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Originally Posted by remixor
I just read Burgess' A Clockwork Orange for the first time, and I would definitely recommend that as well. I have to say it really changed my perspective on the film. Kubrick is one of my favorite directors and he most definitely had a lot to say in his films, but in the case of Clockwork I've come to the conclusion that for the purposes of this film it was pretty much all Burgess' vision, and Kubrick was just a really good translator. This is in contrast to The Shining, in which Kubrick obviously added quite a bit that Stephen King didn't necessarily have in mind. I don't mean to denegrate Kubrick's accomplishment on Clockwork, which was top-notch, but I think Burgess deserves more credit than he gets. It's also probably worthwhile to check out some of Burgess' other work, since he doesn't even consider A Clockwork Orange one of his best.
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I hated that book, adored the movie. It is the only instance ever that I liked the movie better than the book.
