What the corpus says about A Clockwork Orange (1971)

The 60 lines php artisan corpus:ask hands a model, in the order it gets them, and nothing else. The model writes a clerk's answer from these and only these.

What was said about it (26)

[Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club · 2:43:02 · unknown (0.35)] A Clockwork Orange ↔ Fight Club · programming · Fight Club is called the Clockwork Orange of another generation, an Edge Lord pick. · "This is kind of the clockwork Orange for another generation."
[The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ · 0:22:08 · Adam Nayman (0.55)] A Clockwork Orange ⇒ Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (the host's read) · lineage · 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."
[Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange · 1:22:36 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60)] Vinyl ↔ A Clockwork Orange · lineage · 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 · 1:28:51 · Alex Ross Perry (0.80)] A Clockwork Orange ⇒ Her Smell (the maker said so: Alex Ross Perry, the writer of Her Smell, speaking on this episode) · lineage · 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 · Star 80 · 0:33:34 · Julie Klausner (0.50)] Star 80 ↔ A Clockwork Orange · theme · 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 — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange · 0:47:02 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ A Clockwork Orange · theme · 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 · 0:48:11 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ↔ A Clockwork Orange · theme · 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 · 0:50:39 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ↔ A Clockwork Orange · theme · 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 · 1:27:31 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50)] A Clockwork Orange ↔ Richard III (play) · theme · 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 · 1:44:59 · unknown (0.40)] A Clockwork Orange ↔ Armageddon · theme · The record-store 2001 sleeve is compared to Michael Bay referencing Armageddon in Transformers. · "It's like Michael Bay referencing Armageddon in Transformers."
[The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ · 0:22:08 · Adam Nayman (0.55)] A Clockwork Orange ↔ Reservoir Dogs · craft · 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."
[Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange · 1:53:25 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] A Clockwork Orange → Sleeping with the Enemy · craft · 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 · Barry Lyndon · 0:14:27 · unknown (0.30)] Barry Lyndon ↔ A Clockwork Orange · contrast · 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 · A Clockwork Orange · 1:07:19 · unknown (0.40)] A Clockwork Orange ↔ 2001: A Space Odyssey · contrast · 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 · 1:06:45 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ↔ A Clockwork Orange · career · 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 · 1:11:06 · unknown (0.40)] A Clockwork Orange ↔ Barry Lyndon · career · 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 · Barry Lyndon · 0:58:16 · unknown (0.30)] A Clockwork Orange ↔ Barry Lyndon · people · 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 · A Clockwork Orange · 2:33:51 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60)] A Clockwork Orange ↔ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · people · 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 · Full Metal Jacket · 2:00:28 · David Sims (0.50)] A Clockwork Orange ↔ Full Metal Jacket · industry · 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 · Star 80 · 2:00:09 · Julie Klausner (0.60)] Star 80 ↔ A Clockwork Orange · series handoff · 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 — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo · 0:53:32 · unknown (0.30)] The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ↔ A Clockwork Orange · violence compared · Fincher cites Clockwork Orange as film where rape is offensive, not titillating. · "It's a power of clock or orange."
[Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange · 1:19:22 · unknown (0.40)] The Rolling Stones' planned adaptation (unmade) ↔ A Clockwork Orange · earlier attempt · 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 · 1:44:54 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ A Clockwork Orange (the host's read) · self-reference · 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 · 2:29:53 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] A Clockwork Orange ⇒ The Simpsons (TV) (the host's read) · parodied · The Simpsons reference this film a lot. · "But the Simpsons reference is clockwork orange. a lot."
[Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange · 2:58:35 · unknown (0.40)] A Clockwork Orange ↔ Dirty Harry · violence wave · 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 · 1:20:24 · unknown (0.30)] Anthony Burgess ⇒ A Clockwork Orange (the host's read) · lineage · 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."

Films put beside it more than once (3)

[pairs] A Clockwork Orange ↔ 2001: A Space Odyssey · said 5 times in 1 episode
[pairs] A Clockwork Orange ↔ Barry Lyndon · said 3 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] A Clockwork Orange ↔ Star 80 · said 2 times in 1 episode

Fun items about it (6)

[Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange · 0:11:43 · Alex Ross Perry (0.80)] A Clockwork Orange · fun · 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 · 0:14:14 · Alex Ross Perry (0.80)] A Clockwork Orange · fun · 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 · 0:15:18 · David Sims (0.50)] A Clockwork Orange · fun · 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 · 0:17:31 · David Sims (0.50)] A Clockwork Orange · fun · 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 · 1:10:28 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50)] A Clockwork Orange · fun · 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 · 1:22:04 · unknown (0.40)] A Clockwork Orange · fun · 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."

