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Antiutopic film "Clockwork Orange", shot by American director Stanley Kubrik. The picture is based on the book of the British writer Anthony Burgess. The author did not clarify whether the work of the work in the remote future or in an alternative reality unfolds. The plot affects topics such as sociopathy, a tendency to unmotivated violence, and protest the youth against the rules established in society.
Book Anthony Burgessa
This work of the British writer was published in 1962. The main character and a storytellor in his novel is a high school student named Alex, heading the street gang. He lives in a subculture based on extreme violence. For Alex and his accomplices, the commitment of atrocities becomes an end in itself. With the help of criminal actions, they express their disobedience to the authorities. The last name of the main character remains unknown in the novel "Clockwork Orange". Alex Delhard was first mentioned in adaptation literary work For cinema.
Specificity of the novel
The book contains numerous shocking and naturalistic scenes that caused an ambiguous reaction from readers. In addition, Anthony Burgess put a bold experiment with the form of the presentation of history. The novel is partially written on a fictional jargon, artificially created by the author himself. In addition to literary talents, Burgess possessed linguistic abilities and knew several languages. He traveled a lot around the world and shortly before writing a "clockwork orange" visited Soviet Union. Perhaps it was the reason that most of the words of Zhargon borrowed from the Russian language.
In the original text they are written by Latin. Nowhere in the book there is no explanation for their meaning for English-speaking readers. A similar non-standard art technique created certain difficulties that prevent the content of the novel to the public. However, the writer did not want to abandon the idea of \u200b\u200busing the mysterious jargon, because it was sought to emphasize the fact that they live in their closed world and communicate with an unfamiliar for the rest of the people.
Film Stanley Kubrick
The cult American director with enthusiasm reeled to the proposal to shield a book that has received many contradictory reviews of readers. He wrote a cinematic scenario, very close to the literary original. The reaction was the opposite. He was alarmed by the prospect of transfer from the book on the screen of scenes of excessive violence. However, the writer believed in Talent Stanley Kubrika and Charizm Aktera Malcolm McDauell, chosen on a major role in the picture. Unlike the 15-year-old hero of the literary work, Alex Delhard in the film looks noticeably older. McDaull managed to convincingly embody the character of the cult novel on the screen. Alex Delhard in the photo from the film became a classically a villain.
Directed by Stanley Kubrick received many threats and accusations in propaganda of cruelty. He was forced to stop the rental of the painting in the UK.
Beginning of character biography
The history of Alex can be divided into three parts. The first talks about his life with parents in the anti-astope version of the British society. In the afternoon, the protagonist is studying at school, and beat up, robs and rapes random victims. Alex Delhard is depicted by a sociopath, which intellectually realizes the irregularity of his behavior, but cannot change it.
Treatment
The next stage of his life begins after he kills a woman in the process of another robbery. Alex arrests the police. The court senses him to a 14-year-old prison term. The administration of a correctional institution proposes Alex to participate in experimental treatment in order to get rid of thrust to violence and antisocial behavior. The method is to develop in a patient a conditional reflex. If a person who has undergone treatment, a desire arises to show aggression, he begins to experience strong pain. Alex Delhard receives the right to early exemption after the successful completion of the experiment.
By-effect
The third part of the story describes the adventures of the main character after entering prison. Alex discovers that he suffered from thrust to violence, he at the same time lost his ability to defend himself from aggression from other members of society. His parents reject. People who, who Alex Delhard caused evil in the past, pursue and beat him. After an unsuccessful suicide attempt, he enters the hospital. From this point on, the development of events in the film differs significantly from the literary original. In kinocartine, treatment ceases to act, and Alex again turns into a sociopathy domestic violence. The finale of the book is more optimistic: after a few years, the main character grows and overcomes its destructive inclinations. Alex begins to think about how it is time for him to create a family and make children.
Characteristic
Alex is a protagonist and a storyteller in the novel, where it does not reveal his surname. In the film, however, in addition to the name "Delhard", several newspaper cuts are added (indicating the return of Alex to a normal society after a long treatment of Louis System), where his name is indicated as Alex Bourgess, which is a reference to the author of Roman - Anthony Bergessa .
Criticism and reviews
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- The Wizard magazine awarded the character 36th place in the ranking of the greatest villains of all time.
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- Forgive me, small, but there is always a choice. It is only important to be able to choose the right ... Looking - and the elder showed that a minute ago showed Stella.- Your friend-warrior tried to fight evil here just as he fought with him on earth. But this is another life, and the laws in it are completely different. Just like more and weapons ... Only you two did it right. And your friends were mistaken. They might live long ... Of course, every person has the right to free choice, and everyone has the right to decide how to use his life. But this is when he knows how he could act, knows all possible paths. And your friends did not know. Therefore, they made a mistake, and paid the most expensive price. But they had wonderful and clean soulsThat is why - proud of them. Only no one can never get them back ...
We are completely rascis with Stella, and apparently in order to somehow "cheer", Anna said:
- And you want, I will try to call my mother so you could talk to her? I think you would be interested.
I immediately lit new opportunity To learn the desired! .. Apparently Anna had time to take me completely, since it was really the only means that could make me forget everything else for a while. My curiosity, how the girl-witch correctly said, was my strength, but the biggest weakness at the same time ...
- Do you think it will come? .. - With the hope of impossible, I asked.
- We do not know until we try, however? For that, no one will punish this, - smiling to the effect, answered Anna.
She closed her eyes, and from her thin, sparkling figures stretched somewhere in the unknown, pulsating a blue thread pulsating gold. We were waiting for my breath, afraid to move to move inadvertently. A few seconds have passed - nothing happened. I have already opened my mouth to say that today apparently nothing will work, as suddenly I saw, slowly approaching our blue channel, a high transparent essence. As it approaches, the channel, as it were, "turned out" for her back, and the essence itself was increasingly compacted, becoming like everyone else. Finally, everything around it completely curled, and now we have stood the woman of absolutely incredible beauty! .. She was clearly ever-earthly, but at the same time, there was something that did it that did not make it one of We ... already different - far ... and not because I knew that she was "left" to other worlds after death. She was just another.
- Hello, my relatives! "Touching with the right hand of his heart, a beauty greeted gentle.
Anna Shiyala. And her grandfather, approaching us, dug a rapid eyes in the face of a stranger, as if trying to "imprint" in her memory, her amazing image, not missing any small detailsas if I were afraid that he sees her for the last time ... He watched everything and looked, not taking off, and, it seemed, did not even breathe ... And the beauty, without preparing more, rushed into his warm hugs, and, how Small child, and froze, absorbing wonderful peace and good, praying from his loving sophisticated soul ...
"Well, that you, honey ... What are you, native ..." - a Bajukynaya Stranger in his big warm hands, whispered an elder.
And the woman stood and hiding her face on his chest, childishly looking for protection and peace, forgetting about everyone else, and enjoying the moment that belonged only to them two ...
"What is your mother? .." Stella whispered stupid. - Why is it like this? ..
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Today - no more nor less - we will talk about one of the most scandalous films of the last century. With Kubrick so always! Each of his film - in something - became the most. Let's say "Clockwork Orange" is not famous as " one of the most cruel, evil and even immoral films in the history of cinema"As a film that is unprecedented for a long time hid from the public and as a film, because of which the audience is incurable - become evil nihilists and disapstaining souls. And you know, we, if neither regrettable, do not even joke! "Clockwork Orange" is extremely evil cinema, from him mutit. It causes anger and disgust. Does this art need? About it argue without ceasing. So let's do-ka - but only culturally - arrange and we.
