The Real Futuristic Art and Locations Kubrick Found for A Clockwork Orange
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How do you make a futuristic sci-fi movie without building a bunch of crazy sets? In this episode, we take a look at the real futuristic locations and artwork that Stanley Kubrick used for the production design of 1971's A Clockwork Orange as well as some of the new technology Kubrick used in shooting and recording sound on-location.
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This video essay was written, edited, and narrated by Tyler Knudsen.
Sources:
[John Coulthart] Alex in the Chelsea Drug Store - bit.ly/2XsvB1f
A Clockwork Orange (Commentary)
[Making] Great Bolshy Yarblockos! - The Making of A Clockwork Orange
Cinephilia & Beyond - bit.ly/3cuPPxc
[LoBrutto] The Old Ultra-Violence: A Clockwork Orange - January 30, 2018 Vincent LoBrutto - bit.ly/2ylpUcp
[Grundy] My Droog Hell by Gareth Grundy - bit.ly/3cuPPxc
[Ciment] Kubrick on ‘A Clockwork Orange,’ an interview with Michel Ciment
[Moloko Wiki] bit.ly/2ymxmUG
[Movie Locations] bit.ly/34NyUmO
An Examination of Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange with James MacAndrew
[Strick, Houston] Interview with Stanley Kubrick regarding A Clockwork Orange by Philip Strick & Penelope Houston
[Visual Memory] bit.ly/2VG1xhr
[Indie Wire] bit.ly/2KikKAx
[2001 Wiki] bit.ly/2RQpzW1
[StoryAlity] #155 - Kubrick on Problem Solving - bit.ly/2M6rXVz
[Barry Lyndon Wiki] bit.ly/2ytg2xD
[Hatstand Wiki] bit.ly/3gj9PW4
[Karsino] bit.ly/2LUj553
[BlackCabLondon] Droogs About Town: London Locations Featured in ‘A Clockwork Orange’ - bit.ly/2LVkfNO
[MyLondon] Clockwork Orange gets anniversary screening at Brunel University - bit.ly/2zp7xUP
[Historic England] Lecture Theatre Block, Brunel University - bit.ly/3grp3sm
[Designing Buildings] bit.ly/3c1XPEZ
[Modernism] Bolshy Flatblock: The buildings of A Clockwork Orange - bit.ly/2yq8Dz4
[Shenton Wiki] bit.ly/3d0aycJ
[Makkink Wiki] bit.ly/3ebcNtZ
[Skybreak House] bit.ly/3cYWlNi
Music:
Epidemic Sound - Zábava
"The record was part of the shop's stock". Yeah, I read that somewhere, too - many years ago. Was it "Stanley Kubrick Directs" or somewhere else? Can't remember.
You're right! (Pg 282 of Stanley Kubrick Directs by Alexander Walker) "The disc of the 2001 music that comes to rest in the center of the shot was no film prop but actually part of the real shop's stock."
Thanks so much!
@@CinemaTyler The sad part is that I own all those records shown. I would love to go back and buy those album. Worth tons now.
Mark Burgh - If you already own them why would you want to buy them again?
@@AtheistOrphan Pretty sure he meant to say "owned"
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ebay will give you a good chance to find it
Film youtube always feels like a circlejerk of saying the same thing over and over again and pretending it's a new video. You're one of the only fresh voices on the platform, none of what you say is boring or contrived and you always come with a plethora of sources we can chaeck ourselves. Great work man.
Thanks so much! You're too kind!
Bit weak on the architecture though. Nothing novel there I’m afraid.
@@donkimble there isn't much more to say ain't it ?
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Kool dude and he makes vids because he loves movies.. no ulterior motive...
That's true. So much nonsense out there. It's nice to have well researched, well presented product
I LOVE Brutalism. It’s so retro futuristic and still holds up today.
Absolutely. The game Control uses brutalism to great effect.
@@Creechuur I just checked it out and yeah it looks BADDASS‼️ Thanks for the heads up 👍🏽
Kubrick is a genius, and a clockwork orange is his greatest masterpiece. My favorite director. and film. Malcolm is also exceedingly talented
I agree!
I agree, it is also my favorite movie and my favorite director.
Kubrick really was about it he put his fingers in every aspect MASTERMIND
I feel like Kubrick would find this content impressive
You're too kind!
