This is the story of such a Hollywood film, which became violent during and after its making. Violent because after watching this film many murders happened and the surprising thing is that these murders were committed by teenage children. In the year 1974, a 14 year old child in America murdered his classmate. When the police investigation started, what came out left everyone speechless. Today, in the Filmy Friday episode of Navbharat Times, we are going to tell the story of this film.
Actually, in the investigation, it was found that the child had planned the murder after getting inspired from the Hollywood film ‘A Clockwork Orange’. After this, a 16 year old boy murdered an old man and he also told the same thing which the 14 year old child had told. The song of this film was also sung during the rape.
The director himself demanded that his film be banned
It is said that the increasing number of such cases shocked people and then the famous director Stanley Kubrick started receiving threats and then it happened that he wrote a letter to ‘The Warner Brothers’ and requested to stop its release in Britain. It is said that this was the only such case in the world when the director himself got the film banned.
The film made a great collection and got 4 Oscar nominations
It is said that after the death of the director after 27 years, the ban on this film was lifted. Similarly, the film remained banned for years in many countries including Spain, Singapore, South Africa, Ireland, Malta. The surprising thing is that despite the controversies, the film had made a great collection in the 70s and it got 4 Oscar award nominations. In this way, the film remained banned for years in many countries including Spain, Singapore, South Africa, Ireland, Malta, but after 27 years, the ban on this film was lifted after the death of the director. Despite so many controversies, the film earned a lot in the 70s.
The story of the film is based on writer Anthony Burgess’ novel
In 1962, famous writer Anthony Burgess’ novel A Clockwork Orange was published, whose story was violent, black comedy and tension-creating. This film is based on the story of this novel. Stanley Kubrick got the rights of the film but due to his busy schedule, he ignored this novel. Later his wife read this novel and liked it a lot and then Stanley also liked it and with some changes, work on the film started.
The actor became blind on the set of the film
During the shooting of this film, such incidents happened which were surprising. It is said that as soon as the shooting of the film started, the lead actor Malcolm scratched the cornea of ​​his eyes, after which he started having trouble seeing and the shooting also started getting affected. Then real doctors were kept on the set who kept the actor’s eyes open with the help of some equipment and real saline was put in his eyes. According to reports, Malcolm McDowell lost his eyesight during the shooting of this film.
This method was adopted for special effects
In this film, to show brutality with the lead hero on stage, Alex’s co-actor hit him in such a way that many of his ribs were broken. There was a lack of special effects in that era. In such a situation, the filmmaker actually threw the camera to show Alex falling from a height to the ground and you will be surprised to know that despite dropping the camera for 6 takes, it did not break.
