Bill Hader on A Clockwork Orange

More thoughts from Bill Hader on Stanley Kubrick's 1971 masterpiece A Clockwork Orange.
Sources: The Bill Simmons Podcast, The Movies That Made Me hosted by Josh Olsen and Joe Dante
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[@bilbo1778]

Great last line from Bill...."NOT ALL MOVIES HAVE TO BE FUN!!!!!"

[@AD-kv9kj]

I find most people now seem to think that every movie character has to be some paragon of virtue otherwise the movie itself is somehow promoting their behavior... Proper creative writing necessarily REQUIRES complex characters with awful aspects to their behavior and personalities in order to comment on those aspects of human psychology and also to potentially provide stories that show people learning about themselves and changing, thereby helping an audience understand people and themselves better. One small example from just pop tv I often hear is how characters in Friends are awful, like Ross has hangups about being left by his wife for another woman and acts uncomfortable around her new partner and therefore with lesbians in general. The whole point of that was the opposite...to show the audience how ridiculous someone like Ross is being and his friends often point out to him he's being ridiculous and ignorant etc, which he learns from. The show also, for it's time, was showing two generally chill and cool lesbian characters dealing with certain real issues despite the light comedy. People are so shallowminded now because of this. They judge literally everything at pure face value, cherry pick and ignore all the rest of what it may be about. If you just have every character being totally cool about everyone and everything all the time, nobody who NEEDS to learn about their own bs ever will, because they don't get given characters with traits they can maybe identify with and then be shown why certain views they have are ridiculous and why they should get over them.

[@AliceBowie]

I remember an old interview with Rosemary's Babies, a NJ punk band kind of associated with Misfits, Sam Hain, and Danzig, and they were talking about how much they love A Clockwork Orange and just want to drive around listening to Beethoven and assault people. They were high school punks in like 1982, so whatever. I loved the movie when I first saw it, but I didn't think there were any heroes in it. They had great fashion in that movie.

[@whatilearnttoday5295]

I'm still working up the courage to give Nightcrawler another watch.

[@seanparvis8568]

took me decades to realize this wasn't a documentary film on ordinary Britain.

[@dannythompson1948]

Lol

[@Themuffenthusiast]

Isn't it?

[@beachbumvet8973]

LMAO THATS WHY WE ARE IN TROUBLE

[@Research0digo]

Just the upper crust & royalty. The Windsors took their name from the castle - their original deemed too Germanic.

[@RollsCanardly-fv9ks]

It's a vision of the UKs future, except the thugs are brown dirka dirkas

[@johnslavik7629]

Clock Work Orange is the kind of movie you find something new in it every time you watch it. Whether it be brilliant or horrifying.

[@betsyduane3461]

Nominated for best picture and best director for the Oscars, Golden Globes and BAFTA. Also a box office hit (#7 for 1971), yet people try to call it a cult film.

[@geezertechhead]

It's cult status has it's roots in Kubrick withdrawing the film from exhibition in the UK. Until the advent of VHS it was incredibly difficult to see it in the UK.

[@betsyduane3461]

@@geezertechhead Which has zero to do with anything, UK is a tiny area. It can't be a cult film and be nominated for best picture.

[@madman12377]

Surely it can qualify for a cult film simply because it was hard to see. So once seen, it started to gain a bigger following. There have been many films nominated for best picture that are not well known

[@Mewted]

i don't think you understand what cult film means. it has nothing to do with the size or reception. depeche mode is considered a cult band for ex. but they've been one of the largest acts in sales and live audiences across 4 decades. the cure same thing. tool the same thing. star wars is considered a cult, star trek is considered a cult, evil dead is considered a cult... its the depth of the following and the obsessive interpretations and dedication of fans, carrying a thing beyond regular reception, not the size or audience.

[@heartofthesun1584]

It is a cult film; its social acceptance has nothing to do with that.

