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A Clockwork Orange is een anti-utopische (ook wel: dystopische) roman uit 1962 van de Britse schrijver Anthony Burgess.
A Clockwork Orange is a speculative fiction novel by Anthony Burgess, published in 1962, and was later the basis for a 1971 film adaptation by Stanley
A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange · Postmodern Literature
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 A Clockwork Orange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian 1962 novel by Anthony Burgess, adapted as a film by Stanley Kubrick in 1971.
Rumour had it that Burgess had intended to name the work "A Clockwork Orang" and was thus hypercorrected to the form we know.
The moral question of the book is that Alex is now "good", but his ability to choose this has been taken away from him; his "goodness" is as artificial as the clockwork orange of the title.
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 A Clockwork Orange (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 film written, directed, and produced by Stanley Kubrick; and based on the novel of the same name by Anthony Burgess.
"March From A Clockwork Orange" was the first recorded song to feature the use of a vocoder for singing, and is often cited as the inspiration for many synthpop bands.
The first dramatization of A Clockwork Orange (excerpts from the first three chapters only) was by the BBC, for part of the programme Tonight, broadcast shortly after the novel's original publication.
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 A Clockwork Orange - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Clockwork Orange is a speculative fiction novel by Anthony Burgess, published in 1962, and later the basis for a 1971 film adaptation by Stanley Kubrick.
Burgess wrote that the title was a reference to an alleged old Cockney expression 'as queer as a clockwork orange'.
In his essay "Clockwork Oranges"², Burgess asserts that 'this title would be appropriate for a story about the application of Pavlovian, or mechanical, laws to an organism which, like a fruit, was capable of colour and sweetness'.
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 Clockwork Orange Easter Egg : Semi-cameo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
A clockwork orange was a British catchphrase circa 1920-40.
Orange means Man. It is used because Anthony Burgess used to confuse the words for Orangutan and Orange in one of the many other languages he spoke (can't remember which one).
I always thought that clockwork orange was like a metaphorical reference to the way that Alex comes full circle (like clockwork) from being bad to being good and returning bad at the end of the film.
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 Halfbakery: Clockwork Orange Clock
The Clockwork Orange Clock consists of a large stylised orange, exquisitley hand-carved from tropical hardwood painted with orange lacquer and actually about 200mm in diameter.
It stands on a polished ebony plinth, the major axis of the Orange (represented by the bits at each end) is tilted to match the Earth's axial inclination.
The tip of the blade indicates a point on the equator of the "orange", around which are marked twenty-four divisions.
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 A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
I had always loved the Cockney phrase 'queer as a clockwork orange', that being the queerest thing imaginable, and I had saved up the expression for years, hoping some day to use it as a title.
Although Anthony Burgess said that A Clockwork Orange was intended to be a study about how the State affects the lives of the citizens, its unique language and the formidable character of Alex gained cult status.
A Clockwork Orange is considered one of the best novels of the Twentieth century, and I agree with this general opinion.
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 Film Frat -- The Clique for Flicks
One of his films, A Clockwork Orange, is a recipient of both.
A Clockwork Orange is one of the most unique films ever made.
Clockwork was released in the early Ô70s, but its social commentary is timeless.
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 A Clockwork Orange: New Stanley Kubrick Collection (1971)
The funny thing about Clockwork and the thing that sets it apart from other malleable movies like Blade Runner is the fact that so much of it seems to be very blatant and obvious.
Like Taxi Driver and many other films, Clockwork is one of those movies that is almost unimaginable in edited form; the violence is so integral to the story that without it, the picture would make little sense.
Note: this new version of A Clockwork Orange can be purchased on its own or as part of a nine-DVD set called the Stanley Kubrick Collection.
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 Clockwork Orange
"Clockwork" signifies the increasing mechanisation of society, perhaps the movement from a civil society to one that is purely monochronic, with all quotidian activities routinized and synchronized.