Sir Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance March No.IV
And immediately - a red rag! " "Clockwork Orange" is a metaphor of human nature", - as one person said. There was no such film in the world, which would cause more condemnation and hatred than this film Stanley Kubrick. The main character "Orange", Alex's handsome man, became an icon - more precisely, the anti-icon is the entire Satanic and unnatural, which is in man. " Alex is evil itself"," Gennady Chapely noticed correctly. - " And the film is also evil. And kubrick is far from a present"But how exactly the chapter on the" clock orange "from the book of James Narmor:" Masterpiece of Sinemalograf"! Narmore writes: " This film is a black comedy in the Spirit of "Strainjlav", saturated with sex and atrocities" And so: " In 2006, the mass news magazine "Entertainment. Weekly."Called" Clockwork Orange "the second most scandalous film of all times after the" Passions of Christ "Mel Gibson" Well, you know, such a neighbor! "Passion of Christ" is the scandalous of the "clocking orange"? How if specific Nor Mel Gibson, he is far from the madness Stanley Kubrick! This is where the real horror is planted, that's where it becomes in any way! Still, the "clockwork orange" is cult, and "passion" ... well, who else remembers them at all? Will they remain in the centuries? Doubtful ...
« Decadent, nihilistic, pretentious"- that's what critics wrote about the" clock orange ". Most reacted to him as " pornographic art"And" cruel arthus" Nevertheless, as always, against any criticism - "orange" quickly became cult. They say that Bowie was inspired by the aesthetics of the film, carrying it into the Mirror maze of Glam Rock. Young people announced the picture Kubrick " fateful"- We do not know, it is bad or good - and went to her several times to it in cinema. Employees "Warner Brothers" also had no questions: a film - from a financial point of view - turned out to be the most successful kubrick in his career, for which " Ted Ashley, head of the company "Warner", Called Kubrick the genius, who succeeds in combining aesthetics with financial responsibility" In general, here you can quote Hilius Chvanski, killer-paparazzi: " Scandals are good. Scandals attract attention!"But besides the movie Kubrick was immoral and scandalous from all sides, he also turned out to be good, high-quality film worthy to see it. And this is the most important thing. About the "orange" worth talking, because this film is worth it. Standing and controversial.
Walter Carlos - Title Music From A Clockwork Orange
Everyone knows - "Clockwork Orange" Stanley Kubrick was removed from the novel of Anthony Burgers, an English writer, Polyglot and Melomanana. The book was published at sixty-second year, and the film was released at seventy-first. Kubrikñak John Baxter writes: " The effect of Burgessa's novel occurs in London close to the future; XX century technology coexist with poverty XVIII" In a nutshell, the plot of the novel is: a completely spoiled teenager Alex Schnyryts in London and cries all who come across to his arm. He has a gang and he has no conscience. He is controversial small: a connoisseur of a sophisticated culture and a killer, a kind of intellectual and a maniac. The adventures of Alex quickly end when he is in prison, and from there - in the hospital, where experimental treatment is undergoing, disgusting criminals from violence. Well, and then, exhausted to do " evil", Alex returns to the city and passes through all the circles of hell: parents refuse him, old buddies on a gang - now the cops are beating and everything in such a spirit. Hochma Romana is that the therapy does not make Alex it is bettershe makes him vulnerable. Evil remains evil, although at the end of history - and in this the main difference of the book from the film - Alex is corrected, realizing that violence and robbery are completely unpromising classes. Of course, Kubrick could not allow such finals. In his version of "Orange" Alex and thinking does not think about any kind of correction. On the contrary, his evil nature is why Kubrick's film is called " amoral apology"- overlapping! Children not recommended to watch!
James Narmore, who collected Kubyk Kubrick, writes: " A prolific prose and critic, Bergess, besides, was a composer and a linguist and, although several scenarios are in his service list, he treated cinema condescendingly. In his literary work reflected deep knowledge orchestra musicHe composed from time to time, and a significant influence of James Joyce, about which he wrote two books. Burgess was from the Catholic family and was extremely interested in the question of the connection of the original sin and freedom of will. However, at the time of the advent of the adaptation, he said that the novel is a superficial study on his favorite theme, the average anti-nightopia in the Spirit of Orwell, written in a hurry when he was seriously sick and did not know whether he would survive. The book expressed the attitude of conservatives to modern England (Where the first edition came cold), but also aimed to "expel" memories of what happened to the first wife of the writer: during the Second World War, four American deserters raped it, and she lost her child. The novel was a reflection of the passions burned around the "problem of youth" and "teenage crime" in the post-war society. The cruelty of Teddy battles, mods and rockers in the eighties, the author depicted the world of rapid boys and their helpless victims, in which the soulless, the khanaisky socialism of the right and left».
Gioachino Rossini - The Thieving Magpie (Abridged)
But what does the name of the book mean? Why "Clockwork Orange"? Why not "toy pineapple" or "crazy radish"? John Baxter will try to explain: " The meaning of the expression "Clockwork Orange" is unclear. On the interpretation of Burgessa himself, who spoke in half a good language, the turnover "strange, as a clockwork orange" means in London the surprise of Cockney - a man with quirks. But many suspect that this expression came up with Bergess himself. When the movie has already come out, the film company "Warner Brothers."I brazily tried to explain this phrase as follows: the psychological treatment of Alex turns it into the" Clockwork Orange "- from the outside it is healthy and intact, but inside is erupted by a repeflex mechanism."" Install the truth never succeeded. Nevertheless, the name of the film is for some kind of mystical reasons - it seems most relevant and appropriate. In this title there is something terrible, repulsive. "Clockwork orange" - and everything is clear that we are talking about something terrible ...
More Bakster: " Roman caused delight of the new London elite. The operator David Bailey intended to take a film on him, and a few years later, Rock singer Elvis Kostello gathered an extravagant collection: several dozen copies of the first English edition "Orange". The price of each book to the nineties could reach the five hundred pounds. Paul Cook, Drummer Group "Sex Pistols", I said:" I can not read. I read only two books. One thing about the brothers Crey. And still "clockwork orange"" Burgess - let it for a short time - became the attraction of London, and his book - cultural phenomenon. But the author himself - and really there are reasons - did not consider the "orange" a grand product. Most likely, without adaptation, the kubrick about this book would be told today much less. However, Narmore arises to defend Burgessa: " Most modern critics would not agree with a dismissive assessment given by the "Writing Orange" by the writer himself. Despite the oppressive atmosphere, the novel is distinguished by energetic narration and brilliant linguistic solutions" But really, is there much more books in the world, in which there is your language? Roman Burgessa is famous for the fact that the author came up with for him " advance", Youth Slag, on which bi-pane teenagers from two tadssatiup to ninth tadssatiyears. "Advanced" is a mix of Russians and english words. Some words of the tongue are simply invented by Burgess, some are brazenly borrowed from London streets and so on. In general, linguistic vinaigrette. Roman is particularly close to both Russian-speaking readers who in every second word "tdsyati" will recognize their native speech.
And even David Bowie, open-up son Kubrika, wrote in the language "Advanced" song. Literally here, in 2016. Let's listen to the speech of an unprecedented young people from the mouth of the heathe Genius-Martian.
David. Bowie. – Girl Loves. Me.
