"A Clockwork Orange" was intensely disturbing to me as a teenager, and even at the tender age of 68, it still is. It was perhaps McDowell's single greatest performance (in my opinion), and a tribute to Kubrick's lasting influence on modern cinema. It's was a freaking masterpiece, both timeless and ahead of its time.
Met him a few years ago. A very down-to-earth, amiable fellow... but he can be quite menacing when he wants to be. Had a copy of the "Clockwork" poster I wanted signed, but I'd left it in my car. When I told him this, he gave me that Alex DeLarge glare and bellowed, "WELL GO GET IT!" He was joking, but it scared the shit out of me.
he was kind of an asshole. He basically took Stephen King's story, reimagined the whole thing and put his own name on the cover like he made the story himself.
Considering the movie was banned in several countries for some time, it's logical. The Academy is a conservative institution so they wouldn't think of boosting the ticket sales for a much disputed movie. And really, the only time a Kubrick film actually won an Oscar was for the special effects in "2001: A Space Odyssey."
he was a great movie maker. but he was a horrible human being in alot of cases. He basically screwed over Stephen King's story and put HIS name on the Cover. Mr. King hated the movie for it and so did the guy who made a clock work orange novel. THe actress Shelley Duvall historically hated him for his cruel treatment of her.
@@punisherfan644 dude just see this and change ur opinion about shelley duvall rudeness ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OlV4UMRLGiY.html kubrick is a mad fucker that's why the shinning will be best horror movie ever made
"Hey would you look what it says here. Stanley Kubrick. Director. Well how about some direction then?" Lol love that. Especially cause I think of Alex from the movie saying it and not Malcolm himself. No wonder he was picked. Young, brash. Etc. He's probably more Alex than he likes to admit
I think that if Kubrick was still alive, he would look at the explosion of 3D films and say "I am going to get it right". A perfect blend of story and technique and technology.
3D is not exactly a new film technology... In 1954, Alfred Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder" was released in 3D even though at that time, the craze was fading. 3D was a gimmick. It has always been a gimmick. It will always be. Just like special effects, CGI etc., the only time 3D will be accepted is when filmmakers don't have to hype their movie saying "it's in 3D..." and it will only be accepted if the audience will say of a movie, fantastic movie! It was in 3D? Uh, sure, but I didn't really notice it.
i am a crazy fan of kubrcik!!! i have his every movies, interviews ,photographies and people talking about him videos .. the fact is i just want to see those things for the rest of my life.... :-) i live with kubrick memories eventually which he gave me when i first watched paths of glory!!!
There is no doubt that Kubrick is one of the (if not THE) best directors of all time. He is simply amazing. Every single one of his movies is legendary and unique. I would have loved to meet him. He is my biggest idol, and my favorite historical (yes, historical) person.
that movie is really something else. after watching the godfathers, pulp fiction, goodfellas, taxi driver, scarface, inception, and schindler’s list A clockwork orange had me in awe and in a state of unexplainable feeling of having witnessed something extremely profound beyond the likes of which I had ever experienced before
It's a wonder old Malcolm McDowell can remember anything...he recently said he has been drunk for his whole career and can't remember many of his movies.....he's not alone there, neither can anyone else!
@@erenanidem3479 when i first saw that scene i was mind blown how long he was being drowned. Typically in horror movies, people will be submerged for like 10 seconds then "die" but he was under there for at least 1 minute (correct me if im wrong).
Many of us fans of Stanley Kubrick were shocked that Room 237 was not nominated for Best Documentary Feature. But what I am shocked is that A Clockwork Orange was nominated for Best Picture
No problem, glad I could help. I remember this film as well in the 80's. Every now and then they would air it on television as well. I think it's Daniel Stern (the other thief beside Joe Pesci in "Home Alone") who stars alongside Roy Scheider.
I feel like McDowell doesn’t necessarily like Kubrick because of the stuff he went through during filming snd i feel like he’s forced to just go with it and say the filming was nonetheless a good one because in almost every interview wjth him, he adds a minor comment on kubrick about how he can be rude and such. HIDING FEELINGS.
Might be just that 'edge' in his personality (and probably why Stanley chose him), but on other occasions McDowell has also been surprisingly critical of Kubrick. And even here, some of his compliments seem to come across a bit like 'throwing shade'. Like, "Stanley was considered by critics to be one of the greatest film directors" ... preceded by, "and who cares about critics anyway"!" ;-p
I think the "critics" jab is dues to the fact that...well, what "critics" think is mostly crap anyway. Who cares what they think? But about Kubrick (and I say this being a huge fan of his), well, he was basically a prick. There's a reason you hear very few stories about how humble he was. That's why stories about him can be both about how funny and intelligent he was but also what a pompous jerk he could be too (basically like most artists, good or bad). Ha! So that's why stories about him can come off both complimentary and critical at the same time. Regardless, his movies are incredible.
It's very ironic that Malcolm McDowell should be delivering this speech, considering that he called Kubrick "that son of a bitch!" , when asked by Kirk Douglas what he thought of Kubrick's torturing of him in Clockwork Orange.
Clockwork Orange was perhaps the only social science fiction story you might say. It might also be termed as a bit of apocolyptic science fiction, being that it deals with the falling apart of law and order in civilization, and total corruption finally taking over.
whilst kubrick certainly made some wonderful and visionary film, he is not in the same league as bergman, felini or kurosawa who all contributed to the craft of film in a wave seminal directors, after the second world war
The Greatest Director of all time has to be British, something that Americans can never understand or be, a true Genius and a remarkable man.....Hollywood owns to Britain everything and Cinema owns everything to Actors such as Malcom Mcdowell
Nobody could ever become Kubrick as a Film maker because Kubrick made things from scratch and pain. One cannot act real emotions, it has to be real and raw without computer graphics.
why cant hollywood grasp movie passion like kubrick....movies these days are an embarrassment to the human race. Independent and limited release movies are the ones with just a bit of magic to them...movies died with kubrick.
you can't say that. There are some genuine great directors today like Scorcese, Spielberg, Nolan, Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, David Fincher, Denis Villeneuve, Edgar wright, Wes Anderson, David Lynch, Ridley Scott, Mel Gibson, Woody Allen, Roman Polanski, Jordan Peele and Bong Jon Hoo. Even if you hate most of them, you can't argue that they're not a passionate director. Watch their interviews, talks, teaching, and bts - all of them have a great passion for movies. Take Nolan - whose willing to go shot an action scene of people jumping off an airplane into another plane using practical effects, that he quite literally did exactly what I just told you, up in the sky. Look at Jordan Peele and Bong Jon Hoo who've been catching people's audience nowadays by their spectacular films that ignite a lot of political conversations in an intellectual way. Take Villeneuve's film Enemy, who breaks the rule and use metaphors and a confusing plot to create an artistic, controversial film. Take Tarantino and Wes Anderson who each has their own style of movies that worked. Those can't be pulled off if you don't have a genuine passion for film making. But I would agree Kubrick is probably the best director of all-time. His passion could even drive him to take extreme measures such a forcing Malcolm to take a real eye surgery while watching a video, to even forcing the big round table used in Dr. Strangelove to be green, even if it's a black-and-white film. All for the sake of his artistic film. That's some next level dedication!
Anytime there's a true visionary, someone always thinks it's cool to say they're not that great just to be different. An average director would be M. Night Shyamalan and that's a compliment to him.