"Orange" is a time-damaged extrapolation of` "organic," evocative of the essential natural chaotic processes that underlie nature and all activity.
The title has two primary meanings: first, from the Cockney expression "as queer as a clockwork orange", something that on the surface was normal, but inside was artificial and unnatural; second, the overlap with Malay "orang" meaning "man" (witness "orang-utan", "man of the forest").
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 YouTube - Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971) - Ending Credits
From the fact that you think ACO is a comedy, I assume you haven't watched it, which you really should.
Singin' in the Rain - A Clockwork Orange
Malcolm McDowell, A Clockwork Orange, Caligula, 1 of 2
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 A Clockwork Orange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Due to the treatment, Alex becomes "a clockwork orange," someone who looks normal on the outside but in reality is mechanical and cannot control their actions.
The film version of "A Clockwork Orange" was written, directed, and produced by Stanley Kubrick (one of the greatest directors ever), and released in 1971.
Burgess thought of "A Clockwork Orange" as one of his lesser works - "a simple morality play." However, it is what he will be remembered for (mostly thanks to the film).
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 A Clockwork Orange: triple j film reviews
A Clockwork Orange is a film that will definitely go down as one of the most hotly debated in cinema history - a film which still garners accolades for its artistry and criticism for its depictions of violence.
Based on Anthony Burgess's equally controversial novel, Kubrik's A Clockwork Orange is a depiction of a dark dystopia, a society sandwiched between anarchy and a fascist state.
Kubrik withdrew A Clockwork Orange from theatres in England shortly after its release, due to rampant hysteria surrounding the film, threats to his family and after a particularly nasty crime, apparently inspired by the film.
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 Culture Shock: Flashpoints: Theater, Film, and Video: Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange is released in Britain during a period when politicians and citizens' groups begin to question the escalation of onscreen violence.
The dispute over A Clockwork Orange never reaches the same pitch in the United States, but in 1973, for its American release, Kubrick replaces about 30 seconds of footage to win an R rating, as opposed to the X the MPAA initially assigns it.
Conceived as a satire on modern society and critically acclaimed worldwide, the film's lasting impact is visual, the image of a youth in a bowler hat forever associated with modern violence.
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 Amazon.ca: Clockwork Orange: Books: Anthony Burgess   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
A Clockwork Orange, to me, was like a memory-things that were considered small were omitted or forgotten, but the story was told and the details considered significant were emphasized and described.
In addition to A Clockwork Orange's achievements in language, its arguments of morality are insightful.
In conclusion, A Clockwork Orange was unlike anything I have ever read, and because of its creative use of language, insightful messages and interesting plot, I highly recommend that it is read.
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 Clockwork Orange
Clockwork Orange is a representation of creativity and freedom of expression.
In May Clockwork Orange traveled to Providence, Rhode Island placing a respectful 6th place in the 'Song Slam' competition.
In June Clockwork Orange played in a Nationwide Talent Search for such labels as Arista Records, playing two songs and loudly pleasing the crowd.
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 DVD Review - Clockwork Orange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Based upon Anthony Burgessnovel, "A Clockwork Orange" tells the story of Alex, his glee in inflicting pain upon the helpless, and the tribulations of his government-imposed reform.
At times dramatic without being sappy or preachy, perhaps the most amazing aspect of "A Clockwork Orange" is how funny it manages to be.
Presented in non-anamorphic widescreen (1.66:1), as intended by the director, the image immediately jumps out at you with the bright orange screen and extremely sharp titles.
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 Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange premiered on December 20, 1971.
After playing in theaters for some time, A Clockwork Orange had shots cut to reduce its X rating to an R. However, the current video version of A Clockwork Orange contains the original X-rated cut, though it is only R-rated today.
In A Clockwork Orange the main character identifies himself as Alexander DeLarge, but later in the film a newspaper story names him Alexander Burgess.
