A Clockwork Orange (1971)

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Wikidata Q181086, film, IMDb tt0066921, TMDB 185: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 1 more episode agrees.

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Anthony Burgess: 2 lines the host's read ×2

  1. unmapped (book vs film): Anthony Burgess ⇒ A Clockwork Orange (the host's read). Reading the novel again, the speaker finds it almost the same as the film, dialogue and all.
    “The dialogue is, it's just unbelievable how little he changed”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:17:42 · Alex Ross Perry (0.80 sure it was them)

2001: A Space Odyssey: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (self-reference): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ A Clockwork Orange (the host's read). The record store scene shows the 2001 soundtrack, which the speakers read as Kubrick nodding at his own movie.
    “but he's kind of like being like, guys, I made that movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:44:54 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Her Smell: 1 line the maker said so ×1

  1. lineage (inspiration): A Clockwork Orange ⇒ Her Smell (the maker said so: Alex Ross Perry, the writer of Her Smell, speaking on this episode). The speaker says the film's five-act structure was a huge inspiration while writing Her Smell.
    “This movie, I think, and this was a huge inspiration in when I was writing her smell.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:28:51 · Alex Ross Perry (0.80 sure it was them)

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): A Clockwork Orange ⇒ Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (the host's read). The contrapuntal needle drop descends from Singin' in the Rain in Clockwork Orange and Stuck in the Middle with You in Reservoir Dogs.
    “all the way back to singing in the rain in Clockwork Orange or stuck in the middle with you in, in, in, in Reservoir dogs.”
    The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ With Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, and Jane Schoenbrun! · 0:22:08 · Adam Nayman (0.55 sure it was them)

The Simpsons (TV): 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (parodied): A Clockwork Orange ⇒ The Simpsons (TV) (the host's read). The Simpsons reference this film a lot.
    “But the Simpsons reference is clockwork orange. a lot.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:29:53 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Connected to

2001: A Space Odyssey: 5 lines theme ×2 career ×1 contrast ×1 unmapped ×1

  1. theme (theme: Ludovico as 2001): 2001: A Space Odyssey → A Clockwork Orange. The Ludovico technique takes the technology theme and makes it the main course.
    “And the Ludovico technique in this movie is just that writ large, which is why I love this movie so much”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:48:11 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them)

Barry Lyndon: 3 lines contrast ×1 people ×1 career ×1

  1. career (next film): A Clockwork Orange → Barry Lyndon. After the violent X-rated hit, Kubrick makes a three-hour candlelit film about a loser scamming into high society.
    “To make a 3 hour movie about just like a foolish loser who scams his way into Uppercrust society and it'll all be lit by candles.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:11:06 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Anthony Burgess: 2 lines unmapped ×1 lineage ×1

  1. unmapped (book vs film): Anthony Burgess → A Clockwork Orange. Reading the novel again, the speaker finds it almost the same as the film, dialogue and all.
    “The dialogue is, it's just unbelievable how little he changed”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:17:42 · Alex Ross Perry (0.80 sure it was them)

Star 80: 2 lines theme ×1 unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (series handoff): Star 80 → A Clockwork Orange. Julie asks them to remember Star 80 when covering Kubrick's rape depiction.
    “Think about, you know, how, you know, people say rape isn't about sex, unless you shoot it real sexy.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Star 80 with Julie Klausner · 2:00:09 · Julie Klausner (0.60 sure it was them)

Armageddon: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (self-reference analogy): A Clockwork Orange → Armageddon. The record-store 2001 sleeve is compared to Michael Bay referencing Armageddon in Transformers.
    “It's like Michael Bay referencing Armageddon in Transformers.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:44:59 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Dirty Harry: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (violence wave): A Clockwork Orange → Dirty Harry. The same weeks of 1971-72 saw Bonnie and Clyde, Dirty Harry and A Clockwork Orange in a rush of screen violence.
    “Well, especially because like Bonnie Clyde, Dirty Harry, Clockwork Orange.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:58:35 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Dr. Strangelove: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme: man vs machinery): Dr. Strangelove → A Clockwork Orange. Strangelove, 2001, and this film are the clearest examples of his theme of technology that hastens man's downfall.
    “Dr. Strangelove in 2001. And this movie are very literal examples of that, of that theme for sure.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:47:02 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50 sure it was them)

