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But I can honestly say I'm biased, I remember loving the book, and reading it two or three times in a short period of time. Similarly, in the book, he attacks an innocent old man returning from the library. ::shudder:: in the novel, Alex and co wear wolf's head jock straps, whereas in the movie, they wear dancer's belts. He tells him that the Left-Wing man who had imprisoned him had been dealt with, and that there was a good job waiting for someone like Alex. So the original ending to the book ends like the movie, and yes, the idea is that he returns (or is going to return) to his old wicked ways. It wasn’t the last time one of Kubrick’s notoriously devastating films pissed off the author of the source material – Stephen King once said that The Shining is the only one of his book adaptations he can remember hating – but Burgess’ ire is certainly the most memorable, renouncing his own book after having seen the movie it spawned: We all suffer from the popular desire to make the known notorious. In it, he discusses much about the novel CLOCKWORK, including the idiocy of the US release. The film is a visceral and blackly cynical satire. One of the most iconic shots from A Clockwork Orange shows the camera slowly zooming towards the Droogs, who are each… So, what -- all of that chapter's meaning is totally lost on other countries, yet they're the ones who got the "right" version? But I find it surprising that Burgess thinks the film is more indulgently depraved than his own novel when the most disturbing scene in the book doesn’t even appear in the movie. Main Ideas The Film and the Final Chapter of A Clockwork Orange In 1962 , two versions of Anthony Burgess’s novel A Clockwork Orange were published. They both have their strengths and weaknesses, and in a modern world of visual over stimulation, reading just requires to much imagination, movies do all the imagining for you. The resulting ambivalence -- a singular urge to cheer for joy and scream in horror at the same time, was unforgettable. from Czech Republic is reading, JimAkin A Clockwork Orange is English-writer Anthony Burgessthe’s most famous book. I read the book many times in my teens and twenties, and did not see the movie until adulthood- I love both versions, though the book wins by a nose. 2) The novel Main Theme. This Spoils the Ending In the Book… I'd never heard Burgess's claim that the final, tacked-on chapter was necessary to demonstrate the character growth intrinsic to a good novel, but I call BS on that. He definitely felt the repercussions of making it (not because of stupidity, as one might smugly suggest, but rather a different sensitivity than his own). It is maddening. A Clockwork Orange certainly has an originality, but as it took me three weeks to read a relatively short book… So by the end of the movie, when he's "cured" and it's hinted that he is going to return to his old ways, it would seem kind of odd and out of place that there would be a conclusion where suddenly he's grown and changed, because there's no indication throughout that he genuinely wants to change! Even though that was also because of the own language, and the way it dragged you into Alex's head, unpleasant as it may have been in there :). Him saying "I was cured, alright" was sarcasm. from Connecticut, USA is reading, Kelly A Egan The film begs the question, "Where do you draw the line?". I read the "British" edition of the book (available in the states for decades), the one with the "happy" ending. So if that’s the case, did he become like that after the suicide attempt or the was it the fact that Alex was really never cured and could never be cured in the first place?? Same goes for the costumes which helps us understand that it's happening in future though it's obvious it's not so distant future which is worrying. I am not saying these are invalid ideas; they just seem critically off to me from a secular point of view. Alex might be naturally evil but in the end he's just a tool for governement's contest. Okay, if we’re voting Kennedy or Nixon, there’s a clear answer there unless you want to sound like an asshole, but the true question is Burgess or Kubrick, and I don’t want to choose. from Montreal, Canada is reading, Patrick Riley [–]ZorroMeansFoxr/Movies Veteran 13 points14 points15 points 1 year ago (1 child). To me, that's the opposite of novelistic storytelling. In the case of Clockwork, the only change Alex experiences throughout the narrative is ushered in by external forces--so when his 'tormentors' remove the conditioning, he of course becomes the same old Alex again. What I got out of the film is that we all want to feel protected in some way and for that we have given up certain freedoms. There's no proper way to flavor emotions in movies outside lighting and music, which many directors have tried to do in film. But I think the movie ending sends the message that it is up to us to change our corrupt institutions rather than just assuming they will change on their own. (It’s clearly the best.) When I read the book, with its twenty-first chapter intact, I found it a less morally absurd experience overall because its author proposed an idea of objective righteousness (i.e. Does anyone prefer the book without the happy ending chapter? I like the film because It was a trippy movie and has influenced many people to read the book, but If I wrote it, I'd hate thu movie too. >!Twas the butler!