Maybe but he’d be embarrassed by youtubers as a whole they’re all hacky and fake and just shill out videos with awful comedy and jump cuts and quick edits
@@JaBoreman Surely anyone can see full length feature films from the 20th century and informative documentary style CZcams videos from the 21st century are completely different mediums and require completely different styles of editing and content. Not only that, but letting anyone regardless of background or wealth create and watch any kind of content they like will end up in the creation of a lot of crass material. But disregarding all the incredible content in there is just foolish. These formats are almost incomparable.
He’s be impressed by Like Stories Of Old channel
@@JaBoremanI'd be impressed by your comment if you had even attempted to do any of the things you scorn so much.
The theatre where Alex is presented towards the peers after his Ludovico treatment used to be the presentation room in my local library in West Norwood. It has been recently refurbished and is now a four screen cinema and library, with the presentation room being the main screen. In fact two weeks after the cinema opened in 2018, A Clockwork Orange was shown for one day at that screening room.
So cool!
@@CinemaTyler And some of the seats are orange.
Do they have "naked chick" day there at times?
@@thiscorrosion900 No, but they almost certainly have Transsexual Story Hour!
@@johneggmuldoon3176 Ok.
I just wanted to tell you that we are all sincerely grateful for what you are doing.
Your content is very informative and entertaining.
Thanks so much!
I lived in Thamesmead as a kid. We moved in 1972 not long after stage 1 had been completed. The reason it was all walkways and bridges was that it had been built on a marsh and was prone to flooding from the Thames. The obvious answer was to build a housing estate on stilts. You could cross from one end of Thamesmead to the other without ever going down to ground level.
I enjoy watching Clockwork Orange because it has an extra element of nostalgia for me, seeing the places I knew as a kid.
Interesting! Thanks for the info!
@@CinemaTyler You're welcome, I actually played on, walked around some of the locations in the film so, if you or anyone else want to know something about them, just let me know and I'll answer as best I can.
I found the Thamesmead information really interesting, I work for the EA as a river & flood defence inspector so I I work there for a week or two per year inspecting the rivers & flood defences there, including Southmere Lake, the marina where Alex and the droogs fought, it clicked as I was walking along it for the first time that it looked really familiar, it gave me a real buzz when I figured it out, and whenever I worked there I would walk that very stretch. Sadly I think it's being demolished along with all of the hideous old flats, most of them have all gone now.
All those flats on Southmere lake have been demolished now. Good thing too, they were cold in winter, hot in summer and suffered condensation and black mould. Of course the lake is the back drop for the TV show “Misfits”.
@Fred Smith Stage one is actually ok. It’s stage three and Bentham road that is dodgy at night, and that used to be the nice bit.
Kubrick also has a cameo in the record store. He's the patron with his back to the camera as Alex walks around at the start of the scene, he's reading a magazine and wearing a brown leather jacket. At 7:17, right of frame.
Yeah, Kubrick seems to like making cameo appearances in his own movies.
In the movie Eyes Wide Shut, when Tom Cruise enters Sonata Cafe to meet Nick Nightingale, you can see Stanley Kubrick sitting with a woman, at a table against the wall to the left of Dr. Bill Hartford (Tom Cruise) and Nightingale. Kubrick looks up and at Cruise twice.
@@guymorris1963 He turns up in Clockwork Orange too, though in the form of a puppet's head during the scene where the Droogs fight the biker Nazis in the empty theater. He's heard on a radio giving instructions to the platoon in the lead up to the sniper scene in Full Metal Jacket.
"Total Recall" - the original 1990 version - did a good job of this, too. Many of the exterior earth scenes were shot in and around various Mexico City subway stations.
Actually just two subway stations: the interiors of Chabacano Station from line 2 and exteriors of Insurgentes Station from line 1. There are some other scenes that were shot in the barracks of mexican army academy "Heroico Colegio Militar" because of their futuristic look. Maybe those could made their way into that "evil buildings" list LOL they certainly fit in the brutalism style
Whenever I learn something new about Kubrick filming locations/lenses/sets it has always been thru you man. TY so much for this vid!!!
Thanks!
You are officially turning me into a Kubrick Completionist. With how far cinema has fallen lately, my appreciation for the great works of before only grows and grows. We hardly see this level of creativity and attention to detail anymore
The sculptor Liz Moore is also known for having sculpted C-3PO, other droids and the Stormtroopers' helmets in Star Wars .. from concept sketches that hadn't been too detailed. She died in a car accident before the movie opened, so was never able to experience how iconic her sculpts became
what a tragedy
Thank you. This is one of my personal top ten movies of my lifetime. I visited that Record Store during a visit to England during Christmas break 68-69. It was exactly as you saw it in the film.
