1984 and A Clockwork Orange. ... In A Clockwork Orange, the Ludvico Technique is used. ... This is similar to the Ludvico method in A Clockwork Orange. ... A Clockwork Orange also includes a warning against a totalitarian state. ...
He will be best remembered by his eighth novella, A Clockwork Orange. ... Burgess also plays with puns throughout A Clockwork Orange in order to add humor to serious situations and dialogues. ... The most principle theme of A Clockwork Orange involves the freedom of a man to choose between good and evil. ... Another very important theme in A Clockwork Orange is that of youth vs. old age. ... That is something that not many writers are able to do, which is why A Clockwork Orange is one of my favorite books. ...
- the opening line of Anthony Burgess" A Clockwork Orange, being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven. ... Burgess skilfully introduces us to his futuristic slang, or nadsat, making A Clockwork Orange valuable not only for the questions it raises, but also for its creative and experimental use of the English language in which we see hints of Russian. ...
Classical Conditioning in "A Clockwork Orange" The movie "A Clockwork Orange" is often described as one of the most disturbing films ever made. My question is what really disturbs them so much about this film, Is it the gratuitous sex and violence transparent throughout most of the film? Or is it...
An orange is ripe or not. ... There is a great use of orange and red in the set, perhaps used to represent the orange which can not be fixed. ... The title has two primary meanings: first, the basic meaning of the Cockney expression (not an example of rhyming slang, incidentally) "as queer as a clockwork orange", something that on the surface was normal, but inside was artificial and unnatural. ... This particular clockwork orange is human on the surface, but inside is no such thing. ... An orange cannot be "repaired!" ...
