“A Clockwork Orange (1971) is producer/director Stanley Kubrick’s randomly ultra-violent, over-indulgent, graphic film of the near future- a horrifying, gaudy film adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ 1962 novel of the same name” (tdirks@filmsite.org). Although many critics feel Kubrick does an adequate job of transforming Burgess’ pages to film, the two are very different in many ways. Perhaps the most obvious difference between the film and the novel is the deletion of pertinent information. The …showed first 75 words of 500 total…

…showed last 75 words of 500 total…book he didn’t have a pet snake. The third change Kubrick made in the film is the singing. Alex sings the song”Singing in the Rain” throughout the graphic and ultra-violent scenes in the film, but he never sings in the book. By deletion, modification, and addition Stanley Kubrick undeniably changes the film from its original source. Although it has taken the same name as Anthony Burgess’ novel, the two are different. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**