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 Classic Science Fiction Reviews: A Clockwork Orange
Forced to confront the horror of that incident, the author, who personally abhors the procedure that reformed Alex, must determine a means to both exact revenge on the young man and rescue him from his now-docile existence.
More than a quarter century after it was released, A Clockwork Orange remains an incredibly intelligent and wholly unforgettable experience.
Without a single alien, spaceship or laser battle, A Clockwork Orange presents a remarkably terrifying vision of the future.
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 DVD Review - A Clockwork Orange (all versions)
is: "What exactly is A clockwork orange anyway?" It's never really stated in the film - the film makes no sense of it, and it's such a visual term, that it's hard to apply common sense to it anyway.
This idea manifests itself in the symbolic representation of a "clockwork orange".
Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate." Of course, moral freedom is never truly attained in the film, because Alex is neither totally good, or totally evil, but a full mix of both characteristics.
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 Clockwork Orange
The cult of Thug the Aesthete, born in a bolshy great apartment block in some future socialist hell is alive in our revisionist beliefs in the Family, the posse, the license to kill in the modern age.
And the city of A Clockwork Orange is not some weird, future country, but something easily accepted as being, now or then.
Alex vows to show his own son the foolishness of the wind-up, clockwork rituals of youth in a soulless urban society, that he may learn to choose a better way.
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 A clockwork orange - The Clockwork Orange Files
Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange is so much more than an A Clockwork Orange should be required reading in theology and philosophy skolliwolls.
The A Clockwork Orange DVD retains a lot of the original picture's intensity in terms of color and film quality.
A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil, and the meaning of Anthony Burgess reads chapters of his novel A Clockwork Orange with
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 A clockwork orange - Movie-List - A Clockwork Orange Trailer Page
Wendy was, by her own admission, "about three and a half minutes" into Timesteps when a friend gave her a paperback copy of A Clockwork Orange.
Clockwork Orange AFC is a brand new, south bay, men’s football ('soccer' for you Americans) club.
Clockwork Orange Planet · Mars Life Summary (Jan 24, 2005): As the MER rovers blow out the candle on their one-year anniversary, they continue to make new
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 A Clockwork Orange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
In "A Clockwork Orange", Alex is given Serum 114.
The title "A Clockwork Orange" is a mixture of a pun on the word "ourang", which is Malay for human being, and a slang term for "queer".
The story of Frank's wife getting raped was based on something that happened to Burgess; his wife was raped by 4 GIs during WWII, causing her to have a miscariage.
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 Clockwork Orange Information
By using Nadsat, Burgess hoped it would force the reader to see beyond the mere description of the various violent acts, as this would tend to straight-jacket their feelings for Alex, and therefore prevent them from uncovering any deeper meanings behind the work.
When A Clockwork Orange opened in London (uncut) in early 1972, it caused an immediate furore (largely because it opened at more or less the same time as other exceptionally violent but critically-acclaimed films like Straw Dogs and The Devils).
Although the critical response was overwhelmingly favourable, the tabloid newspapers went ballistic, demanding that the film be banned and blaming it for every single act of juvenile delinquency that occurred during the period.
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 YouTube - Without Walls - Forbidden Fruit - A Clockwork Orange
This program is notable in that it was the first time clips from A Clockwork Orange were ever shown on TV in the UK.
It is believed legal action was taken out by Kubrick to prevent the images from being shown.
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 Hollywood Gothique: A Clockwork Orange (1971) Retrospective
Fortunately, the original cut was reinstated in 1995 for a midnight movie re-release in the States (this is the version now on the DVD), and the film finally was allowed to officially screen in England again in the year 2000 (there had been underground screenings from time to time).
CLOCKWORK ORANGE has maintained a perennial popularity on the revival house circuit, even in these days of home video, laserdiscs, and DVD.
It is this version of the story which Kubrick filmed, omitting the final, twenty-first chapter in which Alex finds himself “cured” and back on the streets, trying to recreate his former life as a violence-loving droog.
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