A Clockwork Orange - What's the Difference? 

Book Alex is also only 15 years old as opposed to the film's suggested age of 17 or 18

Viddy well little brothers, viddy well

Clockwork orange is its own special type of disturbing

It's not Georgie he meets up with at the end of the book; it's Pete

Time for a bit of the old ultra violence

Isn't Alex 15 in the book? It always felt weird to me that he and the Droogs clearly look like they're in their 20s and they'd be attending the equivalent of high school.

A fun thing, that the dialect is just plain English with some Russian words blended in. In the Russian adaptation of the book they decided to adapt this dialect by not adapting it. So it's basically in Russian, but the slang words (which are basically Russian) are written in Latin letters as opposed to the rest of the text, which is all in Cyrillic.

A Clock Work Orange is a crazy film.

You forgot that Georgie died in the book. In the movie, Georgie and Dim beat up Alex as police officers. In the book it's Dim and Billy-boy. Also, Alex doesn't find Georgie in the bar at the end, it's Pete.

Saw this when i was 10... Confusing and Disturbing was how I would describe it

Alex DeLarge... easily one of the best characters ever written and played

At 1:20, although it's pure gang violence, it's a kind of dark mercy that Alex's distracting introduction allowed the assaulted girl to escape the gang rape. Of course, Alex really did that to piss off Billy Boy, as like making Billy lose his delicious dinner. Alex did save the girl by stepping in to interrupt, but that was not truly his intention.

They are both masterpieces! Both the book and Kubrick's rendition!

American censor logic: Violence = Fine Killing = Fine Childrape = Fine Character decides to grow up and stop doing bad stuff = Well this will simply not fly with an american audience!

My main problem with the movie is that Malcolm McDowell was 28, and looked it, when he played the role of Alex, who is supposed to be 15. Don't get me wrong, I think Malcolm did a phenomenal job and really brought the character to life, I mean his version of Alex is iconic, but seeing an actual child doing those things would have been a lot more jarring and disturbing. The fact that Alex is just a kid is what made a Clockwork Orange so haunting to me. I understand why adults are often cast to play characters much younger than themselves, but it's still always a little disappointing in cases like these, where if the character had looked as young as they're supposed to be, it would have packed more of a punch.

"Book Alex" looks like Matt Damon and Heath Ledger had a love child.

Stand by me next? Or any other king short stories would be cool.

In the book he kills the cat lady with a Bust of Beethoven rather than a giant phallus.

One of the most interesting things I noticed in the book is that Mr. Alexander (the writer) and his friends were planning on getting Alex to kill himself from the minute he got there. The plan was already going when Mr. Alexander realized that Alex was the leader of the gang who had attacked him two years earlier. So it was completely irrelevant to the story that they had the previous encounter and Mr. Alexander figured that out. I like it better in the movie where it implies that the main reason they tried to get Alex to kill himself was revenge for the attack on the writer on his wife.

No time for the old "in & out," Love...I've just come to read the meter..

I've been waiting 2 years for this

......does Alex look like Matt Damon in the book...

Pretty rare to see a book have a happier ending than a movie.

I've read the book and watched the movie and i absolutely love both. I know there were alot of differences but i thought they were both fantastic. It would be interesting to see a movie made (only if its as good as the 1st) with the differences from the book added into it

Do the god forsaken diary of a wimpy kid movies

Omg in the book the girls were ten!!

Also, the Droogs DO have cod-pieces in the book. In fact, strangely enough, each droog has different looking a cod-piece. Alex's looks like a spider, Dim's looks like a clown face, and either Pete or Georgie have one shaped like a flower.

Please do George Orwells 1984 next, great movie and great book

I think I prefer the ending in the book, and its overall themes.

one of the best and hardest books ive ever read

I watched the movie before reading the book, so that extra chapter and thematic difference totally blew me away. Watching the movie actually enhances the experience of reading the book!

Man, you know what's insidious about Burgess's writing? I only read the book in High School (many years ago) and haven't seen the film for at least a decade, and I STILL understood everything Clint and the new guy were saying in Nadsat.

I'm singing in the Rain! What a glorious feeling!