<. So I don’t think the book or the film is better – both have much to offer, different questions to answer. Now, if you follow … What was really wanted was a Nixonian book with no shred of optimism in it. A Clockwork Orange: Previously unseen ‘sequel’ to Anthony Burgess novel discovered. In the book there was an extra chapter not included in the film because the amercian publication of the book … This one looks more insect-like & menacing compared to the others. They seem less personal, and I as the viewer am not as involved. Who ever heard of a clockwork orange?’ Then I read a malenky bit out loud in a sort of very high preaching goloss: ‘—The attempt to impose upon man, a creature of growth and capable of sweetness, to ooze juicily at the last round the bearded lips of God, to attempt to impose, I say, laws and conditions appropriate to a mechanical creation, against this I raise my swordpen—‘. The charisma of Malcolm McDowell and the playfulness of Kubrick’s style make it easy to find validation in it for sadistic and antisocial ideas and feelings (something that I know from personal experience). It seems as if Kubrick’s deliberate contradictions and tendency to set the audience at unease make those authors uncomfortable, as do his liberal adaptations of their work. I learned this quote from Stephen King of all people, who I think is over his bad Kubrick experience. He wants a different kind of future. I think Kubrick just ended it where the American edition of the book ended. Usually they will realize they went wrong and try to make up for it themselves, which means so much more than just behaving well because you'll puke everywhere if you don't. Aversion … Towards the end it also feels as if the author has lost his way a bit, too. While he was in the hospital, the government fiddled around inside his gulliver and reversed the Ludovico Treatment (and then tested him to make sure he was again a vicious little sociopath happily making jokes about rape and thinking that the best thing to do with eggs would be to smash them), and he was now free to be a monster in their service --just as his fellow droogies had used their thuggishness in the State's service when they joined the Police Force. In the film, Alex has seemingly consensual sex with two teenage girls not much younger than he. Intresting article. The film plays the dance bit very well (the gang fight, etc...) right up until the rehab when the music stops. If you want another book/film with similar theme I would recommend The Lord of Flies by William Golding since it’s about natural presence of evil in everyone. Martin Scorsese Unsure He Can Recapture ‘The Irishman’ Spark for ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’, Soul review: a triumphant return to Pixar’s most ambitious storytelling, Cliffhanger: an alternative explosive action flick for the seasonal Die Hard fans - The exceptionally dumb-but-great film has all the snow, explosions and stunt work you ever wanted for Christmas – plus, Sylvester Stallone. from Athens, Georgia is reading, Mara Dylan Some do. ‘A Clockwork Orange’ the film or the book. Then the Governor comes in and makes it clear that, for political reasons, they should have each other's backs. More importantly, How can Alex forget? Summary Read a Plot Overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter Summary and Analysis. I still catch my breath recalling the first time I saw it. Now maybe in the book there is and I just haven't read it yet, but from what I've heard, I haven't gotten that impression from the book. I think this is one of the main reasons people tend to enjoy books over movies. Maybe the nature of moving images just has a very different effect on my psyche than that of words alone. To leave a comment Login with Facebook or create a free account. The next novel like A Clockwork Orange has been labelled an allegory, a political treatise, a morality tale even a vision of the apocalypse, but to me, William Golding’s outstanding novel Lord of the Flies is a poignant reminder of the inevitable end … He let me know there was rape in the film so I was prepared. (It's the second-worst last chapter in my reading experience, after the one in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; in both cases, the depth and beauty of the chapters that lead up to the dud ending make the journey worthwhile.). I didn't like the gentling of the child rape and rolling the old drunk scenes, I think the film got vilified enough Kubrick might as well have gone balls-out. He comes off as an intolerable douchebag and says that 21 has symbolic meaning because of the cultural ties to it in America. How can we forget who Alex really is? The text … I also love both book and movie. I think if the film had included the happy ending from the novel, it would change my entire view of the film. Kubrick’s film is based on the more dismal American version of the novel, and in a forward written by Burgess in a 1986 edition, he makes his displeasure known: It is with a kind of shame that this growing youth looks back on his devastating past. It would be easier for me to watch a film or read a book that stylized extreme violence if it wasn’t simultaneously trying to educate me on right and wrong. And the final sequence showed that, once again, Alex was free to listen to classical music while enjoying his rapey masturbation fantasies, just as in his joyous days of old. It is set in a near-future society that has a youth subculture of extreme violence. They can try to guide their audiences to infrences and understandings, but in the end, what people pull from their stories will always be personal and flavored by their own biases and reality. The book was difficult for me to get into, but I thought the film was very good. Being raised in America I've been stuffed to the gills with happy endings and bullshit sell-out endings for decades. Alex tells her that while he was drifting in and out of clarity, he thought that the doctors were fiddling around inside his head. But Burgess actually wrote an additional chapter and that is the one he prefers (if I remember correctly maybe the original editors didn’t like it). In the English version of the book (I haven’t read) the final chapter shows that he is, for the most part, actually cured and moves away from violence of his own free will. Oh it all makes sense now. Stanley Kubrick's film isn't as faithful to Anthony Burgess' novel as we first thought. [–]jackaroojackson 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago* (0 children). Even once the technique is proclaimed a success and Alex is released, we're not given any indication that he's truly grown and changed, but that he's not in control of his behavior. Many sociopaths like Alex don't change. You summed it up well at the end, "I don’t want to live in a world where I have to choose between a brilliant author or a visionary director, and thankfully, I don’t have to. Perhaps that is the point. First of all, there is no indication throughout the movie (and I presume the book) that Alex is interested in any genuine change. And that’s that.". I see the entire film, especially the ending, as an attempt to depict greater realities, and comment on the society at large through Alex’s story. A Clockwork Orange Resucked I first published the novella A Clockwork Orange in 1962, which ought to be far enough in the past for it to be erased from the world's literary memory. It seems most people watched the movie first, before reading the book. Burgess believed that “the freedom to choose is the big human attribute,” This belief provides the central argument of A Clockwork Orange… He hasn't changed. Then she tests him, and his answers reveal the truth: That he is again showing the tendencies of a little monster. Burgess himself admits to enjoying Alex’s prurient pleasures “by-proxy” in his critical (maybe hypocritical) forward to the book, and I think the manipulation of such urges are at the center of Kubrick’s production even as the irrational argument of freewill is given much lip service (irrational because there is even less evidence for the existence of freewill than there is evidence that violent films can adversely affect behavior). They can't decide what people take from that paper. Always I will suggest people read the book if they like the movie, as they will flesh in details one can't get any other way. However, now that I've grown up and kind of gone through my own Alex phase, I can say that the chapter only adds to the book, adds a message that the young will choose bad or good themselves, and rather than thrusting the choice upon them, we should let them come to their decisions on their own. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE is an extremely intense movie. A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian satirical black comedy novel by English writer Anthony Burgess, published in 1962. While the book has more space for a philosophy and psychological progress of characters, the film takes a hell of advantage of the audiovisuality which is quite important for the story. Though I haven't yet read the book, in theory, I like the way the movie ends (or the book without the final chapter). I loved the use of Singling in the Rain, and the stylized look of the movie. Then the Governor has the giant speakers brought in and classical music blasted, and once again Alex, rather than reacting with violent nausea, reacts as we'd seen him when in his bedroom at home listening to Beethovan: He grins orgasmically at the sick fantasies playing on his (to use Kubrick's term) mindscreen. I like the book a lot, but I totally disagree with him. There are many smaller particulars in which the film and book differ – Alex’s weapon in the book is a razor, and in the