Fight Club: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (generational pairing): A Clockwork Orange → Fight Club. Fight Club is called the Clockwork Orange of another generation, an Edge Lord pick.
    “This is kind of the clockwork Orange for another generation.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:43:02 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Full Metal Jacket: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (Oscar attention): A Clockwork Orange → Full Metal Jacket. Clockwork Orange got Oscar attention, but The Shining, Full Metal Jacket and Eyes Wide Shut were ignored.
    “obviously, the shining full metal jacket and eyes wide shut are all basically ignored by the Oscars.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 2:00:28 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Gene Kelly: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (song over credits): Gene Kelly → A Clockwork Orange. The Gene Kelly version of Singin' in the Rain plays over the end credits.
    “especially when they play the Gene Kelly version over the end credits.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:37:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Godfrey Quigley: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (shared actor): Godfrey Quigley → A Clockwork Orange. Captain Grogan's actor is also a prison warden in Clockwork Orange.
    “I believe he's also, he's a prison warden in Clock of Orange.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:58:11 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Her Smell: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (inspiration): A Clockwork Orange → Her Smell. The speaker says the film's five-act structure was a huge inspiration while writing Her Smell.
    “This movie, I think, and this was a huge inspiration in when I was writing her smell.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:28:51 · Alex Ross Perry (0.80 sure it was them)

Ken Russell: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (earlier attempt): Ken Russell → A Clockwork Orange. Ken Russell was planning to make the book before Kubrick got it.
    “Ken Russell, who's very logical at time, was planning on making this intro.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:19:31 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Malcolm McDowell: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Malcolm McDowell → A Clockwork Orange. Juliet's definitive Malcolm McDowell role is A Clockwork Orange, while Amanda thinks Entourage.
    “Um, A clockwork orange?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:09:20 · Juliet Litman (0.50 sure it was them)

Michel Foucault: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (anticipates): A Clockwork Orange → Michel Foucault. The film's prison debate predates Foucault's Discipline and Punish by four or five years.
    “which is exactly what the government comes and says in this movie that predates this Foucault book by like 4 or 5 years”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:10:30 · Alex Ross Perry (0.70 sure it was them)

Pat Roach: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (shared actor): Pat Roach → A Clockwork Orange. Corporal Toole's actor is the milk bar bouncer in Clockwork Orange.
    “he's the bouncer at the milk bar in Clockwork Orange, that kind.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:59:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Reservoir Dogs: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): A Clockwork Orange → Reservoir Dogs. Both use music that deliberately does not go with the violence.
    “all the way back to singing in the rain in Clockwork Orange or stuck in the middle with you in, in, in, in Reservoir dogs.”
    The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ With Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, and Jane Schoenbrun! · 0:22:08 · Adam Nayman (0.55 sure it was them)

Richard III (play): 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (compared character): A Clockwork Orange → Richard III (play). Kubrick compares Alex to Richard III: a monster we are still somewhat sympathetic to.
    “He compares him to Richard III.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:27:31 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50 sure it was them)

Sleeping with the Enemy: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (classical-music villain): A Clockwork Orange → Sleeping with the Enemy. The speakers ask whether this was the first film to make a love of classical music a mark of evil; then joke about Sleeping with the Enemy.
    “Is this the 1st movie to make, like, for classical, like a love of classical music, this person is actually really evil.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:53:25 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Stanley Milgram: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (vibes): A Clockwork Orange → Stanley Milgram. The Ludovico setup gets Milgram experiment vibes.
    “Uh, Scott Milgram, experiment, vibes.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:12:29 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (casting world): A Clockwork Orange → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. The British casting looks like Star Wars casting six years later.
    “this just feels like it lives in the same world of casting at Star Wars to me.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:33:51 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them)