Stanley Kubrick did not immediately take up the emission of "orange". He scared his tongue "Advanced", there were also other reasons, so the book and scenarios were naocked out of hand to hand until they returned to Kubrick. But how much did the "Orange" survived to Kubrick! Burgess wrote a script for three hundred pages, a group " Rolling Stones»Offered to fulfill the main roles in the film, and the fight against the English censor turned into a real" factferrous procession "... And here Kubrick opens the" clockwork orange "... and changed his mind! Baxter: " The conviction of Kubrick that "drugs that stimulate thinking and perception will become part of the human future" and that computers will someday will be engaged in our livelihood, led its decision to make a film on Burgessa's novel" Love for fiction turned out, Kubrick decided to take risks and - in his manner - it took up work. He offered a screenwriter, offended by the author, offended many other people - everything as always - and with a relaxed soul began to film. John Baxter: " It is easy to understand the sudden interest Kubrick to the "Clock Orange". In 1969-1970, a marked shift in Hollywood took place towards the "young cinema". Following the "careless rider", brought sixteen million dollars at a budget in four hundred thousand dollars, the studio began to invest in cheap films with the participation of young directors. Suddenly the power of the "League of Morality", which delivered a mass of trouble during work on Lolta, ended, arose new Network Independent artistic cinemas that could afford to pick their nose, even if they were condemned by Bishop Boston. Nude nudity, blasphemy, blasphemy, political protest - these are the main directions of the new American cinema. A forty-old kubrick looked fossil. He was tormented by the feeling that he was already out of the game, lagged behind. Well, if he failed to remove "Napoleon", then it can be worth removing the youth ribbon that overshadows the best of fashionable films?"But Narmore:" "Clockwork Orange" was removed in the peak period of the influence of England on the world fashion fashion and pop culture and became the only picture of Kubrick about the modern British society" The film dominates the aesthetics of pop art, director and operator work - the unanimity reigns here - " divine", Malcolm Makdauell game" unique and unique in his own way"... In short, Kubrick tried to fame. The reaction of Burgessa to the film Kubrick was not quite understandable. Some write that the author "Orange" remained satisfied with the film, and then upset. Others - that he was upset from the very beginning and that he immediately did not like the film. Third - that Burgess did not understand himself that he feels and wants. Personally, we did not know the truth. Even the quotes of Burgessa contradict each other. We will give the latest: " I am ready to renounce one of the most famous, if not the most famous, from my books: a quarter a century after writing, it has become nothing more than the original material for a film that glorifys sex and violence. The film did so that now the readers are much easier to interpret the meaning of the book, and this incorrect interpretation will chase me to death. I would not be worth writing this book at all" And you know, in something Burgessa can be understood. Still, not to say what opinion is neglected, but Kubrick is dedicated to the "clockwork orange", he is terrible, he is immoral and he opposite. And this is quite normal - scarecrow Burgessa. It is known that Kubrick cost him not very well, and Bergess accused the director that Kubrick took advantage of his name for the PR film, and then - just stopped communicating with him. And of course, the money Bergess did not get too, forget about it. Kubrick knew how to count gold, he was rarely generous. And after it is so surprising that the author of the "Wrinking Orange" referred to Kubrika without much respect? .. How did Dumbledore taught: " Alas, retreats from politeness occur so often that it already inspires the alarm».
Walter Carlos - TIMESTEPS (Excerpt)
The executor of the leading role, Malcolm McDowell, then another young boy, discouraged the critics of his acting game at the level of the greatest theater masters. Kubrick - for the period of shooting - admired the plasticity and multipleness of McDaull, his impeccable talent of reincarnation, his sense of measure and - at the same time, with a tightness, rebellion, force. Jan Harlan writes: " Stanley was looking for a young man who would be able to pull the whole picture on himself, because he is absolutely in every scene. McDaull turned out to be ideal for this task, and Stanley never regretted that he took it" But Narmore: " Alex performed McDauell is one of the brightest and unusual acting work in modern cinema. The role is physically very complicated ... Alex - the theater, the hero-Pikaro, which reveals in a wide variety of melodramatic situations, and McDaull plays his "in the forehead", in a comedy key, saying louder and using more deliberate gestures than is customary in the movie ... he Easily changes masks, costumes and images, from the devil who turns into angel, from the monster in a clown, from the poet in the Toron, from the seducer sacrificing, from Scherist to Prostyak. All these characters are embodied with such a charm, sorry and humor, that, anyone who reads the novel, at first looking at the film, McDaull inevitably rises before his eyes" True, the Kubrick was removed very not just. In the name of art I had to suffer a lot. McDauell broke the Röbra, damaged the eye (in the very legendary stage of "re-education") and even almost drowned in a trough! Baxter leads such a conversation: " Makdaull subsequently complained to Kirk Douglas: "This kubrick, Sukin Son! I scratched the cornea of \u200b\u200bthe left eye. The eye was painted, I'm blind. And Kubrick said: "Remove the scene. It is quite suitable and the second eye "" So it's quite normal that the actor later spoke about the director: " Kubrick is geniant, but his humor Cheyorn, like coal. I doubt it ... humanity" As you can see, Kubrick really was the more ... director. Few people could endure him, few people did not get from him! Nevertheless, although, so saying wrong is personal, and everything is creative on top. McDauella-Kubrick's cooperation brought the greatest fruits! For example, it was McDaull that came up with the use of false eyelashes to emphasize the aesthetic residential alex, and Kubrick picked up this idea and sweetened. And yet ... as it seems to us, no matter how important creative discoveries, personal relationships between people are no less important. McDaull remembers: " For two weeks, I read the text. It looked like a purest movie. Only a microphone and a tape recorder, nothing had nothing more. The work was very tense. And I said: "I need to stretch my legs, Stanley." And he replied: "Ping Pong". He always tried to defeat me, but he did not work. Only in chess. In short, we have fun, played, returned and recorded another fragment of the spacer text. Months six later, my agent said: "By the way, Malcolm, you did not pay for those two weeks that you read the text." I replied: "Today I will see Stanley and remind him of it." I met Stanley and said: "You know, my agent says that I did not pay for two weeks, during which I read off the screening text to the film." The estimate was in his pocket, he took her out and said: "I will pay you in one week." "For one week?" - I was surprised. "Yes," says Stanley. - "The second week we played ping pong"».
ART. Blakey. – Ping. Pong.
And what music sounds in the "orange"! How it is used as found! There are such films - like a "clockwork orange" or - very, very, very recommended! - "Sounds in the neighborhood" - which are full of wonderful sounds and melodies in which the sound engineer creates incredible things using music and different noises as expressivefunds. They say: " Kubrick played with music all the time. He already took the classic for the soundtrack in previous films. And now he says: "Well, we will have Beethoven, but we will also add an overture from Wilhelm Tella, played five times faster" Well, you remember that scene ...
Walter Carlos - William Tell Overture (Abridged)
James Narmore voices interesting thoughts. Listen: " Passionate Love Alex to Beethoven, Mozart, Grendel and fictional modern composer Must make the reader to the idea that the young killer is closer to the angels than socio-engineers and representatives of state structures that are trying to control it" So: " For balanced citizens of the modern state, there can be no mythology and quasiereligia in music, no good and no evil: music or kitchers (in the novel, it personifies Johnny Zhivago, Stas Croch, Molotov ID and other pop stars, whom Alex, like Burgess , despises), or a utilitarian - "mood stimulator", as the inventor of the Ludochik method speaks about Beethoven" The thought is very faithful! Let's forget about Alex (he, nevertheless, fictional character) and remember that the music is the greatest of the arts, it is an unbearable beauty of nature and man. I will not argue that you can love music and at the same time to be a serial killer, but I am convinced - the music, as the ancient Greeks-Indians are taught this, capable of raising and enlightening, to make a person better and give him happiness. Whatever Bergess wrote or removed Kubrick, and music is a sacred gift.
And now - the opposite thought! Narmore: " Hearing how McDaull sings "Singin.` iN. their rain."During the rehearsal, Kubrick asked the actor to smit dance moves In the scene of the attack on Mr. and Mrs. Alexander ... The scene of beating and rape is not only a stylized horror, but also a mockery over the mass culture, an unkind-of-the-good Hollywood cinema. Kubrick experienced his own "Ludochiko method" on the viewers: many will never be able to look at Jein Kelly's fun dosing in the rain without turning nausea and resentment on the "clockwork orange", so unceremoniously appropriated this song. (It is possible that someone similar sensations now causes Music Beethoven)».