[@markp864]

I’ve always liked Bill Hader but it wasn’t until Barry that I realized how great of a talent he is.

[@cherrydelrey1949]

Barry is phenomenal.

[@vingasoline5068]

Exactly my thoughts, I can’t wait for whatever his feature films are gonna be; apparently the horror movie he’s trying to make is similar in tone to Barry so I’m excited for that

[@jonnnnniej]

He's also great in The Skeleton Twins! (As is Kristen Wiig, great chemistry as well)

[@markp864]

@@jonnnnniej you’re right! That was a great movie!

[@SamL12345]

Bill Hader's cinema taste is 🤌

[@jon4715]

Hader likes Kubrick? A Clockwork Orange, specifically? How rare. (Meanwhile a quarter of all college males from 2005-2010 had the poster on their dorm room wall).

[@Woozlewuzzleable]

@@jon4715 Getting triggered by a harmless KZbin comment? How rare.

[@Monsterassassin3]

@@jon4715everyone, point and laugh at this guy! Hahahahaha!

[@DiviAugusti]

Yes because this is the only Bill Hader feature on this channel.

[@jon4715]

@@Woozlewuzzleable Triggered? I’m trolling.

[@micahclawrence]

No one does best vantage point/angles/framework like Kubrick. Best I’ve ever seen.

[@micahclawrence]

@@andrewnelson1967 I’m well aware. I think I’ve actually seen every film he ever directed thanks to my father. As he came first, it’s impossible Hitchcock didn’t influence Kubrick but at the end of the day it’s just two geniuses.

[@mody10123]

Barry Lyndon is free on KZbin and every frame in it is a work of art

[@stream_gene]

The comparison of ACO to Kabuki Theatre is inspired

[@jandy1]

Kubrick had talked about that influence before. It’s why he loved James Cagney.

[@vernonzehr]

The movie was a work of art, a masterpiece but the book was even better. I loved reading the book.

[@kmbmakz3]

People need to read the book. What a trip. The glossary rules

[@scrumbles]

It's nice to see someone actually understand what clockwork orange is all about. In the book there is an extra chapter where, after Alex's treatment "fails", he actually becomes good person of his own volition. It changes everything.

[@AliceBowie]

Yeah, he has a new gang, and sees his old droog, Pete or George, whichever one who didn't become a cop, and he's grown out of youth culture and has a girlfriend, and Alex starts fantasizing about becoming and adult, getting married, and having kids, starting the cycle over again with a new generation.

[@MrSyco07]

The American publication omitted the final chapter, which is the book Kubrick read originally. He did read the last chapter just before going into production but didn't like the final note of rebirth Burgess intended and decided his adaptation was better without it.

[@dunnright00]

"What's it going to be then, eh?"

[@scrumbles]

@MrSyco07 it says alot about American society that he thought it was better without it.

[@georgea.9684]

I didn’t know this and will now try to find a copy with the extra chapter. Thank you. 🙏🏻

[@almanuel6140]

there is so much sub texture in this film that it almost requires multiple viewings to begin to get them all...every frame means something - the costumes, the sets, the props, the lighting, the framing, the color - his style is so deep that every time i rewatch it i go "oh, i didn't notice that before"

[@SK1974ification]

The book is even more befuddling.

[@poindextertunes]

I fell in love with the VHS cover of Clockwork Orange and asked my mom if we could rent it. I was 11 years old. It blew my mind. And for Halloween that year I dressed as Alex. I was a droog. Went to middle school dressed as Alex and nobody got it lol but my love for kubrick seeded at that moment :) he’s a genius. so much in fact, some ppl don’t get his work. it took me awhile to come to grips with that 😅

[@zacharyfortsch7104]

Your mom let you watch that at 11! I love this movie but I wouldn’t let my son watch it til he turned 16. He’s 17 now and still hasn’t watched it lol

[@asdfasdfasdfasdeff]

@@zacharyfortsch7104 golden times for sure. I too watched a ton of movies like this or Lynch as a young kid and while it shaped my future of movie appreciation I don't think it was a good idea and I also find myself not allowing my 11 year old to watch anything like this

[@jerometaperman7102]

I saw it in the cinema. I wasn't really aware of Stanley Kubrick at the time although I had seen Dr. Strangelove. I saw Clockwork Orange once and then didn't see it again for ten years. The second time around, I noted to myself that there was only once scene that I didn't specifically remember from the first time. I think that says something about the effect it had on me.