film it’s a knife hidden within his cane; in the book he’s conditioned against all classical music, and in the film it’s only Beethoven’s Ninth; he volunteers for the Ludovico conditioning in the book and it’s assigned to him in the film; in the book he’s fifteen and in the film he’s a few years older; there is no mention of “Singin’ in the Rain” in Burgess’ novel. The importance of music is highlighted even in the book and it's one of the best aspects of the film. I love the movie. He went back to his old ways, but in a manner that is acceptable by the government and society. Kubrick and company’s artistry has given many people an excuse to justify and/or sympathize with its assaultive structure but I have a hard time singing its praises as a piece of social expression. To each his/her own. Click 'spoiler' after posting something to give it a spoiler tag. The film made it easy for readers of the book to misunderstand what it was about, and the misunderstanding will pursue me until I die. But the most drastic disparity between A Clockwork Orange the film and the novel is that Kubrick’s film omits a (sort of) happy ending epilogue written by Burgess for the book. I love the book. I’d love to hear others thoughts and opinions about this 🙂, [–]ZorroMeansFoxr/Movies Veteran 25 points26 points27 points 1 year ago (3 children). He’s a Kennedy man and Kubrick’s a Nixon man. I can't say "what's better" (it might be dumb to compare those medias but that's point of the article, isn't it) because each has its merits. …and then I felt the old tigers leap in me and then I leapt on these two young ptitsas. Love both book and film; hate the 21st chapter. from Union, NH is reading, K. H. Feikus The first section opens with Alex, the protagonist, and what he calls his “droogs”: Dim, Pete, and Georgie. Really? Yes, people are shown to change in novels, but it has to be a progressive change that we can track like like trails on a map. It would cost them too much effort to detain or punish him, because the press would be all over them, accusing them of cruelty. A Clockwork Orange, novel by Anthony Burgess, published in 1962. So the film ends too. These are two artistic geniuses with two different visions. So therein lies the root of Burgess’ displeasure with Kubrick’s adaptation. from Melstrand, Mi is reading, Jill Ells-O'Brien Ps: “he volunteers for the Ludovico conditioning in the book and it’s assigned to him in the film”. The reason why the book is more violent - and that's good point - is because it is supposed to disgust us. They looked like they had been in some big bitva, as indeed they had, and were all bruised and pouty. use the following search parameters to narrow your results: Click 'spoiler' after posting something to give it a spoiler tag! With the idea of A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess was (among other things) attempting to make a definitive statement about the human moral condition. I never read the book because I got it on audiobook and the first thing I heard was Burgess lamenting the missing 21st chapter in previous additions. there seem to be no life affirming aspects to its world while there are myriad condemnations of behavior), misogynistic (there are several leering scenes involving fully naked women being sexually abused by fully clothed men) and preachy (lots of in your face antiestablishment humor). There are only three specific scenes that were built as sets: … Huh that makes sense actually. from New Zealand is reading, Kevin Maddox I wish I could better explain why the irrational preaching of the novel somewhat works for me while the irrational preaching of the film leaves me conflicted. They seal the deal when Alex lets the Governor feed him. I prefer the book without the 21st chapter, and the movie also. [–]TheShadyGuy 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children). I love the artistry of his adaptation but the content ultimately distracts my appreciation of the style. I have the book for A Clockwork Orange, but have yet to read it. I think we should all just thank out lucky stars that Larry Clark (director/creator of Kids) didn't get his hands on this one. I've been considering reading the book for years now, this article has prepared me for the worst parts (I think), and maybe I'll get the courage up to read it now. Get an ad-free experience with special benefits, and directly support Reddit. No God = no one is ever truly right or wrong about anything, thus satire is one slave criticizing another for being a different kind of slave, which is logically absurd. The movie ending leaves the viewer with the message that there are corrupt and evil people/institutions in the world, and does not glorify them, but rather suggests that they need to be stopped. In which case, this is the book … Then, BAM!, he's suddenly a quasi-remorseful man with aims at family life. Because I might be leaning that way. Alex, violent criminal that he is, passes through four stages - or, since he's a music lover, we might consider the book … He did indeed volunteer for the treatment, both