Gene Kelly - Singin 'In The Rain
Yes, here we approached the most forbidden from all themes theme of violence and sex. The site "CINOMANIA" Writes: " Because of the abundance of sex and violence in England, the film was banned by a court with the wording "evil as such"" And now: " The film was accused of the fact that young criminals were inspired by his scenes of cruelty. The reaction of the press and the public struck Kubrick and his family" Wife Kubrick: " Attack on the "orange" was especially strong in England. That was incredible. Kubrika was accused of murder and injury. And in every murder, committed in England, was to blame the "clockwork orange" ... ultimately Stanley asked the film studio "Warner Brothers." about help. He said that he could not live here anymore if it did not stop. He was afraid to let go of children, our house was in siege. He wrote that she no longer wants to show this film" Yes, Kubrick regularly wrote letters with threats, the press fell on him, the critics also did not want accept So bad cinema, and then Kubrick decided on this: " having a film from English rental one year after the premiere. The ban kept down until 1999, until the death of the director" At the same time, keep in mind that for this year "clockwork orange" threw big Kush., is he " successfully walked on the screens all sixty weeks of rolled" True compensate: " It was a strong act from the artist" More Bakster: " British newspapers and courts responded about the "clock orange" as a symbol of youthful street violence, although evidence that the film inspired adolescents on crimes was unconvincing. As the film critic Andrew Sarris: "Movies always become a wonderful target for our lazy moral workers"" On the other hand, directors and screenwriters are modern - love to use sex and violence as a chief dish for their films. Like, so people will be more interesting, so we exactly take them into cinemas and grazing baboules! On this occasion, the French director Rene Claire quoted: " "Sooner or later," said Andre Malro, "the dream factory resorts to its most effective means - sex and blood." "Girl and a gun" - this was already spoken by Griffith. For a long time, violence replaced the forbidden erotic. Currently, both of these effective funds are used almost without restrictions. However, the attractiveness of erotica is not limitless, and the fashion is already undergoing. "That's always," the amateur sighs disappointed to pry into the keyhole. But the kingdom of violence does not weaken».
Ludwig Van Beethoven -
We continue to swim in the oceans quotes. Baxter: " "Clockwork Orange" was presented to Oscar in four nominations: the best film, the best director, best script And the best installation. But when the Academy of Cinematic Arts and Sciences appealed to the moviemels with a request to hand over awards, many, among them Barra Streisand, refused not only to hand them out, but in general, to participate in the ceremony from fear to give honor the film that uses so bad glory. As a result, the film did not receive anything, but William Friedkin, whose "French Svyaznoy" awarded "Oscar" for the best film and best director, told reporters: "In my opinion, the best American film director of the year is Stanley Kubrick. And not only this year, but also the whole era. "" And it is clear to us why Friedkin says so! Kubrick is a really great creator, maybe one of the greatest. The shape of his films is like a perfect sculpture. But their content is a controversial thing, an amateur, not without flaw. This is how accurately hosts Bakster: " Sex in films Kubrick never happens between loving" Think about it! Why?..
Listen to Narmor: " The view of Kubrick on the world order is pessimistic: people are incorrectly vicious, and even at the heart of a progressive society lies sublimated violence and thirst for power" This is his vision, as you understand, Point of view Kubrika. To someone the world - hellish flame, and someone - paradise Bush. Kubrick would never choose Eden. He just did not believe in him. All my life - with their evil films - he discussed with Maxim Gorky about the phrase of the latter: " Man - it sounds proud" Here are the words of the Kubrick himself: " Natural, free man - This is a man angry, destructive. The so-called good is only a way with which the state is absolutely alienated from man subordinates people and turns them into "Wrinking oranges"" Or so: " Man is an ungivory savage. He is unraveling, cruel, weak, stupid, and unable to objectivity, as soon as his interests are put on the map" Hence the spirit of his films, their malice and cruelty. Can this be useful to the viewer? .. here I doubt. Personally, I - I watched him three times - "Clockwork Orange" always caused a feeling of some kind of psychological pain, gravity in the soul, fear and pain. And give me that other perception options such The film can not. Such is his task - do not like, disgust and terrify. Here Yan Harlan tells: " What is he doing great artist? He emphasizes the essence. Stanley was very strongly reproached for the "orange", telling him: "All these rapes are terrible and disgusting!" What he always answered: "I really hope so! Do you want me to make them attractive? They are disgusting, and I'm glad you think so. Thank you for that"" If this is true, then I agree with the kubrick. Alex - without any Susy Pusi! - The evil immoral with ***** b, which has a viewer to himself, and that - it is even more dangerous, still immoral and worse.
Terry Tucker - OVERTURE TO THE SUN
Narmore: " In the "Clock Orange", Kubrick shows a nightmarish, "mechanical", an extractable society, in which sexuality becomes a reflex, and art is a material stimulus. The further, the more active the romantic identification of the criminal with an artist or a certain intellectual-outsider prevents Kubrikovsky social pessimism, and in part for this reason in his films it is difficult to see a clear political position." Further: " If you get distracted from the ideological and philosophical coil, we note that the "clockwork orange", beyond any doubt, the "masterpiece of a synomazlographer" containing a lot of brilliant operator, staged and assembly solutions" But Sidney Pollak, director: " Kubrick raised forbidden topics, in particular, in the "Clock Orange". But he developed them to understand why evil is so attractive. It seems to me that all the films stood a desire to ask a question: in a world where a person is capable of the most terrible, shocking, destructive acts, does the place of hope and virtue remain?»
And in order to somehow justify this film - and then we really went to the "Clockwork Orange" - it is worth contacting Kubrick. Some of his quotes clarify the case, make it clear that a film about violence, cruelty and sex wondered by the director not only as an immoral movie. He said: " When a person can not choose, he ceases to be a man" It is understood that Alex, no matter how bad it was, was deprived of the right of personal choice between good and evil. Before treatment, he was evil in his own will, and after treatment - by the will of doctors - became unable To evil. But did he from this good? He himself he accepted this decision: no longer rob, do not kill and not squander? No, the decision was made for him. His personality has not changed in any way, only his physiology changed. Now that Alex wants to fight or say something obscene (or to listen to Beethoven) His sick. Is it fair? And then until this point, I agree with Kubrik. But Kubrick goes further, adhering to the position that the conscious evil is better " softwood" of good. Again, this is social pessimism, it is a disbelief in a person and hatred open to him. " Alex does not try to hide his depravity and vanity or from himself, nor from the viewer"," Argues Kubrick. - " He is the embodiment of evil. But at the same time he also has positive traits: straight, sense of humor, mind and energy - and these qualities, by the way to say, relate to him with RichardIII».
And now you are the last. Perhaps this is the greatest justification of the "clocking orange". Kubrick says: " I shot a dream movie. And as any dream film, this one cannot be condemned from the point of view of morality" This position seems to us the most logical. "Clockwork Orange" - like some films David Lynch, like "wild heart" or "highway to nowhere" - perceived as a dream as a nightmare. This is an evil dream, but still if it's a dream, if it is an abstraction, madness in the head of a madman, something where there is no reality rules - then we can agree with Kubrick. The horror of the "clocking orange" - purely cinematic, there is nothing in it valid. We will not blame Lovecraft for the fact that his stories are full of monsters?! We will not ... But still, reading these stories at the light of the moon, come from them to horror and do not go out the light until the morning.
"Clockwork Orange" - the cult film-anti-nightopy of the director Stanley Kubrik, shot on the novel of the English writer Anthony Burgess and released on the screens in 1971.
In the center of the plot - the fate of the teenager Alexander Dorkja, which is engaged with his shaky scatteries, robbery and rape of citizens of futuristic Britain. One day, the next Act "Ultranasilia", which was conceived as a robbery of a country house, ends with the murder of his mistress. Alex is catching with political, and the court makes him a sentence of fourteen years. Once in prison, the young man voluntarily becomes an object of experiment to suppress thrust to violence. As part of the treatment, the main character had the opportunity to refer to it, to receive a dose of an eordinated preparation earlier and not unrequisite to admire the cinema acts of Ultranasilia under the accompaniment of the majestic music of Ludwig Van Beethoven. Therapy led to the fact that Alex began to constantly nauseate from three beloved things: sex, violence and the 9th Symphony of Beethoven. Committing to freedom, Delhard fully loses the skill of self-defense and the ability to counteract external aggression by members of the "normal" society.
The narrative throughout the tape is conducted on the face of the main character, which is expressing on the "Nadcat" (English Nadsat) - adolescent jargon, created by the author of Roman Anthony Burgess from the mixture of English and Russian words, Gypsy speech and British slang.
Bigpikcha offers you to look at how Stanley Kubrick was able to present all this on the big screen.
1. In 1963, the American writer Terry Sarew, with whom Kubrick worked together on the script for the "Dr. Strajnzhlava", read the "Clockwork Orange". Knizhka produced such a deep impression on the territory that he gave her cockpit.