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (17)

[Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey · 0:54:01 · unknown (0.30)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ↔ 2001: A Space Odyssey (novel) · programming · Film and Clarke's novel were developed side by side, each holding the other hostage. · "But the 2 of them were being done in tandem."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon · 0:13:57 · unknown (0.30)] Barry Lyndon ↔ Eyes Wide Shut · programming · These two Kubrick films feel warm to the speaker compared with the rest. · "But Barry Lyndon and Eyes Wide Shut are the 2 that feel like they sort of cut through to me on a deeper level, where I feel genuine warmth and affection for them."
[Blank Check · Star 80 · 0:02:35 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] Star 80 ↔ Taxi Driver · theme · Every scene of Star 80 is likened to the porno scene in Taxi Driver turned up to 75. · "Like every scene of this movie is like the porno scene in Taxi Driver, but amped up to 75."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ · 1:06:54 · Bill Simmons (0.70)] The Truman Show ↔ Armageddon · programming · In the 1998 genre roster, Truman Show is the sci-fi entry and Armageddon the action entry. · "Sci-fi Truman show."
[Blank Check — Patreon · March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2 · 0:52:34 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Rocky (franchise) ↔ Dirty Harry · programming · Stallone voices are suggested as a funnier alternative to Eastwood voices. · "a series of Stallone voices is actually better."
[Blank Check · Dune · 1:12:45 · unknown (0.40)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Silent Running (the host's read) · lineage · 2001 spawned heady, serious, clean sci-fi like Silent Running. · "2001 leads to a spat of things like silent running, you know, these movies that are like very heady."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon · 0:24:16 · unknown (0.30)] William Makepeace Thackeray ⇒ Barry Lyndon (the host's read) · lineage · Kubrick adapted Thackeray's novel Barry Lyndon into the film. · "versus just reading Barry Lindon once and then going, oh, I could just adapt this."
[Blank Check · Star 80 · 0:02:45 · David Sims (0.50)] Star 80 ↔ Boogie Nights · theme · Star 80 produces the same turn-it-off discomfort as the firecracker scene in Boogie Nights. · "Combined with the firework, the firecracker scene in boogie nights."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ · 0:06:13 · Chris Ryan (0.40)] Armageddon ↔ Deep Impact · programming · Rival same-year disaster films; Armageddon won as the more fun one with more stars. · "Armageddon had so many more stars, though."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ · 0:08:03 · unknown (0.40)] Beverly Hills Cop ↔ Dirty Harry · lineage · The film plays closer to a 70s crime movie like Dirty Harry or The Outfit than to an 80s action blockbuster. · "this movie's way closer to like Dirty Harry or the outfit or 7, like a 70s crime movie than it is like our idea of like 80s action blockbuster."
[Blank Check · Dune · 2:54:20 · unknown (0.40)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read) · lineage · 2010 was made because the novel sequel existed, a movie made just because they had to. · "Because Arthur C. Clark had come out with a 2010 novel."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon · 1:43:01 · unknown (0.30)] Paper Moon ↔ Barry Lyndon · theme · O'Neal's con-man father in Paper Moon is set against Barry as a father. · "Compare this character to Moses Prey in Paper Moon, a guy who does not want to be a father because the idea of being a father is having to settle down and live a respectable life"
[Blank Check · Star 80 · 0:07:34 · Julie Klausner (0.50)] Star 80 ↔ Anatomy of a Murder · theme · Concern for the ruined man instead of the woman echoes Anatomy of a Murder's rape-trial rhetoric. · "That reminds me of an anatomy of murder when they're prosecuting the, they're like, let's think about ruining a man's life before we convict this person of rape"
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 1:15:05 · unknown (0.40)] Dante's Peak ↔ Armageddon · programming · Series idea of same-year rival movies: Volcano/Dante's Peak, Armageddon/Deep Impact, Antz/A Bug's Life. · "Armageddon Deep Impact."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel · 0:34:56 · unknown (0.30)] Blue Steel ↔ Dirty Harry · lineage · The after-shooting inquiry echoes the way Dirty Harry handled a cop's use of force. · "Dirty Harry done the same thing."
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:02:34 · unknown (0.40)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read) · lineage · 2010 is the sequel to 2001; the speaker's reaction to the Kubrick film is the benchmark throughout. · "And I said, oh, you know, 2010, the sequel to 2001 and they were like, the what?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon · 0:34:17 · Karina Longworth (0.40)] Paper Moon ↔ Barry Lyndon · craft · O'Neal's lack of presence lets the actress in each of his films pop out. · "Yeah, but in a weird way, that sets up really good, interesting female performances."

