Thats the point of the movie! Also when I hear classical music I remember this film, they did the technique whatever its name was not only on Alex in the movie, they performed it on us as well and it worked! Now we equate that music with violent scenes though...
Apparently this was originally supposed to be without music, but Kubrick went over to McDowell one day and asked if he could dance. McDowell immediately did a rendition of "Singing In The Rain", and Kubrick was in tears of laughter. The rest is history.
In the book after where the movie ends years later Alex meets Pete again and Pete has a wife and children and Alex sees this and gives up the ultra violence to lead a normal life
They probably did that take at least a few times to get it just right where the chair is directly between the shelves. I couldn’t stop thinking about that yesterday when I rewatched it lol
No only that was important to be on the movie, (Malcolm McDowell's idea of singing this while dancing) after this scene, were Frank and his wife are brutally assaulted while he is singing and tolchocked him, Alex treatment at the Ludovico's goes the same way, combining horror-show, suffering illness while listening music to create discomfort and pain and traumatic feelings. It's a sin, for sure, that is why he suffered a lot. When later in the movie Alex realized he was Home 🏡 again, Frank's Home, he started to sing the Gene Kelly song again on the bathtub and Frank hears the song suffering from the same illness of association of the horror-show with music that Alex himself created. Such a great movie.
Also in Leon the professional where they cut the chain right off if you open the door even slightly. Funny how in that movie Leon also likes Singing in the Rain. Wonder if that's coincidence or intentional
@@atakd They did not award a Pulitzer prize in 1973 because Gravity's Rainbow that year offended the voters. American Psycho in the 90's was literally wrapped in plastic with a label that said 18+ in much of the western world. You think your American Puritanism was against censorship? Puritanism has infected everything. From social justice to the sciences. Puritanism is now on both sides of your American political spectrum. One side censors, the other bans books... it is the same thing... Puritanism.
The novel makes a whole lot more sense than the movie, plot wise. What makes it disturbing: The book was more violent and less erotic, while the movie was more erotic and less violent.
Most of it is in anglicized Russian. Gulliver = golova (голова́) = head. Once you get past the slang and Alex's odd way of speaking, it's easier to understand, and actually quite funny. Most editions come with a literary essay from Anthony Burgess that's also pretty witty.
It occurred to me that this scene may have significantly inspired the Fallout franchise - which juxtaposes upbeat 1930s music with a post-nuclear wasteland.
@@hrerekivarsson9372 Google defines that word as "Unnecessary, unprovoked (usually brutal) violence; violent acts simply for the thrill and entertainment of it" (and I would agree based on the general way it's used in the book and movie), so it doesn't necessarily include the juxtaposition with a pleasant tune.
I remember singing this at work and the bosses wife complained about it after that I come to work and had a glass of milk on my desk and drank some as I smiled at her she again complained and I got sacked haha
I love how in the few seconds that they put the balls in their mouth without tape, the victims don’t just spit them out. Not that it would change the outcome, but still
Less than fun fact: Kubrick wanted Ennio Morricone for the soundtrack, but Sergio Leone didn’t want to share his top composer and told him he was unavailable. 😢
@@friendlyenemy2314 To be fair: Until the rape scene, I would consider someone that does this...not really an anti-hero but a true hero: Enter in the house of someone (maybe a bad/corrupted person) and destroying everything while singing and dancing, if then you just leave without the rape, for me you're a legend
This was one of the many r-rated movies that came out after the ratings had been adjusted to reflect the more enlightened society. The rating system has been in use since the 30s. A new person in charge of the ratings changed what was allowed to be shown in movies.
Está escena es increíblemente morbosa. El señor Gene Kelly había logrado cambiar el sentimiento negativo hacia la lluvia, asociandola con la alegría y el amor. Está escena da vuelta todo eso para transformarla en la antesala de la violación, la muerte y la destrucción del conocimiento (manifestada en tirar los libros). Muy turbio y oscuro, todo un signo de nuestro tiempo que el director y el actor supieron captar.
I watch this movie in sweden in 1988. Went with my girlfriend and some of her friends (all girls) Afterwards we were numb and shocked, we were all about 18 and 19. To this day i hate this movie, it hurt then and yes even now, it still hurts.
I know how Stanley Kubrick died in 1999, he was raped by 30 guys. He had a heart attack, poor guy, and in front of his wife too! Tragic. Rest in peace Stanley!
Isso consegue ser mais bizarro do que cantar " atravessamos o deserto de tamanca, o sol rachou o coco aqui em casablanca " enquanto equilibra um poodle na cabeça e dança o rebolation no alto de um telhado.
Listen to Film Geeks and Politically Correct Film Students argue about how it's Art and the Rape is okay in this Film, while they Cancel Comedy and Free Speech. Hypocrisy Much? 🤔
Yea as soon as I put this on for my 7 year old son he stole a car put lsd in milk and drank it beat 2 people while singing in the rain and now he's in jail but hopefully this new government experiment that he was given will fix him. And the sad part is that I'm being blamed for making him go crazy pffff so what I beat him every day and sent him to bed with no dinner its not my fault its the movies fault.
@@bambulance2174 A l'époque on voyait beaucoup de violence dans les films et pris au premier degré ca la mettait quelque part en valeur. Et on voit le résultat maintenant. Ce type de film ne passerait plus à notre actuel. Une merde pareille n'aurait jamais du avoir le succès qu'il a eu, je ne sais pas ou vous habitez, peut-être dans un quartier tranquille et aisé mais j'imagine que vous avez entendu parler des banlieues en France. On en arrive à de telles situations à cause notamment du laxisme de nombreux imbéciles sur la délinquance et l'intérêt accordé à ce type de film...à une époque ou la délinquance était quasiment nulle...on voit ou ca a amené maintenant.
This movie was pure cringe, and still is. This singing reminds me of new Batman when this nerd sings ave Maria. I rate this at 90% cringe, new Batman is 100%
It’s funny that I’ve seen people overuse the term “Cringe” when describing something they didn’t like, but can never explain HOW, not WHY, HOW it’s Cringe… I think it’s just the laziest way to dismiss something, epically a film like A Clockwork Orange.
@@making13579 are you slow or what? That guy simply said that it's a movie, you know, SOMETHING THAT'S SUBJECTIVE? If I say breaking bad it's kinda dark at some points, and some random ass pseudo intelectual says "no, it's not, it's just that you are sensitive" does that makes my opinion wrong? Guy just said that it's disgusting, in this scene in particular I agree, it's a fuckin r%pe going on, if you don't think that's disgusting it's on you brother. Again, it's a fuckin opinion, people can have their own about something so subjective as a movie. And based on what would his opinion be wrong? HE thinks the movie is disgusting, tf you gonna do? Alter his memories about it? Stfu