When Kubrick read the novel for the first time, his tongue sophistication of Burgessa pushed him. "At first, the novel did not attract Stanley at all, he recalls Terry. - He said: "No one will understand this language." So it was. We discussed this all day. " It seemed that the director forgot about it, but at the end of 1969 Kubrick called Sarew - to the surprise of the latter - and asked: "Remember the book of Anthony Burgess, which you showed me?"
2. In general, after filming the "Space Odyssey", the director planned to make a picture of Napoleon's life called "Waterloo". He studied this topic for several years and even managed to agree with the Yugoslav army about the set of statists. BUT B. last moment Something did not collaborate with Denzhatami. Then Stanley and remembered the "Clockwork Orange".
3. The conviction that "drugs that stimulate thinking and perception will become part of the human future," determined his decision to remove Kintso on the novel.
4. Also, Kubrick influenced the fact that in 1969-1970 in Hollywood there was a noticeable shift towards the "young movie". Nude nudity, blasphemy, blasphemy, political protest - the main directions of the new American cinema. The power of the "League of Morality", which delivered to the director Kuchu problems while working on Lolta, ended. There was a new network of independent artistic cinemas, which could afford to demonstrate on their screens that they do. The Adrienn Kori playing in the "orange" believes that Kubrick wanted to make the antithesis of the "Space Odyssey": "So we could have, but so we will have."
5. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer no longer subsidized anyone, and Stanley needed Dengi for "Wrinking Orange". He tried to start working with Francis Ford Coppil to American Zoetrope - a mini-studio based on San Francisco. Coppola collected the greatest cinematic talents there to make Kintso without interference from the leadership characteristic of Zdorovennih Studios. Zoetrope was created in 1969, Kubrick along with other directories PereTiiral with Coppille, but the cooperation did not work out.
In the end, it was possible to negotiate with the long-standing Droogami from Seven Arts, which helped to remove Lolita. In July 1967, this company merged with Warner Bros. With the WB Kubrick concluded a contract at once on three films.
6. By the time Bumazhki were signed, the director had already been away the role of Alex Malcolm McDauell. For the first time, Stanley noted McDauell in Lindsay Anderson Lente "If ..." (1968). The actor was playing a student of a private privileged school that rebels against Starrych the snobbing traditions, the oblique system of teaching and corporal punishment. Together with Devotchkoi, a teenager is closed on the roof and mowles from the machine gun of the perpetrators of their misfortunes. "If ..." - the first large English film, which was demonstrated by nothing covered nudity, and the actor confidently coped with these episodes. It is equally calmly played by sexy scenes in Orange.
7. McDauell was almost twenty-eight years - twice as much as the hero of the Bourgessa's novel, but it did not matter. "If Malcolm is busy," Kubrick said, "I probably will not take this film." Fortunately, he was free.
8. The painting budget was very limited (2.2 million dollars), so Kubrick could not pay a lot for the script. Terry Sarew (in the photo) offered him his own, written in conjunction with Michael Cooper, but in response he received only a meager PismetSo from someone from the director's staff: "Mr. Kubrick decided to try to write a script itself."
9. Due to modest finance, all shooting were carried out at natural light and in "living scenery". In the photo - the episode of beating Bomzha under the bridge.
10. Only four extremely necessary interior were created (Bar Korova - in the photo, prison, bathroom in the Writer's house and the hallway of Alex's apartments) - for this Kubrick rented a small factory. Studio filming was not at all.
11. In Burgessa's novel, there is no accurate description of the interior bar, but Kubrick and young John Berry (film artist) presented it as a temple of sexual incentive consumer. Shortly before that, the London pop artist Allen Jones produced a furyor with his furniture, built from female mannequins in a natural value in slave poses. Initially, Kubrick asked Jones permission to use his sculptures in the "Clock Orange". The artist asked: "For how much?" The director replied evasively: "When they are seen in my film, you get rich." Jones refused.
12. Ultimately, John Berry made photos of the naked dancer, who stood by crossing the bridge, - in the pose, reverse position of Jones dummy. Berry also removed the knees dancer, with a protruding groody. According to these photographs, a figure of a genuine value was made of fiberglass; The mannequins in the "bridge" pose were used as tables, and the knee-protected depicted machine guns for the spill "milk-plus", and Moloko flew out of SOSKOV. Real milk, which at the insisted Kubrick filled these figures, turned out from the heat of the spotlights, and the mannequins had to empty, wash and fill again.
13. Dochurka Directed by Vivian helped cut letters that can be seen on the walls of Kabaka, polystyrene.
14. After the ribbon exit, the most religious elements were the appearance of Alex (pale litso, long puppet fake eyelashes on one glazze) and uniforms of Shaiki members. They are dressed in the same white pants with seams in the step "sandboxes", shirts and heavy "parachutical" Boty. Differences in clothes are minimal: either belts or suspenders are used, on the head instead of the cabin - cylinder or takes.
16. Pop Art, in particular pop erotica, served as an excellent visual background for "clockwork orange". "The erotic scenery of the film created the impression that the action was transferred to the near future," explained Kubrick. - It is assumed that erotic art In the end, it will become massive, and as today you buy African landscapes from Wolworth, so someday you can buy erotic pictures. "
17. Glossy playful erotic film, in particular, painting and a giant dick in the house at the lady with Kotyarami (in the photo), a porcelain group - four Christ, naked and dancing like a core land, - in the room Alex, Introduces the audience to the world of "clockwork orange".
19. Many Pop Art objects look ironic and anecdotal. It is worth noting that the images of women are not lagging behind them. Take a look at at least Starryu lady and the pose in which she appears to us.
20. And the moment of her death is absurd at all. Be killed by a huge phallus modern art, adorning the fireplace shelf. What could be Glooopee?
26. As you know, Kubrick occupies an important place in films. Alelex's selfless love to Beethoven identified musical characteristic "WORKING OELLSIN". To add classic melodies in a tape, without refusing to the elements of pop art, Stanley attracted to the work of pop composer Walter Carlos (later - after changing the floor - Wendy Carlos). He has acquired new director electronic versions The ninth Symphony of Beethoven, Overtures to Wilhelmu Telly Rossini and "Music for the death of Queen Mary" Persell. Kubrick added a few more melodies, who accidentally heard on the radio performed by a little-known Trio Sunforest, musicians in the New Age style.
27. Also Kubrick asked the Pink Floyd group to sell the rights to their ATOM Heart Mother composition. But since he wanted an eternal license and unlimited possibilities for change musical materialThe group refused. In the scene with the store records above the counter hanging the cover of the same album.
28. Four days was spent on the rehearsal of the scenes of the rape of the Writer's wife, but did not manage to find what was needed. Savior Savior Malcolm, who offered to sing entirely the only Pesenku, which he knew (Singin 'in the Rain), slightly tangling at the same time. Kubrika seemed very funny. When all the staff were filmed, he bought the rights to the composition for 10 thousand dollars.
29. The works of art include a car on which the boyfriends chase around the night roads.
30. The unique Futuristic type aggregate in the film is called Durango 95, in the world - M-505 Adams Brothers Probe 16. It was created by former designers of Marcos, Dennis brothers and St. Petersburg Adamsami in 1969. The entrance to Tachku was carried out through the shifted glass roof, the body was made of fiberglass. In total, three copies were released.
31. Later, the artistic critic of the magazine "Time" Robert Hughes remarked: "No film for last decade (and perhaps in the entire history of cinema) does not contain such exquisite and frightening prophecies about the future role cultural objects - painting, architecture, sculptures, music - in our society ... "
32. With regard to the directly shooting process, then, despite the perfectionism, Kubrika, the film went on rental smoothly after the start of the filming. This is a speed record for the director.
35. Actress Adrienn Kori (the wife of the writer Alexander) declared before the shooting of the rape scene: "Now you will be sure that I am a natural redhead." On Fotke - the process of belief began.