[@Domn879]

What I’ve grown to appreciate about the movie is how it represents the transition from boyhood to adulthood for many men (though obviously in the extreme). Tribalism, brutality and nihilism come somewhat naturally when you are raging with adolescent hormones. You feel invincible and as though you are above the tired grind of those who came before you. Then it comes time to be rehabilitated into society, whether by choice or force. Then the real ultraviolence begins and you will come to heel.

[@lukedaley17]

One of my favourite retro British movies. Kubrick was a cinematic genius.

[@Woozlewuzzleable]

People who complain that Clockwork Orange glorifies violence probably never finished watching the whole movie. To me it's about karma.

[@jodi2847]

It's like saying Goodfellas glorifies the mafia. Sure, if you only watch the first half hour.

[@MicahMicahel]

its a Christian movie. Burgess was Christian and the plot refers to scenes in the bible and Christian morals. The only good person in the whole movie was the priest. Karma is a pagan concept.

[@Woozlewuzzleable]

@@MicahMicahel So you're calling Hinduism and Buddhism paganism?

[@cody8804]

@@MicahMicahelI think that is your own reflection and interpretation. Burgess was raised Catholic but was never particularly religious. While writing clockwork Orange he would get drunk with the publicly out gay author and heroin addict William Burroughs. Shortly after writing the novel Burgess cheated on his wife and had a child with an alcoholic woman.

[@m1lst3r89]

​@@MicahMicahelexcept the movie is not Christian.

[@The_ScapeGoat]

I remember an argument with a bunch of feminists who thought Alex was supposed to be the "hero" of the film. When i pointed out that the milk bar decor is a window into his psychopathic mind, not a portrayal of how women ought to be viewed, they thought I was crazy. Projection is inescapable.

[@zengalileo]

When I was in my teaching program I answered,"What was your favorite movie?" in ftont of the class, and I had just seen Clockwork, so I said Cockwork Orange. My teacher went, "Eeww. That's sick." She gave me terrible reviews during student teaching. I could never shake the stink of it as far as she was concerned. So, no, people won't get it.

[@cosmicjustice4139]

Sucks when these are the kind of brainless morons they hire to teach

[@matthewbond375]

People that think A Clockwork Orange is misogynistic are the same people that think Starship Troopers is fascist.

[@SomaFlly]

Some of those that work forces. Are the same that burn crosses!

[@isaachaze1]

Or that Blazing Saddles is racist for that matter.

[@m1lst3r89]

Agreed. These notions have no grounds in reality since both movies don't deal with it, even overtly or subtly.

[@CB-ke7eq]

Ironic that the folks Bill talks about hating on the film when it's brought up, or at least the ones suggesting it doesn't merit existing, are the exact fascists they claim to so loathe. Don't trust anyone who wants to ban art or expression they don't agree with.

[@mrquirky3626]

You mean like how Paul Verhoeven thought Starship Troopers was fascist? According to interviews, he couldn't even finish the book when making the film because he felt it was too right wing.

[@mikevicchiarelli2369]

Whenever I’m drinking with my friend who knows the movie, in my best impression I blurt out “TRY THE WINE!”

[@MrUnclesean]

clutch ....