Alex's discontent for Dim in the book was much more key. Also the masks they wore for the robberies played more into their characters. Also their emblams were on their cod pieces and not cuffs.

that opening monologue was so bad i loved it.... one other difference you left out is that in the book Alex is only 15. this is an important piece because its explains his sometimes child-like behavior (eating tons of sweets) and also makes the distopian world he lives in even more dystopian. having a 15-year-old sociopath beating, killing and raping adults changes the readers view of the whole story.

i love this movie so much, i just read the book this week and i have to say the book is a lot easier to read than you would think, the nadsat isn’t all that hard to figure out, and the book hooks you very well and its easy to picture everything that happens in the story in your mind, real horrorshow story if i do say so

There were a few more things. Alex wasn't given a surname in the novel, and proclaims himself "Alex the large" in the book when he is raping the girls, which is why the movie gave him the surname "Delarge", although the news montage at the end calls him "Burgess". Also, there is a particually strange dream sequence cut from the film where Alex dreams an odd fantasy of playing a concert in front of a whole house full of Ludwig Van Beethovens. It is made even more odd because the instrument he is playing is a trumpet coming right out of his chest, and when he blows on it, it makes him laugh because the end of the trumpet is blowing on his belly, making it tickle. Also in the book, he is not just conditioned against the 9th Synphony, but all music in general, and at one point contemplates suicide by taking 100 aspirin tablets. There is also no discription whatsoever of the milkbar, no female statues with milk squirting out of their breasts.

One of the last scenes, in which Alex is seen having sex with a woman in what looks to be a wedding setting, with the woman taking the dominant position, seems to correlate with the 21st chapter though. Even though Kubrick supposedly never heard of the 21st chapter until after the movie was made.

I could have sworn you'd already made this

Literally just a small error; Alex ends up running into Pete before contemplating his life. Georgie was killed shortly after Alex is sent to prison during a botched burglary. Anyway, viddy well o' my brothers

0:01 when the Emoji Movie comes on and remote is nowhere to be found

It's about fucking time you made this fucking video.

Stanley Kubrick actually remained more respectful to Anthony Burgess by taking that last chapter out. The book was submitted to publishers without it, but they thought it was too short. So, only then did Burgess add the last chapter upon request. Therefore, the movie does remain more close to Burgess' original vision in that sense, at least.

Excellent analysis. I saw the movie before I read the book and I only read the book once decades ago so I had forgotten some of the differences. I do remember the last chapter although it was years after I read the US version of the book that I read the last chapter. It was printed in Rolling Stone in 1987. This has inspired me to read the book again. And then watch the movie again.

Where is the what's the difference for Game of thrones ????

In most of What's The Difference the film is much better.

Could you make an episode on The neverending story or blade runner/do androids dream of electric sheep?

Ultra violence means rape in the book while ultra violence means.... ultra violence in the movie

There were a surprising amount of errors in this video: they seemed to have switched two of the droogs' names, because Alex meets up with Pete in the last chapter, and Georgie died while Alex was in prison, this being the reason Billy Boy was the other officer in the book and not Georgie, who lives in the movie. Less importantly (although still quite important), they use Otto Skadelig's Symphony No. 3 to torture Alex in the book instead of Beethoven's 9th, because in the book Alex listens to Plautus, Mozart, and Bach. The obsession with Beethoven's 9th is only in the movie, and is one of its most iconic aspects. It's at least worth noting

Love the video!!! I always need more book-related Clockwork Orange content in my life! I feel like the book ties together the themes and morals so much better. The film, even though it was admittedly a work of art in its own right, felt like a shocking thriller instead of a psychological analysis.

OK I WASN'T EXPECTING THE GIRLS DIFFERENCE

One of the funny thing about Alex started to grow up on the novel version near the ending is that he no longer interested in beethoven and some sort of classical music rather than he choose to listen to a modern, simpler and mellow music.

FUCK I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR YEARS

Well, at the very least I finally understand what the phrase "A Clockwork Orange" means.

i think it was you guys who pointed out the subtlety of kubrik's work in this scene where the author recognizes who alex because of the song. How alex would tap the bathtub like he tapped on the night of the crime. so good

Awesome book and a masterpiece movie from Kubrick. Malcolm Mcdowell should’ve won an oscar for this role

The Force Awakens and A New Hope: What's the difference?