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma → A Clockwork Orange. The contrapuntal needle drop descends from Singin' in the Rain in Clockwork Orange and Stuck in the Middle with You in Reservoir Dogs.
    “all the way back to singing in the rain in Clockwork Orange or stuck in the middle with you in, in, in, in Reservoir dogs.”
    The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ With Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, and Jane Schoenbrun! · 0:22:08 · Adam Nayman (0.55 sure it was them)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (violence compared): The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo → A Clockwork Orange. Fincher cites Clockwork Orange as film where rape is offensive, not titillating.
    “It's a power of clock or orange.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:53:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Rolling Stones' planned adaptation (unmade): 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (earlier attempt): The Rolling Stones' planned adaptation (unmade) → A Clockwork Orange. The Rolling Stones wanted to make the book first, with Jagger as Alex.
    “the Rolling Stones were the original people who wanted to make this book, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:19:22 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Simpsons (TV): 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (parodied): A Clockwork Orange → The Simpsons (TV). The Simpsons reference this film a lot.
    “But the Simpsons reference is clockwork orange. a lot.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:29:53 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Vinyl: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (parallel adaptation): Vinyl → A Clockwork Orange. The speakers note there is an unwatchable Warhol version of this same book.
    “Well, of course, you know, you mentioned Warhol, but of course there's the unwatchable Warhol version of this book.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:22:36 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them)

Wendy Carlos: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (composer): Wendy Carlos → A Clockwork Orange. The electronic score is called a ten out of ten before the movie even begins.
    “it's already a 10 out of 10, the electronics score.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:31:10 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career): Malcolm McDowell → A Clockwork Orange. Juliet's definitive Malcolm McDowell role is A Clockwork Orange, while Amanda thinks Entourage.
    “Um, A clockwork orange?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:09:20 · Juliet Litman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career sequence): 2001: A Space Odyssey → A Clockwork Orange. After the grandest film he moves to a punk movie within two years.
    “It just feels so exciting to be like, you just made 2001.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:06:45 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. career (next film): A Clockwork Orange → Barry Lyndon. After the violent X-rated hit, Kubrick makes a three-hour candlelit film about a loser scamming into high society.
    “To make a 3 hour movie about just like a foolish loser who scams his way into Uppercrust society and it'll all be lit by candles.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:11:06 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (tonal contrast): Barry Lyndon → A Clockwork Orange. Barry Lyndon is warmer than the cold, sharp films on either side of it (2001, Clockwork Orange, Shining, Full Metal Jacket).
    “And especially if you look at it being buttressed by 2001 Clockwork Orange on one side, Shining Full Metal Jacket on the other side.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:14:27 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (Oscars contrast): A Clockwork Orange → 2001: A Space Odyssey. This film was nominated for best picture while 2001 was not.
    “Wild that a clock recording was nominated for best picture in 2001 wasn't.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:07:19 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): A Clockwork Orange → Reservoir Dogs. Both use music that deliberately does not go with the violence.
    “all the way back to singing in the rain in Clockwork Orange or stuck in the middle with you in, in, in, in Reservoir dogs.”
    The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ With Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, and Jane Schoenbrun! · 0:22:08 · Adam Nayman (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. craft (classical-music villain): A Clockwork Orange → Sleeping with the Enemy. The speakers ask whether this was the first film to make a love of classical music a mark of evil; then joke about Sleeping with the Enemy.
    “Is this the 1st movie to make, like, for classical, like a love of classical music, this person is actually really evil.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:53:25 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (Oscar attention): A Clockwork Orange → Full Metal Jacket. Clockwork Orange got Oscar attention, but The Shining, Full Metal Jacket and Eyes Wide Shut were ignored.
    “obviously, the shining full metal jacket and eyes wide shut are all basically ignored by the Oscars.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 2:00:28 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (4)

  1. lineage (lineage): Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma → A Clockwork Orange. The contrapuntal needle drop descends from Singin' in the Rain in Clockwork Orange and Stuck in the Middle with You in Reservoir Dogs.
    “all the way back to singing in the rain in Clockwork Orange or stuck in the middle with you in, in, in, in Reservoir dogs.”
    The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ With Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, and Jane Schoenbrun! · 0:22:08 · Adam Nayman (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (adaptation): Anthony Burgess → A Clockwork Orange. The film adapts Burgess's novel, and Kubrick found he had to change very little.
    “Kubrick reads the book and is like, I didn't have to do much.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:20:24 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (parallel adaptation): Vinyl → A Clockwork Orange. The speakers note there is an unwatchable Warhol version of this same book.
    “Well, of course, you know, you mentioned Warhol, but of course there's the unwatchable Warhol version of this book.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:22:36 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (inspiration): A Clockwork Orange → Her Smell. The speaker says the film's five-act structure was a huge inspiration while writing Her Smell.
    “This movie, I think, and this was a huge inspiration in when I was writing her smell.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:28:51 · Alex Ross Perry (0.80 sure it was them)

people (5)