[@dielaughing73]

Somehow I got it into my head head said "more wine?" so I looked it up the other day and found I'd been misquoting it all these years

[@user-yx8cx6bg1g]

One of the greatest films! A CLOCKWORK ORANGE! From the greatest era for films! The 1970s! Jaws, The Exorcist, Alien, The French Connection, Coma, The Godfather, All The President's Men, Klute, The Parallax View, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Up In Smoke, Annie Hall, Dawn of The Dead, etc., etc. And KUBRICK rules! For me, the greatest filmmaker of our time. Finally, A Clockwork Orange...the film, it's highly unique look and costumes for the Droogs, influenced the greatest Rock Star of our time, DAVID BOWIE in setting the world of Ziggy Stardust and its stage show. Bowie even played the theme song for this film, just before crashing the stage to begin the show. Marc ⚡🍊

[@Bonn1770]

I just watched Carrie (1976) and it is probably one of the best crafted movies ever made, and utterly horrifying. Piper Laurie was incredible in it, Oscar worthy. The 1970s was easily the peak of American cinema. I've seen A Clockwork Orange dozens of times, and all of Kubrick's movies in my opinion are basically comedies, Clockwork is no exception. It really is hilarious if you can get over the violence and dark themes, reminds me of those old Monty Python movies especially the performances.

[@user-yx8cx6bg1g]

@@Bonn1770 That's right. You can watch a few Kubrick films as comedy. I'd say, most especially this one, and FMJ. Obviously, you could with "The Shining" as well, but I love horror, and I think that "giving in" to the surreal otherworldliness is best for that one. And if you do give in to that vibe (and not try to be the smartest guy in the room all the time), The Shining rewards as brilliant horror! But definitely, Malcolm McDowell is a darkly humorous actor, as well as a great serious one. And what with some of the others side actors in Clockwork also bringing major comedy chops as well...yes, absolutely. *And really, the scene where Alex picks up the two groovy girls at the record shop (after watching them have their way with the pops), and takes them home to shag...that scene is set up as comedy, or at least comedy relief (as a way to show sex, pretty much without censorship) All of this said, the darker sections of the movie (which again, a desensitized person could watch as comedy if they wanted to), ARE impactful, and especially so back then, in the 70s, when everything wasn't so known and ironic, "all the time," like it is now. As for CARRIE, man, I missed that one when I was listing up there. I was just spontaneously listing. Carrie absolutely IS another example of a GREAT movie from the 1970s! It's the best DePalma film as well. Although I do like "Dressed To Kill," "The Fury" and "Body Double" quite a bit as well.

[@HoldenNY22]

@@user-yx8cx6bg1g - I thought Body Double was a Great Movie. I also thougght Casualties of WAr was a great Movie, but different= not a Suipernatural or a Thriller Movie. I also liked Snake Eyes.

[@christofferjenzen78]

@@user-yx8cx6bg1g Nostalgia is not the best metric for quality in cinema. The 70s was an exciting time with new ideas being born and bold directors coming along and changing what cinema could be. But that the actual quality was better and its often seen as such cause ideas were new then and are now done to death is not something I agree with... when you provide generic or acceptable screen plays that arent criticised for being derivative copycats, that must be a great feeling but that was of course in cinema,the stories had often been told before,only in literature. As for both quality directing, innovative writing and brilliant acting,I think the 90s or lets say 1995-2001 was the peak of cinema so far. But different strokes for different blokes.

[@user-yx8cx6bg1g]

@@christofferjenzen78 Haha! Don't take my enthusiasm for nativity. I'm only that enthusiastic because it really was THE best! Whether its stone original, influenced, derivative or whatever, the 1970s was the most mature, intellectual, intelligent, F-U-N, frightening and impactful of any era. Not only that, but the landscape of it all was excellent as well...how it was clothed, the city streets, etc 1995-2001 ??? That's a joke, man, right? I mean, how old are you? Well, to each his own, and if that's what you believe, then more power to ya. 😎

[@danielscott1749]

I was Introduce to Stanley Kubrick at 8 when my parents took us to the Drive-in Don't remember what the Family Friendly Movie they showed First was , but I remember My First Kubrick Movie . So when Clock Work came out my mother said she would call the local theatre and get me in if I Read the Book. Guess what I was Reading in 71 at 13/14 years old. I am so lucky My parents did not Burn Books.