38. It was not particularly fun at that moment only the actor of Patrick Magi (Frank Alexander). By the way, pay attention to the bathrobe in which the writer is dressed. When Alex falls into this Domishko next time (after treatment and beating Milsentami), it will already be closed in this case of wardrobe. Now he is a victim.
39. On the therapy "According to Method of Louis", McDauell character falls from the State Tryyagi 84-f. In the photo - Building Zekov before the arrival of the minister.
44. Glazza Alex during psychological processing was forcibly held open with special locks. They were tracked through veko - it was possible to take it out only under anesthesia.
45. These scenes were attended by a doctor who stood next to the actor and watched his eyes to stop.
46. \u200b\u200bMakdaull subsequently complained to Kirk Douglas: "This Sukin Son! I scratched the cornea of \u200b\u200bthe left eye. The eye was painted, I'm blind. "
48. Malcolmu happened to get other damage. In one of the scenes, where the intolerance of Alex to violence is manifested, a man who attacked McDauell, too much sacrificed him and damaged his ribs. Also, McDaull almost choles himself when his bashkoi dip in the water and the breathing apparatus refused for two minutes. The actor was forever remembered the taste of the meat extract, which was tinted with water. Episodes in Bolnichke should have been close to him.
49. But this is not all zlodeyaniya. Kubrick, knowing that McDaull was afraid of Reptile, once announced in the morning: "Malk, I got a snake for you." And Python showed, whom Alex held a chest in the drawer and took with him in bed.52. Interesting fact: In the interruptions between the filming of Kubrick and Malcolm Rezalis in table tennis, the director has lost more often. Later, McDaull discovered that Stanley had detected all the time spent on the game, from his fee. They also played in chess, where Stanley did not have equal, - these clocks counted McDauell as workers.55. As for Anthony Burgessa (in the photo), the author of the novel, then his first impression of watching the film, arranged for him by Kubrick, was terrible. Writer's wife and his litager wanted to leave after the first ten minutes, but Burgess decided that it would look defiant. As he said, he did not want to give birth to kubrick in courtesy.
56. The English edition of the book ends the fact that Alex returns to the street with a new gang, now he can give himself a complete will, but he discovers that he has lost the thirst for destruction. He sent sentimentally to children and old men and decides that it is time to make a family and to be cooled.
Eric Svenson, Editor of Burgessa in the US Publishing House U.U.NORTON, suggested omitting the last chapter. The writer replied that it was a wonderful thought. He explained that he wrote a Heppi-end at the request of his London publisher, but without pleasure.
57. Kubrick said that he learned about the existence of an optimistic finale only four months after the start of work on the picture. He, like Svenson, considered that the final "completely falls on the tone from the whole book," and forgot about him. As a result, it turned out that the tape ends with the approval of the vicious life of Alex, and it had far-reaching consequences.
58. The premiere of the "Clockwork Orange" took place on December 19, 1971. For rolled in the US, to go from the category of films X to more accessible viewers, Kubrick cut some episodes and replaced two scenes. As a result of the "Clockwork Orange" was nominated for Oscar on four nominations, including the "best film" and "Best Directory" (which happens extremely rarely with the paintings of this category). Not a single statuette of the tape because of his bad reputation did not receive, giving way to the "French Svyaznoye".
59. When more than a year has passed since the premiere, "Orange" was still commented and discussed on both sides of the Atlantic. Newspapers everywhere published reports of crimes, which were supposed to be committed under his influence. British newspapers and courts responded about "clocking orange" as a symbol of youth street violence, although evidence that the film inspired adolescents on crimes was unconvincing.
60. Initially, Kubrick defended his brainchild and the right to freedom of speech. However, after the accusations of promoting violence in the press and after anonymous death threats began to come, the director's opinion changed sharply. In early 1974, Warner Bros. And Kubrick decided to remove the picture from the rental in the UK, not declaring this publicly. The film has already passed most cinemas and had to slowly disappear from sight. The company and Kubrick hoped that the disputes were disappeared with him, they were caused.
Also Assistant Kubrik Leon Vitaly destroyed the entire footage that did not enter the film. In the photo is one of the remote scenes.
61. Until his death in March 1999, the director tried to prevent all the demonstrations of Orange in British independent cinemas and shows documentaries About him on television.
"Clockwork Orange", which begins with a frame, completely filled with red, very well reflects the spirit of his time in general and 1971 in particular. The main theme The years were cruelty and violence, which spectators of the whole world watched in life in life and in the cinema. By the time of the release of the film, America was shocked by youth riots - more and more dismantled. In the same time, red brigades began to operate at the same time, which abducted well-known politicians and organized sabotage at large corporation plants. In Germany, the Fraction of the Red Army (RAF) began to establish department stores, rob into the banks and to atocle the lives of high-ranking faces. In the UK, the conflict between the government and the Irish Republican Army (IRA), which led the city partisan war for the independence of Northern Ireland, reached the climax just by the time the British premiere of the "Clocking Orange". The general background for all this was the American war in Vietnam - one of the most cruel and senseless for the entire XX century. Of the real life, violence spread into cinema, which hinted the audience: if violence is the only way to resolve the critical situation, it means that it is justified. "Clockwork Orange", in contrast to other films about violence, who created a false impression from the audience, as if they were protected from evil an insurmountable barrier, argued: Wines for what is happening around, lies equally at all. That is why his appearance on the screen caused a scandal and indignation of many viewers.
1. A film that has not arranged for anyone, but told the cashier
"Clockwork Orange" became the most cash film Stanley Kubrick. At a budget of $ 2 million, the total amount of fees for 10 years of film rental (from 1972 to 1982) amounted to 40 million. Despite the commercial success, the content of the "clockwork orange" did not suit neither the right (conservative part of the audience), no left (liberal spectators). "In the film, definitely, radical political views were made, but they seemed to be presented to any camp." Kubrick simultaneously ridicurate socialism and fascism, conservatives and liberals, police and human rights activists, two-room politicians and voters, modern art and era of enlightenment ... The ambiguity of the film forced the reviewers to rely solely on their own ideas about the beautiful and terrible. Is it an art or pornography? Current satire or amoral history with female and mansome-nursing testicle? The responses of the spectators about the film were sometimes diametrically opposed, which was explained by the historical situation: one of the consequences of the sexual revolutions of the 1960s became complete confusion in the definitions of pornography and obscenity.
2. Equipment with a difference in one chapter
"Clockwork Orange" - the screening of the novel of the English writer Anthony Berdjes, real Glory To which came only after the release of the film. The novel was written in 1962 and expressed the attitude of the author (rather conservative) to modern England. At the heart of Romana lay a genuine dramatic story, which occurred with the writer during the Second World War, when his wife raped four deserters of the American army. The main significant difference between the film from the book is the last chapter that American publishers were thrown during the publication of the novel. The kubrick learned about her existence after the start of work, but it did not affect his plans. The optimistic content of this chapter, where the main character was in charge of correction, according to the director, contradicted the pessimistic spirit of the film.
3. Name "Clockwork Orange": Cockties against Beheviorism
According to Burgess, the name of his novel refers to the turnover "strange as a clockwork orange", which, in London, the famine cohesie means "a person with faders." However, perhaps this expression writer invented himself. Studio "Warner Brothers" explained the meaning of the name otherwise: after psychological processing, the protagonist turns into a "clockwork orange - outside it is healthy and intact, but inside is dismissed by a reflex mechanism." For the Kubrick itself, the film with an unusual name has become a form of correspondence controversy with an American psychologist Frederick Skinner * and his popular book "on the side of freedom and dignity", where he preached and developed the ideas of biheviorism. This direction in psychology argues that the behavior of a person, his desires and aspirations is entirely predetermined by the environmental influence. Therefore, by changing the environment, you can simulate and change the behavior of a person - just as you can teach mice to dance or force the pigeons to play ping pong (Skinner's experiments). "A person needs to have a choice," Kubrick explained the basic idea of \u200b\u200bhis film, "to be good or bad, even if he chooses the latter, depriving a person the opportunity to choose - it means to deplete him, make it from him a clockwork orange.