  1. people (shared actor): Godfrey Quigley → A Clockwork Orange. Captain Grogan's actor is also a prison warden in Clockwork Orange.
    “I believe he's also, he's a prison warden in Clock of Orange.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:58:11 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. people (shared cast): A Clockwork Orange → Barry Lyndon. Kubrick reused actors across Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon and The Shining.
    “There's a lot of overlap with Clockwork Orange in these casts.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:58:16 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. people (shared actor): Pat Roach → A Clockwork Orange. Corporal Toole's actor is the milk bar bouncer in Clockwork Orange.
    “he's the bouncer at the milk bar in Clockwork Orange, that kind.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:59:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. people (composer): Wendy Carlos → A Clockwork Orange. The electronic score is called a ten out of ten before the movie even begins.
    “it's already a 10 out of 10, the electronics score.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:31:10 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. people (casting world): A Clockwork Orange → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. The British casting looks like Star Wars casting six years later.
    “this just feels like it lives in the same world of casting at Star Wars to me.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:33:51 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (generational pairing): A Clockwork Orange → Fight Club. Fight Club is called the Clockwork Orange of another generation, an Edge Lord pick.
    “This is kind of the clockwork Orange for another generation.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:43:02 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

theme (6)

  1. theme (critic parallel): Star 80 → A Clockwork Orange. Kael's charge that Clockwork Orange was prurient and pitied only Alex is applied to Star 80 and Snyder.
    “I think the only sympathy that you see from the filmmaker is with Paul Snyder.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Star 80 with Julie Klausner · 0:33:34 · Julie Klausner (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme: man vs machinery): Dr. Strangelove → A Clockwork Orange. Strangelove, 2001, and this film are the clearest examples of his theme of technology that hastens man's downfall.
    “Dr. Strangelove in 2001. And this movie are very literal examples of that, of that theme for sure.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:47:02 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. theme (theme: Ludovico as 2001): 2001: A Space Odyssey → A Clockwork Orange. The Ludovico technique takes the technology theme and makes it the main course.
    “And the Ludovico technique in this movie is just that writ large, which is why I love this movie so much”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:48:11 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. theme (theme: human error): 2001: A Space Odyssey → A Clockwork Orange. HAL's human error is read alongside the Ludovico technique as the flaw that is always there.
    “What's the human error in the Ludovico technique.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:50:39 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. theme (compared character): A Clockwork Orange → Richard III (play). Kubrick compares Alex to Richard III: a monster we are still somewhat sympathetic to.
    “He compares him to Richard III.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:27:31 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. theme (self-reference analogy): A Clockwork Orange → Armageddon. The record-store 2001 sleeve is compared to Michael Bay referencing Armageddon in Transformers.
    “It's like Michael Bay referencing Armageddon in Transformers.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:44:59 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (11)