[@jackhaugh]

I used to live near an Alamo Drafthouse that featured Kubric and showed one of his movies on the big screen because they knew not everyone had a chance to see them that way once a quarter over the course of a year. They showed A Clockwork Orange, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Full Metal Jacket, and The Shining on Halloween. I realized I as a man in my late 40s had never seen any of these films in the theater, and went to each and everyone of them, and loved them all. On a side note, A Clockwork Orange was my father’s favorite movie, and I don’t actually recall a time in my life that I hadn’t seen the movie as a child. My mother was an English professor, and she’d want to sit down and discuss themes that occurred in the movie and things like that, and both of my parents were draft dodging hippies that basically ignored any social norms and basically had no rules inside of the house. I was a pretty messed up kid.

[@PhantomGenius]

I literally spit out my orange juice laughing at bill doing an impression of McGee “try the wine”

[@justinverdugo1839]

One of my favorite movies ever . Kubrick was a mastermind !

[@TroubledTrooper]

Watched this movie when I was 11, I probably shouldn't have done that but it was damn good. 😂 I also got the message even though I was like "damn thats a crazy opening".

[@byron2521]

I agree with Bill. A lot of people will only watch movies that have a happy ending. Where the "hero" rides off into the sunset and everyone lives happily ever after.

[@kneuer]

I guess I was just alive at the right time. Working my first job at 15 and the original cut of this was showing at my theater. Then, the next year, the novel was required reading in my High School English class, Jr year. 1973. I can only imagine the shit fit if any High School English teacher did that now.

[@swrennie]

Every time I watch this, I covet his Oracle turntable.

[@scottmelville3476]

It's actually a Transcriptor Hydraulic Reference. Had one back in the day

[@BrianStrawn-c6g]

My father introduced me to this when I was in high school. Then he gave me the book. Needless to say it’s one of my favorites

[@donkeyears4704]

i hadn't realized that clockwork orange had taken on a different space in society. i guess it makes sense to hear them say that though. societies, group think, trends, zeitgeist, whatever doesn't like to be shown it's reflection.

[@berniemiller2992]

Between this and 'Berry (it's very long)Lyndon ' , hard to say my favorite.

[@ThatLad685]

I feel this way about the movie “The Jerk” with Steve Martin. It’s so odd and quirky but for some reason I love it. At certain points has some very beautiful moments and cinematography, such as the scene where they sing tonight you belong to me. Great movie 🙏

[@dweebosupremo5904]

"Not all movies have to be fun" so true. Movies as art are challenging but rewarding experiences. But if you can't appreciate that, then it's not going to make sense. And all the signs are the from the get go that this is going to be a roller coaster ride on Serum 114 of a film. Not for the faint of heart.

[@RickyLafleur10]

This is a great movie remember watching with my dad when I was younger. Kubrick also did a good job faking the moon landing

[@kmbmakz3]

One of the top five movies of all time

[@jeffreysmith694]

I remember my senior year in high school having to pick a dystopian novel to do a presentation on and A Clockwork Orange was my pick. It was a hard book to read with the slang language at first but I loved the book so much. The rest of the class just choose the typical drivel. Luckily a had an English teacher that liked my choice so much he gave me a decent grade even though my talk was pretty bad. Probably one of the few who read the book before seeing the movie. Haven't read the book since my senior year in 1984 but have watched the movie dozens of times. I went about a decade between viewings when I watched it a couple of months ago and it still hits hard. It's not my favorite Kubrick masterpiece but it should be watched by anyone who loves cinema.

[@darthcheney7447]

My number one favorite movie of all time.

[@kimmyfreak200]

if people couldn't handle the film. then they absolutely could NEVER handle the book, lol.