in the movie and in the book. And it doesn’t fit with the rest of the book at all. No God = no meaning but what delusions we dabble in. Because when Alex is in his hospital bed, a psychiatrist comes in and talks to him. A Clockwork Orange is an outstanding book. It feels tacked on, a sort of deus ex machina that expects us to forget everything about this character we've learned so far. Alex shows no indication of wanting to change. The book I am best known for, or only known for, is a novel I am prepared to repudiate: written a quarter of a century ago, a jeu d'esprit knocked off for money in three weeks, it became known as the raw material for a film which seemed to glorify sex and violence. This teen gang drinks milk that’s laced with drugs, and then savagely assaults an elderly man, subsequently destroying the library books … at least a theoretical God above humankind). One concludes with Alex growing up and … I definitely don't buy that. They give him a comfortable life and room to do his evil activities, and he doesn't tell the world about the Treatment. So if someone says the story glorifies violence it’s because he’s scared of possibility that people would follow the footsteps of Alex – and then the story fulfilled its intention. He wrote The Clockwork orange in 1962. What's the Difference between A Clockwork Orange the Book and A Clockwork Orange the Movie? The 21st chapter felt as if he'd not only moved past the violence, but that he'd come to understand that he'd made mistakes. But Alex in film is more older, he doesn't make us feel as much shocked as disgusted (though I just love Malcolm McDowell and the film had to go with older protagonist). A Clockwork Orange is a novel by Anthony Burgess that was first published in 1962. Thanks, [–]C_Me 3 points4 points5 points 1 year ago (0 children). Is it only that no words, however evocative, can ever pierce our comfort level the way an effectively directed scene of violence can? "There's nothing wrong with my books", he said, "they're all right here.". AP Names Anya Taylor-Joy Breakthrough Entertainer of 2020, Daft Punk releases new extended version of the Tron: Legacy soundtrack, Warner Bros. will release its 2023 movies in theaters first. When he imagine a girl doing sex with him. I certainly don’t believe A Clockwork Orange the film is glorifying sexual violence, nor do I believe by a long shot that Kubrick’s The Shining is the worst Stephen King adaptation. the book has … Whatever follows is probably just as moronic and opinionated, being the product of a writer that can't see the big fat line dividing her unsubstantiated opinions from critical concensuses. The original American publication of A Clockwork Orange also excluded this chapter, in which Alex is growing out of his taste for violence and looking forward to a future with a wife and son, whom he does not want to turn out like Alex himself. Alex's liberation from the Ludovico technique  -- dehumanizing in turn to its subject, the "caregivers" who adminsiter it, and the society that sees need for it -- was a triumph of spirit. The American or Kubrickian Orange is a fable; the British or world one is a novel. For starters, I'd argue Alex's journey, from punk to mind-control poster child to "cured," is a novelistic character arc, albeit an unconventional one. Did Alex go back to his old ways of being a delinquent? No movie will be able to accurately portray the inner dialogue that we are allowed to watch unfold in a book. This is Burgess most famous novel. I love the movie. the main character is not very heroic, and is actually very dispicable. One I keep coming back to. Rendered by PID 23382 on r2-app-0d385b4c3ab8950bb at 2020-12-24 20:18:08.624801+00:00 running 6abf2be country code: PL. Anthony Burgess’ dismissal of the Stanley Kubrick adaptation of his novel A Clockwork Orange is one for the ages. Given the content it can come off as nihilistic (e.g. But how do you know that’s what happened? Alex runs into Pete who has already changed and then Alex begins to consider becoming a productive member of society. He volunteers for the Ludovico technique so he can get out of prison. If only everyone could be so magnanimous, but the media bubble has to put everything in competition. This is particularly true in regards to the victims. In the book, Alex rapes two ten-year-old girls he’s gotten drunk on Scotch and soda in a horrifying chapter that escalates in casual bleakness. and join one of thousands of communities. Just because a work, no matter the medium, may end on a note of moral ambivalence, does not preclude it from being a work of art. The two mediums are  constantly compaired but so very different in their ways. Alex narrates to us in an odd slang called "nadsat" as … But Fight Club has a bit different message about violence. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy. The twenty-first chapter gives the novel the quality of genuine fiction, an art founded on the principle that human beings change. My heart hurts just thinking about it. 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