The colour, music, architectal and cinematic compositions of this film are rather extraordinary.
i just want to live in all these locations and see out of my eyes in that camera quality.
Josh Fletcher that’ll be cool
Living there in one of them tower blocks almost on the top floor.
It did not seem futuristic to me.
You don’t want to live near the set of Clockwork Orange (London suburb of Thamsmead) - it’s a social nightmare full of real yobs.
OK. Two musical details I have to give Kudos for: 1: having the balls to use a Rolling Stones clip... even one lasting a few seconds. That's like saying 'Copyright Claim Me!' Love how you prioritise content over the danger of scumbags trying to grab your ad revenue. No.2: syncing the renditions of Daisy and making it work! Bravo!
Also at 07:45 you can see Malcolm McDowell walk past a copy of 'Sanctus from Missa Luba' which was used as the theme music to his previous film 'If....'
That poster of the topless lady in the swamp (at the house where Alex lives with his parents) was actually also in my parents house in the early 80's.
The female sculptor went onto star wars and sculpted the iconic storm trooper helmet.
Another connection to Star Wars from A Clockwork Orange
@@evapalma8078 You mean another connection from Kubrick to Star Wars. 2001 looks like a prequel to A new hope in terms of spaceship design. ;w;
@@evapalma8078 “a long, long time ago” relative to when?
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The thumbnail caught my eye because in 2009 when I watched A Clockwork Orange for the first time, that building reminded me of my college’s architecture. Googling got me nowhere. And now 11 years later I can finally sleep at night understanding that Brunel and UMass Dartmouth both are brutalist campuses.
In the late 1970s, I went to a weekend science fiction film convention hosted by the film critic Philip Strick at Brunel University. (It was an eclectic mix of films, including some Godard and some avant-garde experimental shorts.) It was only many years later that I realised that the movies were shown in the lecture theatre used for the Ludovico sequences in A Clockwork Orange; this was never mentioned during the festival, probably because the people there - despite being science fiction movie nerds - had no idea.
It’s easy to forget now how little-seen A Clockwork Orange was for many years in the UK (it was withdrawn from circulation and only made available again after Kubrick’s death) and how hard it was to get detailed production information in those pre-internet days.
Weird. The people who ran the university certainly knew. But then it was withdrawn after about a year of circulation in the UK at the suggestion of the police to keep SK and his family safe. Warner agreed. So who knows why they didn't mention it. Maybe they didn't want a hard core film in the festival!
Man, that would be sooooooo cool to see ACO in that room!
I haven't seen this movie since I was way too young to understand or appreciate it... I need to give it another go-around 🔥
I love your videos about Stanley Kubrick! He's my favorite director and it's so nice to find out all these facts.
Great analysis, thanks!
Hey, maybe do one on Nadsat, the Clockwork Orange universe slang? As I recall, Burgess said it used a lot of Russian-English hybreds because of a world war with the now defunct Soviet Union.
Do you mean Cold War with the Soviet Union?
I live a about 5 minute walk from Thamesmead where this was filmed. They started pulling most of what you see in the film down about 2 years ago. Its been slow progress but most is gone now, lets hope that what they are building now is better than what went before.
You are one of if not the singular analytical film channel on youtube. No video essay BS, just hard research and informed deduction!
Thanks!
i live near one of the filming locations in the film. where one of them falls into the lake. i visited the location and sad to say it's getting torn down by the council. shame because my father used to live there back when it was first built and remembers when they shot the film there.
Too many people was getting robbed and the drug dealers had easy escape routes. Alot of tenants hated the place. I only went there a couple of times and i liked it but i did not have to live there. I loved the design of it. Also i think it needed alot of repairs and was more viable to knock it down and start again.
Every detail, frame and individual contribution, whether in front of the camera or behind, combined for the making of a true masterpiece.
Love your pronounciation of Borehamwood!
Hey man! Nice to see you here :)
You get everywhere, Larry!
high 🖐
You are everywhere 😅😅
Every video I watch has some random Larry Bundy Jr comment xD
I don't know why, but I get the feeling that cinematyler really really loves Kubrick and more specifically A Clockwork Orange.
But who could blame him for that?
The hospital scenes were shot in Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, Essex, UK.
I have a great desire that you take a closer look at Deer hunter.
Loved Deer Hunter! I may as well. I'm partially though the Apocalypse Now series and I'm working on another big series on Full Metal Jacket. I swear I'm not a big Vietnam history buff--there have just been some awesome movies made about it! Maybe Deer Hunter after that!