[@rickfalcon5572]

That book wasn’t easy to read, that Nadsat dialogue took some effort to understand.

[@JK-je9md]

Yeah if the film adapted the book 100% the same way it would literally be illegal.

[@AbsurdlyGeeky]

In the book, Alex is 15. The girls in the record shop are 12. Would definitely upset some people.

[@godfunk]

An easy Top 10 on my all time list

[@jon4715]

Kubrick’s best in your estimation? Bold claim.

[@LuridContent]

@@jon4715 Clockwork came out in 71. 2001, Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, Dr. Strangelove, Barry Lyndon? It would be more bold to claim Kubrick isn't one of the best filmmakers ever. Few current directors will have as lasting an impression or evoke as much discussion. Relax.

[@MicahMicahel]

@@jon4715yes... it is his best.

[@MicahMicahel]

@@jon4715no it isnt

[@MicahMicahel]

@@jon4715my first comment disapeared. will this one too?

[@jhherkert]

This describes how I felt about Gladiator the first time I saw it with my dad

[@tokyodirect4594]

People who get upset over this film don't deserve to be part of the conversation.

[@zacharyfortsch7104]

One of the best movies ever made. A true piece of art through and through.

[@DeusShaggy]

Great flick.

[@cleonRIP]

This was on Netflix when they initially attempted streaming their site back in like 2010. It was insane. They just put everything up!😅

[@twoface4458]

1971 masterpiece

[@BelugalooGames]

I read the book in the 7th grade. Loved it.

[@kimdurig1322]

Great movie should read the book as well

[@m1lst3r89]

A Clockwork Orange is a movie that you watch only a few times in lifetime. It's so good that it might even diminish your view of the cinema. Shattering, disturbing, satirical, thought-provoking, yet darkly funny. I've seen it when I was in my early 20s, then in my early 30s, the next time when I'll be in early 40s. Also, who brings his kid to watch the film with him? Wtf?

[@poindextertunes]

I was that kid 😅 my whole family is kinda off center. were all probably autistic tbh 😂 that being said, I have a very refined palette for music and visual media and art in general really. I’m also a musician which is cool bcuz it skipped my folks generation. It was just something that was always inside of me that I got from my Great great grandparents who made and played their own instruments

[@Mr.Goodkat]

A father who wants his son to see good movies and won't let a uncomfortable feeling society put into him, stop him from doing it, I wish more people seen quality like this which provokes thought at a young age maybe it'll help lessen some of their programming.

[@hattorihanzo2275]

Nah, I've watched this many times over the years. While I didn't watch this with my dad he rented it for me when I was 12 or 13. His quote was "This would be PG-13 if made today." Hey, if that logic let me watch great movies, so be it.

[@EyezaGotSKILLZ]

It wasn’t in this cut-together clip that James Whale Bake Sale posted (very good btw), but, I think specifically in the Talking Pictures podcast w/ Ben Mankiewicz, Bill Hader clarifies that his dad told him to leave the room at certain scenes. Still, intense movie to show to a 13 year old, but not as bad as you think.

[@m1lst3r89]

@@Mr.Goodkat that is insane reasoning. A good movie is inappropriate for kids when it is simply inappropriate. The rest is child abuse.

[@AndrewJennings-uk5vo]

We used to watch this every year for about 5 yrs running in my 20s with a group of friends at its screening at small cinema and watch it tripping on LSD

[@poindextertunes]

I just want to say, I think Kubrick would’ve LOVED Barry 💯

[@georgea.9684]

Enjoying a movie with bad characters in it doesn’t make you a bad character. Strange times we live in. . .

[@heatheryoung9254]

I saw this when I was a kid also. Probably shouldn’t have. I won’t watch it again, but I can appreciate what it is.

[@Rating64]

The original book was in 21 chapters (21 coming of age) where Alex finds redemption and begins to see the error of his ways. Anthony Burgess was penniless at the time and agreed with the publishers and Kubrick to drop the final chapter because they did not think it worked and a nihilistic version would appeal more to a US audience.

