A Clockwork Orange, Lost in Adaptation ~ Dominic Noble

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A comparison of Stanley Kubrick's film to the novel its based on by Anthony Burgess.
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[@kramermariav]

I almost find that last chapter more horrifying. Imagine, all the boring adults you know might have that horrible darkness within them.

[@taylorcarmen5336]

I can completely understand your not wanting to be known for the 50 shades videos. But your sense of empathy in them was what made me a loyal watcher. For a while it was trendy to review those books light heartedly. Most youtubers I saw comment on it did so in a "isn't it funny how bad this is" sort of way. You were one of the first (and definitely the first male) reviewer I saw take the dangers seriously. You didn't treat it like a joke. You genuinely cared that this could lead to real life trauma and abuse. Your review felt like being looked after. That's why I stuck around and I'm willing to bet I'm not the only one. Being publicly caring is a vulnerable act and not one we often reward in men. Bravo. Please know it was important.

[@slimesplash_wiz]

Honestly, when I was reading the book I didn't see the last chapter as a redemption. If anything, it just made me more disgusted thinking about how such a monstrous person is given opportunity to live a nice and quiet life while he had robbed so many people of it in the past.

[@neilprice513]

MOVIE TRIVIA: The iconic brainwashing scene, where McDowell had his eyes pinned open, actually injured the actor. He had his cornea scratched, by the medical devices that were pinning his eyes open, as the original "doctor" was just an actor and put the medical eye device in wrong as he had no idea how to use them. The doctor we see in the movie was actually a real doctor they got in to do the scene safely after McDowell was harmed.

[@wfbgenius]

Hey Dom, thanks for telling the “trigger warnings make you soft” crowd to piss off. It’s always nice to find out that your favorite creators are actual decent people.

[@undeadladybug7723]

The 21st chapter honestly makes it sound like this sort of behavior is actually normal for teenagers in the book's world, which is probably the most horrifying thing I can think of.

[@FerretPirate]

Wow. I find the British ending MORE nihilistic. It never seemed to me that Alex was redeemed, or growing past the violence. I always thought it was saying that even the "nice" settled-down middle class people were actually raping murderers, and that NO-ONE is good.

[@NobodyC13]

I heard one of the benefits of Burgess making up nadsat was that it supposedly didn't tie the book down into one time period and so the teen slang would remain timeless and less cringy. And it would be avoiding the equivalent of modern authors including slang phrases like "lol" or "YOLO" and having readers 10 or 20 years from now going, "what?" I also heard a secondary meaning to the title is the idea of mechanizing, programming, or controlling something organic, just as the state tried to brainwash Alex into good behavior.

[@jamiegallucci2399]

I read this book in college and my professor made sure we got the version that had the last chapter, she then had us read everything but he last chapter before class and discuss the book and then read the last chapter in class and discuss our new feelings. it really does give an interesting change in perspective when the last chapter is added.

[@brettbarnard4501]

The snake was added because Kubrik figured out Malcolm McDowell was deathly afraid of them.

[@rateater1857]

Honestly, for me the book's ending is even worse than movie ending, pessimism-wise. Here's a guy who is not feeling sorry for what he did as a teenager; he's bored of it, he doesn't want to do it anymore, he "grew out of it" but he has escaped majority of his punishment and did nothing to offer sufficient act of contrition.

[@kokepasu4583]

Clockwork Orange: beethoven is important to the story

[@asiakimberly9755]

American over here

[@isabelrodriguezsjolund9701]

Honestly I get the feeling this author gets how sociopaths work more than most, there are tons of cases of serial killers just getting married and having kids and just kinda tireing of killing and raping. It happens in real life, even if it sounds bizarre.

[@hotplanofaction3219]

Your trigger warning was the best trigger warning I've ever heard. I mean that. Kindness and consideration are not weaknesses.

[@yggdrasil3]

Some more fun things about the title: The malayan word orang translates to man, meaning you can read the title as "A clockwork man", which is essentially what Alex is being turned into. A person lacking free will and forced to follow his programming.

[@abarosei2442]

Dom: This movies main character loves Beethoven

[@Codemarla]

The book ending change is odd as now-a-days I associate dark endings with being British and "happy" endings as being American.

[@pushinguproses]

I like your skull.

[@Paul_The_Spaceman]

I was going to get the book, but then.