Even though this ending is fan made, I like it almost as much as the original. It shows that Alex was always the same deep down despite his "treatment" but the more unpredictable scene where he was having sex in the snow was more Kubrick Style while this version is in a similar theme as the book, but again the book was filled with so much slang that you wouldn't tell unless if it was through a visual medium like this film.
yeh thanks I always felt it was a slight anticlimax say compared to the similar dramatic ending of 2001, i still like the ending as it is a silly fantasy in his mind like the others of him as dracula and of him whipping jesus, and it is humorous, but i used to imagine if it would be better to have some sort of flashback even though he would be imagining new adventures rather than old but to reverse some joyful (ode to joy) moments and closing on him back in the korova milkbar and saying he's cured alright tells the audience more directly that he has every intention of returning to his old ways which is what happens in the book yes, except of course he has a change of heart etc. in the original version anyway.
I like it better than the original ending to be honest cuz it makes more sense than his just having sex with a girl. In this version he turns back to the psychopath
@@loner2stoner it’s not that simple. There are details about that final scene that raise questions concerning Alex’s newfound morality or perception thereof as well...
You've probably hit the spot: the circular plot that characterizes many of Kubrick's films would be fulfilled with an ending similar to this one. Alex's orgasmic face is supposed to represent his dream of a full ultraviolent life, while the original ending shows only degenerate sexual behavior. Which, wanting to be objective, it isn't the only aspect of Alex's asocial personality. In my opinion, by questioning what can be defined as the only weak point of the film, the video you made comes very close to what should be the ending of A Clockwork Orange: a frenetic sequence of extremely violent images (among which the "original" sex scene in the snow could also be fine), closing the circle with a toast at the Korova Milk Bar. With Alex no longer dressed as a droog, but with a more "middle-class" outfit. The end that becomes the beginning. Indeed, a new beginning with Alex now completely accepted by society, showing therefore the failure of any statist attempt to change a personality, however criminal it may be.
thanks Roberto, yes I agree with your idea for the ending. I always felt it should have been a frenetic sequence a bit like the original trailer perhaps.
In the books, he was supposed to be with his new droogs, at the "high of fashion", wearing a leather jacket and baggy pants. This edited ending is the new ending for me, I forgot how the original was and decided that this is the one. This wraps it all.
@@ZiggyCoco Which part? It was just an example of how politically correct is this alternate ending. I can understand that some people like it more than the theatrical version but I feel very different. Somehow, Kubrick's vision of the ending about a crowd of people from the victorian period clapping at a copulation in public seems more faithful to the message of the movie (Nevermind Chapter XXI). In a word: ultraviolence, that's what Alex deLarge stands for or at least a nice try of a true individualism. The alternate ending seems ambiguous, the flashbacks could be misunderstood as remorse unlike Kubrick where it looks like celebration, the writer as individual lose, the State won and the predator Alex deLarge won. As we concern, everybody "wins"!!!
This movie was revolutionary because it was the only movie that touched on the idea of psychopathy being 'treated'. Psychopathy is the only mental disorder that is still considered to be untreatable. Just imagine if they invented a drug that got rid of it: how difficult it would be for the patient to readjust to society given all the crimes they committed when 'unwell'.
Yeh, how could they live with themselves knowing what they had done. say ted bundy for example, if some cure gave him empathy he would be haunted by memories of his murders so much that he would probably take his own life.
@@imjonathan6745 But it's difficult to tell if someone is a psycho, not only considering that approximately 2% of the Earth population are psychos, but also from the fact that, what psycho would just turn up for the treatment, besides edgy 14 year olds who discovered Black Metal and now think that they like the sight of blood? Most psychos which would receive this treatment would be convicts, murderes and serial killers, and this would make life a living hell if this treatment worked really really well.
Not Psychopathy as Alex technically demonstrates that he’s capable of having emotional bonds with other people even though it’s at a very low level (Which is beyond a Psychopaths capability). Alex’s character shows all the hallmarks of Anti-Social Personality Disorder or in layman terms “Sociopathy” mixed with Sadism. However given his age (since he’s just 15), he would probably get a diagnosis for “Conduct Disorder.” But like you said, there isn’t really a cure for a Sociopaths condition since they have permanently damaged brains caused by a long history of abuse. They can however be counseled into becoming functioning members of society and in some cases do walk away from their reckless life style by their own choice. Unfortunately for Alex, his degenerate behavior is enabled by the end of the movie and is given no incentive to change.
I love how it shows that Alex and the politician next to him are pretty much the same dude. Just as ruthless and just as willing to do violence to get whatever they want.
Funny that this sort of evokes the actual end of the book, as there's one final chapter where Alex basically does go back to his old ways, with a new gang of droogs, however, he finds that while he no longer gets sick from the ultraviolence, it doesn't thrill him the way it used to, which he takes to mean he's 'cured' in the sense that his experiences have matured him and made him realize he doesn't want to keep living the life of a teenage hoodlum.
Even though this is a fan made ending, I think it's actually a much better one than the original and it ties in with the book, it also shows more clearly that Alex is back to being the ultraviolent hoodlum he started as and even with a small budget Kubrick could have made the ending much better. I want to congratulate you on the ending you made. Taking in the fact that you used footage, audio and supplies from the film itself and reversing most of it, it's one of the greatest endings I've seen! I'm not exaggerating here, because I just can't help but repeat the fact that it ties in with the book so perfectly, which obviously isn't a movie's goal, but in this case it would have been amazing. Good job.