My all time favorite movie!

Ooh, it's one of those times when I just so happened to have watched scenes from this movie over and over for two days, just before this video came up. Always a fun feeling!

You missed two things. First, there's a sequence in the book where Andy temporarily has a cellmate who is constantly complaining about a draft in the cell. Had it been kept in, it would've given away the end. Second, Red's speech at the end at his parole session wasn't created for the movie. It did happen in the book and the dialogue is almost word for word, but it's the intro to the short story instead of being a scene at the end.

I love this movie, and book. Although I've read it a couple times over already. There's a lot to miss, and some really subtle details contribute greatly to the story.

One of David Bowies' last songs "Girl Loves me" is sung entirely in nadsat.

Best "whats the difference" I've seen so far. loved it.

Hey guys, I have a suggestion for a new What's the Difference that I think is timely considering this book is now a selling like hotcakes, George Orwell’s 1984

I've been waiting for this! I just re-read the book not so long ago and the differences are immediate but did not detract from the overall adaptation. Kubrick always had his own vision when it came to screenplays, especially The Shining. He wanted to discuss the plight of the Native American People, that's why you see a lot of Native Peoples imagery in that film. My choices for a new What's the Difference would be Dreamcatcher by Stephen King, The Lone Wolf and Cub saga, or Stardust by Neil Gaiman.

It's been years since I read the book, so please correct me if I'm wrong. It wasn't Alex's old druggies Dim and Georgie that pick him up as police officers, it was Dim and the former leader of a rival gang. Georgie was more ambitious and it was his ambition that led to him being killed during a robbery. Also it is implied the cops rape him during the assault. Also, as opposed to the "sucker punch" style assault Alex launches on his droogs, in the book he fights both of them one on one in a weapons fight and wins.

how has starship troopers not made this list. please your killing me!

He forgot to mention the altering of Alex's choice of music. In the book he loves all Classical Music (particularity ones which don't exist, as Anthony Burgess chose), Stanley Kubrick instead preferred Alex to have an intense infatuation with only Beethoven(..Ludwig Van). If you ask me I would have liked to here an original score 100% Wendy Carlos.

One of my favorite films. I tried to read the novel back in high school but struggled a lot with the Nadsat. Good video :)

I'm singing in rain! Just singin in the rain!

Here's one difference from the book that I perceive as existing, but most don't see or disagree with. Although in the book it is obvious that Alex continues being evil even in prison, I have always thought that in the movie Kubrick intended to imply that Alex had undergone a self transformation into a better man. In the movie he is completely and utterly defeated in prison, we never see him kill anyone, we never even see him do so much as talk back to a guard. He has clearly been talking to the chaplin a lot, reading the bible a lot, and has been very orderly, he is even helping out with the church service, during which we see a man blow kissy faces at him, which is either meant to imply that Alex had been raped by that man, or is being called a kiss-up or both. All of these things always seemed strange and out of character to me, the Alex we are introduced to wouldn't allow people to walk all over him like that, he wouldn't take the time to read the bible and talk to the Chaplain if he was still evil, so my thought is that he has truly reformed and is a good person who actually believes in the Christian teachings. If this is true, it better explains why he asks for the ludovico in the first place, because the entire first act of the film shows Alex truly happy and at peace while he is gallivanting around being ultra-violent, which would contradict the idea that he would have what truly brings him joy surgically removed. People's response to this theory is typically that it can't be that way because of the biblical fantasy scenes, but in my opinion that is an example of him being an unreliable narrator. In the time he is narrating he has already been through the entire process and is evil again, so he would not want to admit to any time that he may have actually reformed, we even hear him at other times in the movie putting his own spin on events we are shown to support his violent ways and make himself seem like a better(from his POV) person. Along with this evidence, the idea that he reformed in prison, in my opinion, changes his character arc for the better. In the movie as most people see it, he goes from evil by choice to forced good to evil by choice again, which gives a bleaker look at things, implying those who are bad cannot become good no matter what. His character arc as I see it is that he goes from bad by choice to good by choice to good by force to bad by choice. Which has much different implications on free will and human nature, this gives the idea that people given the opportunity can reform, but only with the freedom to do it themselves, because any disruption to a man's ability to chose will not only be unsuccessful, but will also result in the subject rebelling against the desired effect. This is also a better critique of the system, showing that some prisoners would be safe to leave but can't because of the fucked up system.

