A CLOCKWORK ORANGE 18
Have you seen it? Or only heard about it second hand? Here’s your chance to see it for yourself – on the big screen. From Page To Screen 2010 opens with a bang: Kubrick’s adaptation of Burgess’ seminal dystopian novel, A Clockwork Orange. Rarely seen in cinemas since it was withdrawn from general release by Kubrick himself, yet considered one of cinema’s great adaptations, the film provocatively evokes the ideas, images and controversy of the source material. Still shocking? Form your own opinion.
The narrative invention was magical, the characters bizarre and exciting, the ideas brilliantly developed… the story was of a size and density that could be adapted to film without oversimplifying it or stripping it to the bones.
Stanley Kubrick
See this interesting article on A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
Listen to BBC Radio 4‘s A Good Read programme’s discussion on the novel A Clockwork Orange here.
Featuring an introduction and post-film Q&A with
Ian Hunter of De Monfort University
Ian is Principal Lecturer in Film Studies, Director of the Centre for Adaptations and a member of the Centre for Cinema and Television History at De Montfort University. Since the early 1990s he has published widely on British cinema,cult and exploitation films, horror and sci-fi, and adaptations. His edited books include British Science Fiction Cinema and six books in Pluto’s Film/Fiction series. He is currently writing two books, British Trash Cinema and Cult Adaptations.
Ian Hunter photographed by Pete Millson