Agreed, that reverse montage returning to Alex at his creepiest worked really well. Funnily enough, the book actually has a legitimate happy ending (which has been omitted from some versions).
This is a great ending as well, but the key aspect of the original ending missing here is a depiction or indication of society’s acceptance of who Alex truly is, which is evidenced through the politician’s comments. This insight is ultimately part of Alex being “cured” too.
@@ZiggyCoco he would've been pissed and burned it. Just kidding, great take on the ending, I really enjoyed it. I've always been vexed by the ending and honestly the whole film when I first saw it when I was a kid. I'm sure there are more profound interpretations but I do like the way it ends.. but my take is Alex is wrestling with a willing participant for maybe his soul? To end this rant(kinda), this is why I love Kubrick, he's not just a director, he's the epitome of an artist.
@@Xxxxxx2x cool yeh I'm cool with the real ending, leaves a smile on everyone's face, It's just I could image a rapid montage a bit like the trailer that could show his usual behavior. also this was one of my first videos and I just set a little exercise for myself, put the clips backwards and try to fit with the music, I have improved so much in 2 years and I see a few mistakes here, if I had known it was going to be seen by so many I would have tidied it up, it was very rushed.
@@ZiggyCoco hola me preguntaba soy latinoamericano y si podría poner esta final en español porque acabo de subir la naranja mecanica en español puedo por favor
To be honest, this ending is much better, cuz' its like coming back to zero, but with one detail. After seeing the movie with this ending and what we experienced, we could say: "How good to be bad"(if we were), cuz this is our FREE choice
I don't necessarily think it's better, twas just a little exercise I set for myself when I first started using premiere pro. If I had known it would get so many views I would have done a better job. I've done some phenomenal work since this lol but this gets all the attention 🙄
This is really well done. I expected you were some troll with a bad incoming excuse of a joke, but this was brilliant. Perhaps better than the original.
La Naranja Mecánica es una de mis películas favoritas y siempre creí que debía tener un final alternativo y después de todo este tiempo al fin hicieron uno y si bien esperaba un final cómo el del libro donde Alex se redime al final aún así esté final alternativo es bastante bueno ya que en este final se recorren todas las experiencias de Alex que se vieron en la película pero de reversa volviendo al inicio de todo y éso se siente sublime.
Thanks but no thanks. Stanley Kubrick truly was a veritable cinematic genius and the original ending is absolutely perfect, in my opinion. That final, striking visual of Alex's lurid sexual fantasy brilliantly illustrates that his conditioning has truly been broken completely and he has his free will once again. To me this ending seems like really nothing more than a rather superfluous recapping of earlier scenes in the film. Just my opinion.
I was in no way trying to compete with kubrick or wishing to replace the ending, it was one of my first videos, just an idea i had to try out premiere pro, to give myself a challenge, a very simple challenge looking back, at the time i had no idea it would still be seen, i was new to youtube too, so a bit embarrassed. Also i am an obsessed fan, i went to the kubrick archives a few years ago looking for my fan letter i wrote when i was 12, wasnt there unfortunatly. anyway yeh a recapping of scenes but ideally i would have used some discarded materiel for the flashback ending idea. thanks for your opinon and sorry for the grammer the screen is far away from me.
I really like the interpretation of this ending, it's has the same idea of his mind finally free from the curse, however Kubric's vision literally shows his hunger, his thirst, his desire in front of everyone, while this alternate version shows that every horific acts, violences slowly crawls back into his mind. As he confirmed with the most sinister sentences: "I was cured alright. >:))"
One of my friends kept on telling me to watch this movie. At first I was like nah this movie looks boring plus it's an old movie so it's gonna be even more boring. But then one day I saw that it was on Netflix so I was like alright I'ma watch it so that my friend can stop bothering me. And when I finished the movie I was like whoa what did I just see? It was so good!! Now I can't stop watching it. It's my favorite movie of all time...
Nope. This would have been a terrible ending. This is too obvious there’s nothing subversive about it nothing subtle about it either. You simply stating saying “now he’s back where he was” the original implies not only is he “cured” but he’s worse as a result of the entire culmination of events. He’s been rewarded and turned back out for political gain and he’s worse. There’s also a motion to it, it’s moving forward that leaves us with a feeling of what’s to come from this “cured” Alex and those implications are scary. Your ending moves backwards and leaves us with nothing but “see, hes back where he was” like nothing happened. These may seem like small points to some but these are the differences between art being good and art being brilliant. Kubrick never cut corners and he never spoon-fed the audience, that’s why his work was so good.
Well society adapted itself to celebrate and accept the violent rapist gang member mentality so he will be percieved as well and normal cured of his discomfort of being shunned by society. Still very dystopian and disturbing but seems similar to modern society how it enables and encourages violence sexual and otherwise so long as the Government believes they have control over it. The man whose wife was murdered is put away instead as the nuisance.
I never bought the ending of the book. The film's ending, while uncomfortable and hard to swallow, does go with the heart of the story. A bad situation is always made worse when people try to come up with a utopian solution and, in this case, change people's fundamental nature artificially. A good lesson tbh. Anyway, great edit, well done.
The ending of the book is basically Alex maturing from both lessons and bad experiences; one of them being Dim and Billyboy as policeman who ruined the "ultraviolence" for Alex (he originally got "sodded", instead of drowned) by being turned from a victimizer to a victim of it, he couldn't get a kick out of it the same way again.
Wow, i didn't expect such good work. I always found the original ending a bit sloppy and hastily done, as if Kubrick had not had time to make a better ending. I mean it's not bad but this is truly perfect