[@packfresh1]

The problem is that it goes over alot of people's heads. It's very cerebral, and very tongue in cheek. It does with serious elements in a vague and hokey way. Excellent film

[@lifeofmachine4641]

I feel the same way about Clockwork Orange. It just blew me away

[@crazyralph6386]

As a teen, I basically watched only the first half of the movie where Alex and his droogs carried out mayhem, as the 2nd half bored me. Now as an adult, I much prefer the remainder of the film from the time Alex is imprisoned, to the final “I’m cured alright” scene. Just a brilliant film.

[@mjwaldrep]

It’s one of my favorite movies, I feel the same way.

[@inPHluxx]

OMG! Bill Hader "in" A Clockwork Orange! someone needs to make this happen

[@danellemoore1461]

On my top 10 list ever since I was a teenager.

[@vibangigan5336]

Remember being a kid and it was on a horror list so I watched it….and I didn’t get it. Revisited it senior year with a friend who was deep into the analysis of the movie and I started to understand the genius.

[@lisar3944]

referring to this film as "bananas" is the most beautiful thing I've heard in a long time. I think it takes Bill Hader to point that out - perfect depiction. And I agree that it's strange that people get so angry about the film. It makes its point *perfectly*. And? What is there to be angry about?

[@lancevanarsdale4978]

“Not all movies have to fun” 😂 👏

[@antivanti]

It's one of those movies where if someone says it's their favorite movie you really need to ask them WHY. Same with Fight Club. Both movies I very much like but am very cautious of when other people say they do...

[@Raghorn69]

Kubrick was one of the best Directors of all time. His body of work and its variety is amazing. Dr Strangelove will always be my favorite movie of all time.

[@sirequinox4874]

Right on. Hader gets it.

[@TomFret]

I've actually met his dad at a bar once. Dude's a trip

[@mekugi]

The codpieces in the novel faces on them, that were covered by spandex stretched over them.

[@Corndogg316]

Damn what a spot on analysis. Well done boys.

[@Byronik]

My dad took me to see A Clockwork Orange on its theater release, even though I was under age.

[@wellsaidgoodheadfred9843]

I read the book and loved it. I haven't seen the movie yet.

[@matthewpaul526]

Hader has great movie thoughts and opinions, which is funny because the first part of the video he is talking to Bill Simmons (The Ringer) who's takes on movies are the equivalent of Kraft American cheese singles. I say that and I like Bill Simmons.

[@bucknasty69]

To be honest though, there’s a time and a place for American cheese. I wouldn’t want a cheeseburger with anything else.

[@jeffmccloud905]

owned the VHS. I've watched it dozens and dozens of times. just used the word "guttywutz" yesterday when I wasn't feeling good.

[@mptesteroni]

Kids understood it because Kubrick basically stylized a dystopian future through the lens of a Bugs Bunny cartoon. One of my favorite movies.

[@YaNJASlc]

That is a great take

[@AaronFrick-zc6xu]

The brawl in the beginning is the shxt

[@toobin8r]

Clockwork Orange is, to this day, one of the only movies that made me feel…I’m still not exactly sure how to describe it, but it was sorta that initial feeling when you’re going to be sick, that feeling of something churning in the pit of your stomach, only without the end result of vomiting and all that.

[@cosmicjustice4139]

That's the dose of reality kicking in

[@Widderic]

It's a cinematic masterpiece that needs to be in the main archive for aliens when they finally visit. Oh jelly thou.

[@The55nomad]

Prophetic book and movie.

[@MrBoriqua2000]

Fun fact, the guy lifting weights towards the end of the movie was the guy in the Darth Vader costume in the Star Wars movies.

[@YaNJASlc]

Whoa just googled that, what an interesting little fact

[@MrBoriqua2000]

@YaNJASlc what's really funny is that he didn't know that they were going to dub his voice with James Earl Jones voice until after the movie was done.