- * It is not by chance that the creators of the animation series "Simpsons" gave the name "Skinner" to one of their characters - director of the Springfield elementary school.
4. Style of main characters: Hello English Skinheads
Outfits of the members of the Alex Gang * - a white shirt with decorations on cuffs in the form of bloody eyeballs, white trousers with a boxing bumping groin, army boots, suspenders and a sticking cane with a knife in the handle - remind the ecases of skinheads of the end of the 1960s. In this way, the authors wanted to associate their present (beginning of the 1970s) with an uncertain future in which the events of the novel occur.
- * Costume author - Italian designer Milena Canonero / Milena Canonero, which for his work on other films Kubricks later received three Oscar premiums and dozens of other awards.
5. Milk Bar Korova: Language of "Tits"
The name of the institution where Alex gang spends his free time, has Russian-speaking roots, like Slang, which is used by the main characters. To avoid accurate indication of the actions of the Roman, Berjes invented the so-called language of the "- tenants" (hybrid of English and Russian languages \u200b\u200b*), that is, those who are from thirteen to nineteen. It is this language that the main character of Alex and tells his story.
6. First victim: Beating a beggar
The most accurate regressive political atmosphere of 1971 reports the replica, which the old bum shines in the film, who became the first victim of the Alex Gang: "People on the Moon, people fly around the Earth, and on the earth itself they don't care about the law and an order of magnitude."
7. Main Hero: Villain and a thin connoisseur of the beautiful
The prototype for the image of the chief hero, as Kubrick explained, was Richard III - the villain from the Piece of Shakespeare, the criminal-artist, a smart young man with almost aristocratic manners: "Alex is aware of his own evil and openly takes it. He does not make a single attempt to deceive himself or the audience relatively deeply byproof and the evilness of his nature. His image is frank personification of evil. " According to the director, the audience must simultaneously be afraid and hate Alex's Character: it personifies not so much individual social disadvantages (crime, cynicism, etc.), as embodies the dark aspects of the consciousness of human society as a whole. " Most of Spectators, "Kubrick noted," this recognizes that he gives rise to a sympathetic attitude towards Alex. Others, on the contrary, are tested and awkward. They do not find strength to admit this, so they begin to be angry with the film. "
8. Fight with a gang of pigs Vili
The scene of the fight Gang Alex with a gang of "Pig Willi" accompanies the idyllic Overture of Rossini to the "forty-thief". This technique (precision) is the compounds of music and images in contrast, thanks to which violence on the screen is perceived by the audience removed, - Kubrick repeatedly applies throughout the film. He shows the fight itself not entirely, but assembled, catching only individual instant phases: jumping towards the enemy, drop out of the window, hit head in the stomach, etc. This turns the scene in a kind of stylized ballet, which removes the naturalistic frames and saves the viewer from the imminent shock. "Everything is bloody, creepy," said Soviet critic Yury Khanyutin, - seeing how through thick, but absolutely transparent glass of time ... Here is cold detachable, score, feeling distance, even when the most applied large plans"* American criticism Pauline Keyl This technique, on the contrary, gave a reason to accuse Kubrick in speculation and vaccination to the audience of immunity to violence: "In numerous episodes of rapes and brutal beatings There is no rage, nor sensuality, they are cool and carefully designed, and because, the viewer does not see any emotional motives behind it, he may feel offended. "
9. Durango 95.
The car on which the Alex Banda moves, existed in reality as English small sports car And I wore the name Adams Brothers Probe 16 *.
10. DOM
The scene with an attack on the house of the writer Kubrick stresses that in the world of the future victims are primarily those who are ready to help other people. It is not by chance, the dwelling of the writer (with the eloquent name of the house), where the alex gang penetrates almost without any obstacles, is the only interior in the film, where there is no pop art, the pastoral paintings hang on the walls, and the cabinets are forced by books. His full opposite The apartment of Alex, in which his indifferent and cruel parents live, or the house of the cathedral, who was afraid to open the door to a stranger.
11. "Singing under the rain": Test of the Louis method on the audience
The song "Singing in the Rain" was written in 1929 for one of the first sound films of the MGM Studio, but its canonical status performed american actor Gina Kelly acquired only 1952 in the film of the same name. Using a classic Hollywood song, Kubrick is mocking in a certain sense * over "good", but hypocritical Hollywood cinema. With the help of "singing in the rain", the director tests on the viewers its own behavior processing method: "Many, and I, including, will never be able to look at the fun of the Jin Kelly's fun without increasing nausea and resentment on the" clock-orange ", so unceremonious Having assigned this song. "
- * The relationship Kubrick with Hollywood was not very good. In part, this was the cause of its emigration from the United States to the UK, where American producers could not control his work.
12. "Viddy Well, Little Brother!": Subjective camera
Despite the fact that the story of Alex is posted in the film from the first person, in the "Clock Orange" there are a number of scenes shown by the eyes of other heroes (in particular, when the writer, Mr. Alexander, looks from the floor on Alex in a mask with a huge nose-phallus ). Thanks to them, the story acquires an objective and impartial character: "To take someone from the heroes of the moral truth after that, it becomes difficult to *."
13. Aftepati at Korova Bar: Kitch - the most important art
The figures of nude women, which are decorated Bar Korova, - parody of the provocative work of the sculptor Allen Jones *, one of the most bright representatives British pop art of the 1960s. A whole series of his work was furniture built from female mannequins in the full amount and standing in slave poses. The result of the development of contemporary art, by Kubrik, there will be a difference between art, kitch and pornography: "Erotic [Sooner or later] will be ** popular art, and erotic pictures will also be available as posters with African savanna."
14. England: their socialist future
The painted fresco in the entrance of the house of Alex is considered one of the evidence that the England of the future turned into a socialist country, although there are no other direct hints of this in the film.
15. Alex: evil as such
A short scene that emphasizes the image of Alex: the mercenary motive in his crimes stands on one of the last places. Atrochement he makes the sake of the atrocities themselves, so it is almost indifferent to stolen money and valuable things.
16. Beethoven: Sadistic fantasies and erotic ecstasy
Alex's love for the work of Beethoven is opposed to relation to the music of his contemporaries: it does not represent any sacred value for them. In the world of future, music can only entertain, performing utilitarian functions ("stimulate mood"). On the contrary, for Alex Music in general and the ninth symphony of Beethoven in particular - a source of colossal experiences, breeding sadistic fantasies and erotic ecstasy. Soviet newspaper " TVNZ"In 1972, the film reviews noted:" Education is not an obstacle to cruelty, understanding of music - does not exclude sadism. Not a new thought for mankind, which survived Hitler, who adored Wagner, and sentimental SESS, who had lost mozzart had listened. Not new and at the same time unusually relevant. "
17. Dancing Jesus: work Herman McCink
For the image of the past, present or future kubrick, I never had anything specially invented anything and always used already existing things. Sculpture depicting dancing Jesus is actually the work dutch artist German Makkinka *. She became part of the interior of the Alexa room after Kubrick saw her in the artist's workshop.
18. Alex's Vision: Vampire
Music Beethoven causes a whole set of images from the redundancy of Alex: explosions, disasters, deaths of people, but the main thing is to represent itself as a vampire, obsessed with thirst for blood and violence.
19. Pop Art
By definition of the English artist Richard Hamilton, pop art is a popular (intended mass viewer), disposable (easily forgotten), cheap, massively produced, young (addressed to young people), witty, sexy, "with a trick", charming, very profitable direction contemporary art. The "Clockwork Orange" was removed in the peak period of the influence of England on world fashion fashion and pop culture and became the only picture of Kubrick about the modern British society. The diagnosis that the director puts this society is disappointing: in the world of the future pop art displaced and replaced the culture that declined. In the aesthetics of pop art, a close apartment of Alex and his parents are withstanding: bright wallpapers, and realistic portraits of a dark woman with big eyes and an outstanding bust. True, unlike the house of the rich cat, it is rather a proletarian kitsch, personifying a bad taste.