  1. unmapped (series handoff): Star 80 → A Clockwork Orange. Julie asks them to remember Star 80 when covering Kubrick's rape depiction.
    “Think about, you know, how, you know, people say rape isn't about sex, unless you shoot it real sexy.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Star 80 with Julie Klausner · 2:00:09 · Julie Klausner (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (violence compared): The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo → A Clockwork Orange. Fincher cites Clockwork Orange as film where rape is offensive, not titillating.
    “It's a power of clock or orange.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:53:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (book vs film): Anthony Burgess → A Clockwork Orange. Reading the novel again, the speaker finds it almost the same as the film, dialogue and all.
    “The dialogue is, it's just unbelievable how little he changed”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:17:42 · Alex Ross Perry (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (earlier attempt): The Rolling Stones' planned adaptation (unmade) → A Clockwork Orange. The Rolling Stones wanted to make the book first, with Jagger as Alex.
    “the Rolling Stones were the original people who wanted to make this book, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:19:22 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. unmapped (earlier attempt): Ken Russell → A Clockwork Orange. Ken Russell was planning to make the book before Kubrick got it.
    “Ken Russell, who's very logical at time, was planning on making this intro.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:19:31 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. unmapped (song over credits): Gene Kelly → A Clockwork Orange. The Gene Kelly version of Singin' in the Rain plays over the end credits.
    “especially when they play the Gene Kelly version over the end credits.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:37:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. unmapped (self-reference): 2001: A Space Odyssey → A Clockwork Orange. The record store scene shows the 2001 soundtrack, which the speakers read as Kubrick nodding at his own movie.
    “but he's kind of like being like, guys, I made that movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:44:54 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50 sure it was them)
  8. unmapped (anticipates): A Clockwork Orange → Michel Foucault. The film's prison debate predates Foucault's Discipline and Punish by four or five years.
    “which is exactly what the government comes and says in this movie that predates this Foucault book by like 4 or 5 years”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:10:30 · Alex Ross Perry (0.70 sure it was them)
  9. unmapped (vibes): A Clockwork Orange → Stanley Milgram. The Ludovico setup gets Milgram experiment vibes.
    “Uh, Scott Milgram, experiment, vibes.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:12:29 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  10. unmapped (parodied): A Clockwork Orange → The Simpsons (TV). The Simpsons reference this film a lot.
    “But the Simpsons reference is clockwork orange. a lot.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:29:53 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  11. unmapped (violence wave): A Clockwork Orange → Dirty Harry. The same weeks of 1971-72 saw Bonnie and Clyde, Dirty Harry and A Clockwork Orange in a rush of screen violence.
    “Well, especially because like Bonnie Clyde, Dirty Harry, Clockwork Orange.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:58:35 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about A Clockwork Orange: Alex Ross Perry's parents took his name from a movie credit, and for years he told people he was named after Alex in this film.
    “I told people I was named after Alex and the Clockwork Orange.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:11:43 · Alex Ross Perry (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about A Clockwork Orange: Alex Ross Perry first saw it at 13, rented from Blockbuster in his grandparents' basement in June 1998, two weeks after the AFI 100 list came out.
    “And I remember sitting in my grandparents' basement and they took me to Blockbuster, I guess.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:14:14 · Alex Ross Perry (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about A Clockwork Orange: A girl fainted and hit her head on a desk when David's class watched it; they had to call an ambulance.
    “A girl in my class when we watched it, fainted and hit her head on the corner of a desk, and they had to call the ambulance.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:15:18 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about A Clockwork Orange: Kubrick pulled the film from Britain a year after release and it stayed out until his death; it was banned in Ireland until 1999.
    “Kubrick withdrew this film from Britain.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:17:31 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about A Clockwork Orange: Three years after 2001 missed a best picture nomination, the Oscars put this X-rated film in the race.
    “is this movie too violent to exist? and the Oscars are like, eh, best picture.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:10:28 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about A Clockwork Orange: Kubrick dismissed the book's final happy chapter: had he known it existed he would have ignored it anyway.
    “if I had known this had existed, I would have ignored it anyway.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:22:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about A Clockwork Orange: The milk bar is one of only four built sets; the fiberglass furniture was made, not found.
    “And this is one of the 4 built sets.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:33:29 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about A Clockwork Orange: The graffiti on the lobby poster in Alex's building is written in the book.
    “Weirdly, the graffiti on that poster is written in the book.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:39:43 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them)
  9. fun, about A Clockwork Orange: The record store scene puts the 2001 soundtrack on the rack, like a director saying I made that movie.
    “Didn't he pull out the 2001?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:44:42 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  10. fun, about A Clockwork Orange: The cat lady scene uses one editing trick that never recurs in the film: a visit condensed over the shot of her doing yoga.
    “there's a trick he does here once that never occurs elsewhere in the movie”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:54:22 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50 sure it was them)
  11. fun, about A Clockwork Orange: The eyedrop man was a real doctor, given a line by Kubrick, and fumbled the drops because he fixated on the line.
    “And then the guy was so obsessed with the line.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:15:18 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  12. fun, about A Clockwork Orange: McDowell scratched his cornea during the eyedrop scenes and the numbing wore off in the car; a speed bump felt like a razor blade.
    “And then he had scratched his cornea.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:16:15 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  13. fun, about A Clockwork Orange: The post-treatment demonstration scene has Michael Bates giving all-time reaction shots to the naked woman.
    “The series of of reaction shots of him watching her are just like all time reaction shots.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:18:49 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them)
  14. fun, about A Clockwork Orange: It opened at number nine at the box office in January 1972; Diamonds Are Forever was number one.
    “And it's opening on number nine.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:54:36 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

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