I like the last chapter. is not certain he'll be a better person but there's hope. it seems to be so true that often teenagers will be too wild but when they get a little older the wild ones start becoming really responsible.

Any chance we could get a what's the difference that covers A Series of Unfortunate Events, covering the books, movie, and Netflix show?

FINALLY A clockwork orange. i've been waiting for this ages.

I really love the film and book. Was so excited to see you guys talk about them. And I personally love the language.

A Clockwork Orange is one of my favourite books of all time. The movie is pretty dope, but not as great and meaningful as the original story. The story has a rather different focus.

I still remember the first time I saw this movie

wait in the 21st chapter he decided to grow up, which means exparament worked. just took a little time.

Fact: Aside from being one of the greatest directors, Kubrick is also one of the best screenwriters. He's probably my favourite after FF Coppola.

I love Dustin, Always a pleasure to see his choices in the round tables but for me at least What's The Difference, Thrives off of the dynamics between Dustin & Clint: They're a comedic duo, and it's not the same anymore. Not that I don't enjoy learning what's the difference But the comedy (and the visuals) elevated it from a list of facts

Also, in the book (if i remember rigth) after he gets out of jail he goes to the library where the man he beat up in the first chapter sees him, and whit help of other old mans and librarians team up and beat Alex

6:02 You're mistaken. You don't mention that in the movie, Alex is taken into the woods by Dim and Georgie, who are now policemen. In the book, it was Billy Boy and Dim. Georgie died in prison in the book.

Whoa whoa whoa where the new guy come from? I can't handle the change!

I remember the Simpsons parody of this. It was hilarious how well they poked fun at the film.

Just watched Clockwork Orange last night what a coincidence! Hey what about the fact that the whole Singing in the Rain thing when he is attacking the writer and his wife? That was a major thing in the film and did not appear in the book at all.

I guess that.. The diference is basiclly that Kubrick tells the story in a Nietzsche perspective, because Kubrick uses some messeges under the lines to show that Alex was abused by his mother. The book is told from e Feudian perspective, it`s organized as the process of becaming an adult. One chapter for each year, do Alex is exploring the world accordingly to his wishes a baby`s mentality 0 to 7 years. Than society imposes it`s values and they rebel against the family values 7 - 14. In the last part 14 to 21 he finds the balance between his most animal side and it`s racional side.

Love your videos! I remember in the commentary on this film it was said how in the last chapter Alex decides to hang it up and make a change, where as the American copy excluded it. On a separate note, would love to see a What's the Difference on 1984 book and movie.

I also disagree with the final point about the last chapter. I believe that while the book gives a superficial "he grew out of his violent ways" ending, the movie's failure to show him grow out of his ways makes a statement that, even the worst of the worst, even people who will never change their awful ways, the scum of the earth, still deserve to have the freedom to act upon their own free will

I wore out a copy of ACO on DVD years ago. This movie is a real horror show. ❤

Is that Matt Damon's face? Hilarious.

ive been waiting so long for this!!

I've been waiting for this episode for a while. Good job, as always.

Damn the book and movie were both pretty messed up and the movie was pretty faithful damn. This movie is great but I am not sure if I will ever watch it again

Where the hell is Casey .!? I hope he was just unable to do this one , it's just not the same without him .. :(

I would add that despite the common belief, the movie was never banned in the UK. It as withdrawn by the studio due to negative press, but never actually banned. It was re-issued uncut in 1999 when Kubrick died.

6:01 It wasn't Billy Boy, it was Georgie Boy, one of his three droogies.

I’m planning on writing a tv series on the novel

book vs film Sherlock Holmes?

The CRM 114 Easter EGG: The injection Alex gets is "serum 114". The broken decoder in Kubrick's Dr Strangelove is the "CRM 114". In Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, The morgue is room 14, in C-wing, 1st floor or C-Rm 114.

My suggestion, along with other people who wanted this, has finally come true! :D