Who said it, by their latest sketch (5)

[speaker] Alex Ross Perry · latest sketch, Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club · Loves Fight Club as a formative film he saw at the AMC Marple on opening night and again on Saturday, and says it still ranks among his heart picks despite finding it juvenile now. Respects a movie that looks good. Cannot stand the Fincher perfectionist myth, and thinks his push for digital had a bad influence. A sucker for Zodiac, which he ranks first. · stances: Fight Club is a time capsule: deeply embarrassing to admire but loved spiritually; Fincher's perfectionist myth and digital proselytizing are overrated; The second half and Project Mayhem say nothing new; Zodiac is the best Fincher
[speaker] David Sims · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Prepares history: novel, casting, budgets, box office. Reveres the film and thinks it reads as a normal ground-level story. A sucker for Hollywood deal backstory and box office game. · stances: Praises Keitel and Dafoe casting; Respects Scorsese's persistence and Corman discipline; The film is now well regarded though not 'canonical Marty'
[speaker] Adam Nayman · latest sketch, The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ · Self-described slasher fan who likes a movie that plays with tropes intelligently; admires Miasma's playfulness and sincerity but dislikes its showbiz satire. Soft spot for Texas Chain Saw, wrestling and Toronto sports. Wary of the idea that references alone make a movie smart. · stances: Miasma is academic but playfully so; Better filmmakers deserve less intention-guessing; Don't need to love slashers to love Miasma
[speaker] Griffin Newman · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Calls Last Temptation his college-era favorite Scorsese; loves Scorsese's smaller 80s and the film's closing transcendence and Gabriel score. Cannot stand fundamentalist outrage at it. A sucker for casting trivia and Tom Cruise-silliness. · stances: Hot take: Last Temptation structurally mirrors New York, New York as a better version; Outrage over the film is stupid; it is respectful to Jesus; Scorsese's smaller 80s work beats his later baroque phases
[speaker] Julie Klausner · latest sketch, Blank Check · Star 80 · A serious Fosse devotee who loves Cabaret, All That Jazz, Sweet Charity and Liza with a Z, and praises collaborations with women. She finds Star 80 powerful but ugly, a prurient pornographic film made by a man who will not look at the victim, and she is haunted by it. · stances: Star 80 is powerful but not great and not fabulous; It sexualizes violence against Stratton with no female point of view; Judge creative men by how they collaborate with women; Sweet Charity ranks above Star 80; Cabaret's restraint with Liza shows Fosse's best instincts

The shows' running bits (3)

[bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)
[bits] Blank Check: The box office game (Guessing the film's opening weekend and what it was up against); The sung theme ("Blank Check with Griffin and David", sung; the transcriber garbles it)
[bits] The Rewatchables: Apex Mountain (The moment a star peaks; where on the mountain a performance sits); Who Won the Movie (The hosts name the person who came out of the film best off); The Ebert review (Roger Ebert's original review and star rating read aloud. Ebert is cited, never on the show); Casting what-ifs (Who was almost cast, or who should have been); Most rewatchable scene (The scene each host would stop on while flipping channels); Aged best / aged worst (What holds up and what does not); Picking Nits (The little things in a film the hosts love that they don't think totally work: the nits); Double feature (The film each host would pair it with; a programming pick)

The whole prompt

As the model gets it, from app/Ai/Prompts/CorpusAsk.md

You are a clerk at Video Culture, a video store. A customer just finished A Clockwork Orange (1971) and wants to know what to watch next.

Below is what people who love movies said on three podcasts (Blank Check, The Rewatchables, The Big Picture) about A Clockwork Orange (1971) and the films around it, one line each. Every line starts with where it came from, in brackets: [show · episode · time · speaker (how sure we are it was them)]. A [pairs] line says how often two films were put side by side. A [speaker] line says what that person likes. A [bits] line lists a show's running bits: a format, not an opinion.

[Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club · 2:43:02 · unknown (0.35)] A Clockwork Orange ↔ Fight Club · programming · Fight Club is called the Clockwork Orange of another generation, an Edge Lord pick. · "This is kind of the clockwork Orange for another generation."
[The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ · 0:22:08 · Adam Nayman (0.55)] A Clockwork Orange ⇒ Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (the host's read) · lineage · 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."
[Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange · 1:22:36 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60)] Vinyl ↔ A Clockwork Orange · lineage · 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 · 1:28:51 · Alex Ross Perry (0.80)] A Clockwork Orange ⇒ Her Smell (the maker said so: Alex Ross Perry, the writer of Her Smell, speaking on this episode) · lineage · 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 · Star 80 · 0:33:34 · Julie Klausner (0.50)] Star 80 ↔ A Clockwork Orange · theme · 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 — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange · 0:47:02 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50)] Dr. Strangelove ↔ A Clockwork Orange · theme · 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 · 0:48:11 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ↔ A Clockwork Orange · theme · 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 · 0:50:39 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ↔ A Clockwork Orange · theme · 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 · 1:27:31 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50)] A Clockwork Orange ↔ Richard III (play) · theme · 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 · 1:44:59 · unknown (0.40)] A Clockwork Orange ↔ Armageddon · theme · The record-store 2001 sleeve is compared to Michael Bay referencing Armageddon in Transformers. · "It's like Michael Bay referencing Armageddon in Transformers."
[The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ · 0:22:08 · Adam Nayman (0.55)] A Clockwork Orange ↔ Reservoir Dogs · craft · 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."
[Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange · 1:53:25 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] A Clockwork Orange → Sleeping with the Enemy · craft · 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 · Barry Lyndon · 0:14:27 · unknown (0.30)] Barry Lyndon ↔ A Clockwork Orange · contrast · 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 · A Clockwork Orange · 1:07:19 · unknown (0.40)] A Clockwork Orange ↔ 2001: A Space Odyssey · contrast · 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 · 1:06:45 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ↔ A Clockwork Orange · career · 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 · 1:11:06 · unknown (0.40)] A Clockwork Orange ↔ Barry Lyndon · career · 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 · Barry Lyndon · 0:58:16 · unknown (0.30)] A Clockwork Orange ↔ Barry Lyndon · people · 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 · A Clockwork Orange · 2:33:51 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60)] A Clockwork Orange ↔ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · people · 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 · Full Metal Jacket · 2:00:28 · David Sims (0.50)] A Clockwork Orange ↔ Full Metal Jacket · industry · 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 · Star 80 · 2:00:09 · Julie Klausner (0.60)] Star 80 ↔ A Clockwork Orange · series handoff · 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 — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo · 0:53:32 · unknown (0.30)] The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ↔ A Clockwork Orange · violence compared · Fincher cites Clockwork Orange as film where rape is offensive, not titillating. · "It's a power of clock or orange."
[Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange · 1:19:22 · unknown (0.40)] The Rolling Stones' planned adaptation (unmade) ↔ A Clockwork Orange · earlier attempt · 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 · 1:44:54 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ A Clockwork Orange (the host's read) · self-reference · 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 · 2:29:53 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] A Clockwork Orange ⇒ The Simpsons (TV) (the host's read) · parodied · The Simpsons reference this film a lot. · "But the Simpsons reference is clockwork orange. a lot."
[Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange · 2:58:35 · unknown (0.40)] A Clockwork Orange ↔ Dirty Harry · violence wave · 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 · 1:20:24 · unknown (0.30)] Anthony Burgess ⇒ A Clockwork Orange (the host's read) · lineage · 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."
[pairs] A Clockwork Orange ↔ 2001: A Space Odyssey · said 5 times in 1 episode
[pairs] A Clockwork Orange ↔ Barry Lyndon · said 3 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] A Clockwork Orange ↔ Star 80 · said 2 times in 1 episode
[Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange · 0:11:43 · Alex Ross Perry (0.80)] A Clockwork Orange · fun · 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 · 0:14:14 · Alex Ross Perry (0.80)] A Clockwork Orange · fun · 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 · 0:15:18 · David Sims (0.50)] A Clockwork Orange · fun · 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 · 0:17:31 · David Sims (0.50)] A Clockwork Orange · fun · 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 · 1:10:28 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50)] A Clockwork Orange · fun · 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 · 1:22:04 · unknown (0.40)] A Clockwork Orange · fun · 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 · 2001: A Space Odyssey · 0:54:01 · unknown (0.30)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ↔ 2001: A Space Odyssey (novel) · programming · Film and Clarke's novel were developed side by side, each holding the other hostage. · "But the 2 of them were being done in tandem."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon · 0:13:57 · unknown (0.30)] Barry Lyndon ↔ Eyes Wide Shut · programming · These two Kubrick films feel warm to the speaker compared with the rest. · "But Barry Lyndon and Eyes Wide Shut are the 2 that feel like they sort of cut through to me on a deeper level, where I feel genuine warmth and affection for them."
[Blank Check · Star 80 · 0:02:35 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] Star 80 ↔ Taxi Driver · theme · Every scene of Star 80 is likened to the porno scene in Taxi Driver turned up to 75. · "Like every scene of this movie is like the porno scene in Taxi Driver, but amped up to 75."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ · 1:06:54 · Bill Simmons (0.70)] The Truman Show ↔ Armageddon · programming · In the 1998 genre roster, Truman Show is the sci-fi entry and Armageddon the action entry. · "Sci-fi Truman show."
[Blank Check — Patreon · March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2 · 0:52:34 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Rocky (franchise) ↔ Dirty Harry · programming · Stallone voices are suggested as a funnier alternative to Eastwood voices. · "a series of Stallone voices is actually better."
[Blank Check · Dune · 1:12:45 · unknown (0.40)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Silent Running (the host's read) · lineage · 2001 spawned heady, serious, clean sci-fi like Silent Running. · "2001 leads to a spat of things like silent running, you know, these movies that are like very heady."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon · 0:24:16 · unknown (0.30)] William Makepeace Thackeray ⇒ Barry Lyndon (the host's read) · lineage · Kubrick adapted Thackeray's novel Barry Lyndon into the film. · "versus just reading Barry Lindon once and then going, oh, I could just adapt this."
[Blank Check · Star 80 · 0:02:45 · David Sims (0.50)] Star 80 ↔ Boogie Nights · theme · Star 80 produces the same turn-it-off discomfort as the firecracker scene in Boogie Nights. · "Combined with the firework, the firecracker scene in boogie nights."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ · 0:06:13 · Chris Ryan (0.40)] Armageddon ↔ Deep Impact · programming · Rival same-year disaster films; Armageddon won as the more fun one with more stars. · "Armageddon had so many more stars, though."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ · 0:08:03 · unknown (0.40)] Beverly Hills Cop ↔ Dirty Harry · lineage · The film plays closer to a 70s crime movie like Dirty Harry or The Outfit than to an 80s action blockbuster. · "this movie's way closer to like Dirty Harry or the outfit or 7, like a 70s crime movie than it is like our idea of like 80s action blockbuster."
[Blank Check · Dune · 2:54:20 · unknown (0.40)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read) · lineage · 2010 was made because the novel sequel existed, a movie made just because they had to. · "Because Arthur C. Clark had come out with a 2010 novel."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon · 1:43:01 · unknown (0.30)] Paper Moon ↔ Barry Lyndon · theme · O'Neal's con-man father in Paper Moon is set against Barry as a father. · "Compare this character to Moses Prey in Paper Moon, a guy who does not want to be a father because the idea of being a father is having to settle down and live a respectable life"
[Blank Check · Star 80 · 0:07:34 · Julie Klausner (0.50)] Star 80 ↔ Anatomy of a Murder · theme · Concern for the ruined man instead of the woman echoes Anatomy of a Murder's rape-trial rhetoric. · "That reminds me of an anatomy of murder when they're prosecuting the, they're like, let's think about ruining a man's life before we convict this person of rape"
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 1:15:05 · unknown (0.40)] Dante's Peak ↔ Armageddon · programming · Series idea of same-year rival movies: Volcano/Dante's Peak, Armageddon/Deep Impact, Antz/A Bug's Life. · "Armageddon Deep Impact."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel · 0:34:56 · unknown (0.30)] Blue Steel ↔ Dirty Harry · lineage · The after-shooting inquiry echoes the way Dirty Harry handled a cop's use of force. · "Dirty Harry done the same thing."