20. Music Store: Hi "Swing London"
The image in which Alex appeared in a music store (Edwardian cloak with pads, narrow pants, cane), caused the viewers of those years more memories of the recent past than fantasies about the close future. Similar images were popular in England in the second half of the 1960s, in the era of the Swing London *.
- * About "Swing London"
21. Sex at a speed of 2 frames per second: do it fast
The scene of group sex in the alex room with two girls from the music store The creators of the film are demonstrated at a speed of 2 frames per second: in reality, the 40-second scene was taken around half an hour. In combination with a frivolous, feverish-sightedness of Rossini to "Wilhelm Telly", the bed scene turns into a comic ballet and gives a sarcastic, derogatory assessment of mechanical sex teenagers.
22. No one sorry, no one: Alex beat friends
The brutality of Alex who does not regret even his friends, deliberately wears an excessive nature. Kubrick explained this desire to not give the audience to justify the main character after the scenes in which the government poses an inhuman experiment: "Given the actions of the government towards Alex, it was necessary to emphasize even more his animal start. Otherwise, it would lead to confusion in the aspect of morality. If he were not so scoundrel, anyone could say: "It should not be subject to such psychological processing; It's so terrible, in the end, it's not so bad guy. "
23. Beethoven vs Fallos: 0: 1
The fatal battle between Alex and Cochetic, which comes using works of art, in the literal sense turns into the fighting Freudist Metaphoric Symbols: A woman attacks using a statuette of Beethoven, a hooligan is dishwashed by a huge porcelain phallus *. Thus, the death of a lady adopted from the giant phallus symbolizes the statement in this world's world male start.
- * Porcelain phallus is the work of the same artist who created the "dacies of Jesus", German Makkin.
24. New suit: submission symbol
A classic blue suit in the "Clock Orange" is a symbol of Alex's submission to the authorities and the rules that operate in this world.
25. Homosexual connotations
The "clockwork orange" is filled with ambiguous images, which at one time made it a source of inspiration for homosexuals. In particular, the Alluses on the "Clockwork Orange" were often met in the images of David Bowie - the main Androging Superstar of the English Glam Rock of the 1970s.
26. Alex reads the Bible: Home Book of Violence
Despite the fact that Alex is an embodiment, it cannot be called an atheist (unlike other prisoners). In particular, it follows from Dream Alex while reading the Bible when he brought himself to a Roman soldier, beating Christ during the procession on Calvary. According to James Narmor, all this is perfectly consistent with the idea of \u200b\u200bBergess that there is a carnal and spiritual in the man, and the spiritual: "I believe in the original sin," explained his novel Berjes, - it follows that a person should fall to reborn. At the beginning, the infantality of Alex is emphasized. He is still helpless - still feeds with milk. Then he is forced to respond - not on its own, but on external signals. Then he tries to commit suicide, jumping out of the window, - it depicts a drop in a person. Now it should be a revival, but not through the state. It will happen through the person himself and his ability to know the value of choice. "
- * Original sin - so in christian tradition They call the guilt that mankind is carrying Adam's misconduct and Eva, who sinned in the Paradise Garden.
27. Prison Capelian: Hidden gay, soldered and expressant of truth
According to Kubrick, after the release of the "clockwork orange" on the screens, the most highly appreciated and supported the film of the Catholic News newspaper. The director has retained a review of this publication for memory and, if case quoted it with other journalists: "Stanley Kubrick shows that a person is more than a heredity product and (or) of the environment. And, as the friendly friendly located to Alex, the Church (ranting and rigoring at the beginning, and "under the curtain", expressing the main thesis of the film): "When a person is deprived of the opportunity to choose, he ceases to be a man ... The film apparently wants to say that deprivation Freedom of choice not only does not save, but fully takes out a person with the possibility of action ... In the name of supporting certain moral values, the change of man should be born from the internal motivation, and not to be imposed from outside. Saving a person is an extremely difficult matter. But Kubrick is an artist, not a moralist, so he invites us to decide what is wrong and why, what should be done and how it should be done. "
28. Method Louis: Transformation of Alexa in a moral robot
Cino during the treatment of Alex according to the Method of Louis for Kubrick became the opportunity to clearly prove that the screen violence is not responsible for the emergence of violence in life: "Explicit evidence that the violence that we see in the movie and on television, gives rise to social violence, no ... - spoke Kubrick. - An attempt to impose any responsibility on art, as to the source of life, it seems to me a completely incorrect question. Art can change the form of life, but not to create or be its reason. Moreover, it is impossible to attribute the art possible effect of exposure to the art, for it is completely dispersed with an accepted scientific view on art, which is that even in a state that occurs after hypnosis, a person is not able to commit an act contrary to his nature. "
29. Return home: did not wait
Describing the person of the technical century, the philosopher and psychologist Erich Fromm says that he "suffers from not so much from passion to destruction, as from the total alienation; It may be more appropriate to describe it as an unfortunate being that does not feel anything - neither love nor hatred, nor pity for destroyed or thirst to destroy; This is not a person, but simply an automatic. " Alex's parents are undoubtedly such machines that Fromm writes. Their alienation is so great that they can recognize the Son, only focusing on articles in newspapers.
30. Death Death: Allusion on biblical history
After returning home, Alex learns about the death of his pet - Rude. The death of the snake, which in Christian mythology is the personification of the devil-tempter, sarcastically hints at the celebration of science, who won up the man and his faith.
31. Beating Alexa: revenge
From prison, Alex returns to the world, where other people have all the completeness of the qualities and properties, which it is forcibly deprived. And now all those whom Alex subjected to bullying, begin to take revenge. So it turns out that a person deprived of aggressive instincts, ability to violence cannot survive in this world. And if you breed these instincts is quite difficult, then it is fairly easy to excite them by the spectacle itself. All his victims easily take the role of tormentors. The person in the modern world, for Kubrik, it turns out, only one alternative is to be a victim or executioner.
32. Bathroom Kubrick: Hello, subconscious!
Bathroom In all the film, Kubrick is always the place of manifestation of the unconscious. In the "clocking orange" Alex, without thinking about the possible consequences, lies in the bathroom and carelessly sings the song "singing in the rain", according to which he identifies the owner of the house.
33. Dinner with Mr. Alexander: "Crime against acting art"
In the scene of dinner, the actor acting on the Writer, monstrously replays *, but this is not an accident: Kubrick sought this effect. Examples of such inadequate behavior can be found in all late films Kubrick. It knocks the viewer with its inappropriateness, so the criticism of this technique often seems annoying and indispensable. Nevertheless, Kubrick has always strived for an alogicity in acting game, a sharp transition from naturalism to absurdity: "In this respect, it goes to a conscious risk; Recall it is impossible to stretch and, generally speaking, the insane scene of Aleksova return to the father's house or how Alex, smoking, eats dinner in the hospital. "
34. Revenge of the writer: a film without positive characters
The writer not only revenge on helpless Alex, which he is trying to bring to suicide, but also uses it for political purposes to combat the existing government. On Alex himself, they all equally do not care. Thus, there are no positive characters in the "clock orange".
35. Minister of Alas feed from the spoon
A satirical frame, where the Minister of the Interior itself feeds Alex, crowns the history of the relationship between the criminal with the state. The scene is symbolic: society literally feeds the criminal from the spoon, and that mock on the situation. "Good" Alex is prosecuted, killed by society, and returning to his natural state of evil, becomes right country. Ultimately, Alex turns out to be the only character that causes sympathy, and it turns out to be at the end of the film in the same position as at the beginning: "The obsessing villain returns to saturated life male. "
36. Sex under the applause: final frame
Last frames depict the fantasy of Alex, inspired by Beethoven. This scene (on the whole film is the only one, where all participants receive explicit sex pleasure) only the fruit of the unhealthy imagination of Alex, who sees himself a member of some theatrical action. Alas's aggression was accepted and approved by the Supreme Society, and now he will now sow violence, relying on politicians and elite.
37. Titres: Hi, Alex!
Using the song "Singing in the rain" once again in the final credits, Kubrick hints towards the cure of Alex and return it to society as a full-fledged member.
Komsomolskaya Pravda, 1972 Broskova