[@davehackett8848]

By the time I was 15, I'd read DeSade and Heinlein. Watched Clockwork and Salo. I'ts no wonder I'm so messed up. Kinda feel sorry for my kids. They never could surprise me with anything.

[@jerrycastaldo8688]

I’ve always tried to incorporate droogs into my vocabulary when I can. Unfortunately it’s never really taken off here in the US. It’s fun to say though

[@flimmaytinstone8980]

I remember reading the British version of the book in college. It had a happy ending. He grows up, has a family, turns into an empathetic human being. The Americans would have found the original ending too boring. I like the British ending best.

[@jasonsumpter1197]

Read the damn book! It didn't even have the 21st chapter. And besides, Burgess sued Kubrick.

[@idioz75]

I think all Kubrick films are about different levels of madness in people.

[@lawrencecrayton9844]

I here singing in the Rain ...kick!

[@flowergun_films]

My favorite movie.

[@perrydmarco]

After A Hard Day's Night every British band was supposed to have a movie. This was considered for The Rolling Stones. Jagger would have been a perfect Alex.

[@peterschmitz6446]

Wrong ! Jagger is a lousy Actor - he never would have reached Malcolmˋs Depth. The only Film Jagger was good in, was Performance and there he was more Girl than Boy.

[@andrewwolf8151]

Me and 3 friends in high school went to the school Halloween party as Alex, Dim, Pete and Georgie our junior year 1987. True story, we took 2nd place for our costumes we lost to a box of Crayola crayons. 😂

[@timvoyles9698]

Watched the film, read the book. Loved both. Music, language, themes, were a strange mix of beauty and vile behavior.

[@dparis2172]

I thought that was Marc, from Long Island Watch in the thumbnail. ⌚️

[@anitaschvitz9749]

It reminds me of how things are becoming

[@jamesjennings-yd2bc]

I'm wondering how many people have actually read the book as well as watched the movie? The book ends very differently to the movie.

[@chrisfoxwell4128]

Getting angry about liking Clockwork Orange is a perfect example of the loss of rational thought and nuance. It's either only looking at the surface of things or, if there's nothing easily seen on the surface, they dig deep and just make up sht to be mad about.

[@harttdm]

I’m shocked. I never realized the movie was considered so divisive. I read the book in 7th grade and it definitely influenced my development. I didn’t see the movie until much later and thought it did an excellent job of capturing the first person perspective of the book by filtering everything through the flippant personality of Alex. If anything, I think the behavior conditioning part should have been scarier.

[@josephreynolds1220]

Not all movies have to be fun, as long as hemsworth has a magical never empty beer stein…

[@NipItInTheBud100]

Not every movie has to be politically correct to be good! This is one of my favorite movies for so many reasons! I like movies that make you think!

[@pluckyduck11y]

It's visually compelling. Every scene is memorable, either because of pivotal plot points or striking visuals, and typically both. Not for everyone of course bc the protagonist is utterly depraved, but it's a dystopian setting, so you have to consider the broader social commentary. Then again, there are people doing even worse things every day in our United States, juxtaposed with modern luxuries like smart phones and video games you can play with people around the world. Even poor folks in America have more access to movies, books, music, games than any ever was conceived when Clockwork Orange was written. "Every anxiety, tranquilized. Every boredom, amused." to quote Network. AND YET despite all this privilege, gangs still run amok and terrorize the good citizenry in places like Chicago, Baltimore, St Louis, etc, with murder rates that exceed war-zones!

[@natewaters344]

Now i want to hear you talk about The Kentucky Fried Movie! That film will make you cream in your jeans!

[@martingoldfire]

The old me didn't last many minutes before switching that shit off. Current me isn't crazy about watching it, but maybe some future version of me will try again.

[@SpaceGodzilla4242]

I don’t understand it but I still think it’s a great provocative movie