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:02:34 · unknown (0.40)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read) · lineage · 2010 is the sequel to 2001; the speaker's reaction to the Kubrick film is the benchmark throughout. · "And I said, oh, you know, 2010, the sequel to 2001 and they were like, the what?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon · 0:34:17 · Karina Longworth (0.40)] Paper Moon ↔ Barry Lyndon · craft · O'Neal's lack of presence lets the actress in each of his films pop out. · "Yeah, but in a weird way, that sets up really good, interesting female performances."
[speaker] Alex Ross Perry · latest sketch, Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club · Loves Fight Club as a formative film he saw at the AMC Marple on opening night and again on Saturday, and says it still ranks among his heart picks despite finding it juvenile now. Respects a movie that looks good. Cannot stand the Fincher perfectionist myth, and thinks his push for digital had a bad influence. A sucker for Zodiac, which he ranks first. · stances: Fight Club is a time capsule: deeply embarrassing to admire but loved spiritually; Fincher's perfectionist myth and digital proselytizing are overrated; The second half and Project Mayhem say nothing new; Zodiac is the best Fincher
[speaker] David Sims · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Prepares history: novel, casting, budgets, box office. Reveres the film and thinks it reads as a normal ground-level story. A sucker for Hollywood deal backstory and box office game. · stances: Praises Keitel and Dafoe casting; Respects Scorsese's persistence and Corman discipline; The film is now well regarded though not 'canonical Marty'
[speaker] Adam Nayman · latest sketch, The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ · Self-described slasher fan who likes a movie that plays with tropes intelligently; admires Miasma's playfulness and sincerity but dislikes its showbiz satire. Soft spot for Texas Chain Saw, wrestling and Toronto sports. Wary of the idea that references alone make a movie smart. · stances: Miasma is academic but playfully so; Better filmmakers deserve less intention-guessing; Don't need to love slashers to love Miasma
[speaker] Griffin Newman · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Calls Last Temptation his college-era favorite Scorsese; loves Scorsese's smaller 80s and the film's closing transcendence and Gabriel score. Cannot stand fundamentalist outrage at it. A sucker for casting trivia and Tom Cruise-silliness. · stances: Hot take: Last Temptation structurally mirrors New York, New York as a better version; Outrage over the film is stupid; it is respectful to Jesus; Scorsese's smaller 80s work beats his later baroque phases
[speaker] Julie Klausner · latest sketch, Blank Check · Star 80 · A serious Fosse devotee who loves Cabaret, All That Jazz, Sweet Charity and Liza with a Z, and praises collaborations with women. She finds Star 80 powerful but ugly, a prurient pornographic film made by a man who will not look at the victim, and she is haunted by it. · stances: Star 80 is powerful but not great and not fabulous; It sexualizes violence against Stratton with no female point of view; Judge creative men by how they collaborate with women; Sweet Charity ranks above Star 80; Cabaret's restraint with Liza shows Fosse's best instincts
[bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)
[bits] Blank Check: The box office game (Guessing the film's opening weekend and what it was up against); The sung theme ("Blank Check with Griffin and David", sung; the transcriber garbles it)
[bits] The Rewatchables: Apex Mountain (The moment a star peaks; where on the mountain a performance sits); Who Won the Movie (The hosts name the person who came out of the film best off); The Ebert review (Roger Ebert's original review and star rating read aloud. Ebert is cited, never on the show); Casting what-ifs (Who was almost cast, or who should have been); Most rewatchable scene (The scene each host would stop on while flipping channels); Aged best / aged worst (What holds up and what does not); Picking Nits (The little things in a film the hosts love that they don't think totally work: the nits); Double feature (The film each host would pair it with; a programming pick)

Recommend three to six films, and only films that appear in these lines. A series, a TV film, or a franchise counts too when a line recommends it or pairs it with A Clockwork Orange (1971); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend A Clockwork Orange (1971) itself. For each one, give one short reason in your own words and say whose reason it is: the show, named exactly as the brackets name it, and the speaker when the line names one (an "unknown" speaker is just the show). If the lines are thin, say so plainly rather than stretching them.

Keep a contrast a contrast. When a line sets two films apart, the reason is how they differ; never turn it into a way they're alike. A line with ⇒ puts the source first and what drew on it second, and one marked "the maker said so" is still the host reporting it: say who said it, and never state an influence as fact.

You know only what's on these lines. Add no fact they don't state: not who directed a film, not what kind of film it is, not when it came out, unless a line says so. Say nothing about the store or how anything rents here.

Talk the way a clerk talks to a customer at the counter: plain text, titles written plainly with no asterisks or other markup, no headings, no lists of more than six, no JSON.