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weapon in the book is a razor, and in the film its a knife hidden within his cane; in
the book hes conditioned against all classical music, and in the film its only
Beethovens Ninth; he volunteers for the Ludovico conditioning in the book and
its assigned to him in the film; in the book hes fifteen and in the film hes a few
years older; there is no mention of Singin in the Rain in Burgess novel. The
title A Clockwork Orange is given no explanation in the film, but in the book Alex
finds a manuscript in the home of the couple he assaults:
In the book
There is no mention of this
In the movie
Alex has a pet snake
She is a young woman
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Alexander confined to a
wheelchair, and he gets a
manservant named Julian.
A doctor is by his side to apply
eye drops as he watches them.
Does not happen
The cat-lady in the book is very old, but in the film she is
younger. Her erotic art and sculptures also arent in the
book.
In the film Alexs parents are reading newspapers about his
cure and release before he arrives home from prison. In the
book they are completely unaware of these events.
In the book Alex isnt drugged by the writer as he is in the
film.
In the book Alexs suicide attempt is from a block of flats,
rather than a country manor.
But the most drastic disparity between A Clockwork Orange the film and the
novel is that Kubricks film omits a (sort of) happy ending epilogue written by
Burgess for the book. The original American publication of A Clockwork Orange
also excluded this chapter, in which Alex is growing out of his taste for violence
and looking forward to a future with a wife and son, whom he does not want to
turn out like Alex himself. Without this epilogue, A Clockwork Orange ends on a
truly black note. There is no point of writing a novel unless a moral change as
such in a clockwork orange exists and this moral change after seeing his old
friend who has a family and makes him want to have one as well and a child of
his own that doesnt turn out to be like him is not shown in the film.
Personally think?:
Now, aside from the omission of the 21st chapter in the film, there are very
few differences between the book and the film. Kubrick did an excellent job
of translating this book. The themes are intact, practically every scene in
the book made it into the film with very few moments being omitted. This is
the kind of book that you read, and as you read it you can see the film
playing in your mind, you can hear the lines spoken. I swear I heard
Malcom McDowells voice every time I read the words Your humble
narrator. In a world where book to film translations are often times
disastrous, A Clockwork Orange is not. It is a faithful translation of the
book every step of the way. Add to that Kubricks pitch perfect visuals and
image compositions and you have yourselves a masterpiece. The film is a
perfect marriage between images and music, with Kubrick making
extensive use of classical music to effectively enhance many of the
scenes. In other words: theres a lot of Beethoven in this film! There are
some tough moments to watch too, like the scene where Alex and his
droogs break into a house and rape this woman as they make the husband
watch. I guess it all serves as a way to nail the idea home that Alex and his
pals are completely out of control and have total disregard for human life. It
aint easy watching them doing these vile acts, specially as they sing
"Singing in the Rain" while doing it. The horrifying part is that there are
people like this in the world. People that never learned that the choice to
be good to our fellow man should always come from within ourselves.
That same as a freshly squeezed orange can produce delicious orange
juice, we are all capable of goodness and humility and that if we dont
choose to be good on our own, then the system can turn us into
mechanical versions of human beings, hence the title A Clockwork
Orange. We dont want to be Clockwork Oranges now do we?
Thebookhastwentyonechapters,asBurgessintendeditto.Burgess
believedthatallindividuals,eventhoseasviolentasAlex,couldreform,
andinhisbookheshowsthatmoralgrowthcomeswithage.Howeverthe
filmdirectordidntagreewithBurgessandbelievesthatsomepeopleare
justgenuinelyevilandcantbechangedhencetheomissionofthetwenty
firstchapterinthefilm.