@drealmerz7 z I can see that, The film is definitely in the category of films that has the most impact on the first viewing (like Taxi Driver or THX 1138) but that doesn't make the film something to be discarded.
Yeah! Brunel University, my Alma mater.
Seen here, the lecture centre (looks like three sand crawlers having a race)
Lecture hall A, inside the sand crawler, is where we had some lectures, it's where the experiment took place
Where he's marched up for induction is the maths building, now the computer room.
Finally there's Chepstow hall, where his accommodation is.
In 2000, the furniture, fittings and bedding were _identical,_ when I lived there. I watched a clockwork orange _in his actual room_
I've also watched the film _in lecture theatre a_
Legend has it the architect was found drowning his sorrows in the bishop bar as there was not yet a method to construct windows our of concrete.
Sorry, you are wrong, Lecture hall A was not the location for the aversion therapy treatment (eye lid locks), it was theatre E, I worked on ACO - I was the projectionist.
@@THEFBDJJB
Uh, I always thought it was A.
Wasn't E tiny though?
20 years ago now so it all merges into one for me
I had no idea that Chaplin actually performed on that stage. Very informative video, sir!
take a look around the world outside today: it's looking and feeling more and more like this movie every day.
Great video
This should be the standard - sources cited, facts checked, etc
honestly one of the coolest channels. I really like your editing and audio mixing. Your production is worthy of being on a media service. The credits and sources you put really adds to the video. I hate the usual "dude trust me" approach a lot of internet documentaries have.
Really superb work!
Hey Tyler, great video! I do wanna let you know though that the hospital scenes at the end were all filmed at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Essex, England. I know because it says so at the Stanley Kubrick archives at the UAL in London and on IMDb. This is especially cool to me because I was actually born in that same hospital it was filmed at. And one more detail I thought I could clear up, was that the bathroom set was a built set according to Malcolm McDowell in the backyard of Skybreak House. The hallway however was not a built set and is actually the real hallway in Skybreak House.
Anyway I hope this was helpful, I always learn something new about these movies. Even if I feel like I keep coming across the same piece of trivia over and over, your videos always present a new and interesting look at some of my favourite movies and I can't wait for more videos from you in the future :)
Thanks for the kind words and for the correction! I found the info about the hospital here: www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/blog/bolshy-flatblock-the-buildings-of-a-clockwork-orange
It's possible they got that part wrong. Do you have a source for where McDowell said that the bathroom was filmed in the backyard? I spent so long trying to find a definitive answer to that. Thanks again!
The film that got me into Kubrick. An indy type feel with a master at the helm.
loved learning that all the audio was captured on set. huge accomplishment. excellent video.
5:21 Aphex Twin, come to daddy!
Man I’ve binged all your Kubrick vids. Absolutely tremendous work!! You’re a great documentarian.
Great job. This was a great mini doc. almost brought me to tears.
Your channel is so iconic ...& brilliant. I always look forwards to your episodes. So full of great filming back stories. Your series on Apocalypse Now recently helped me get past a production mind block. Funny how your channel is like a BIBLE for making films for the future. It’s just pure inspiration. Thank you.
one of the best video on a clockwork orange i've seen so far on youtube. Many thanks !
Mannn great research! This is so professional and well put together. Great vid.
I live right by Brunel University...
I skateboard there every day. Being able to go there and be inspired is a true honor.
It's a shame that Tower d has now been knocked over.
If you ever get a chance to come to London, make sure you check Brunel University!
Another great video. Thank you. Your research and attention to detail is always terrific!
Thank you for another brilliant Video Cinema Tyler!! Keep going 😊
Those apartment blocks and the flat itself look and feel so Soviet. Very recognisable to any bloke born in an ex-Soviet country.
But the Style (Beuhaus) is originally German. It was invented by Walther Gropius in the 20s.
This is the video I've been looking for since I watched the movie for the first time! Great job!
Thanks!
9:16 through 9:23 is such a hilarious collection of british syllables it could be parody
I always get excited when I get a notification of a new release from you Tyler. Eventhough this latest piece was only a little over 18 minutes it was worth the watch thank you.
Thanks!
God, I love the art of making a movie. Most people watch a movie but don't have any clue what goes on.
Well done, what a treat you have for us ,I'm such a fan of Kubrick's work being 2001 my first ,and the adults didn't understand the subtext and only could understand the visuals. Cinema is a painting in motion ,a play in still life my mind is blown ,this was a real treat, thank you 🤩
As always great content! thanks for your great work, for 18 minutes of excellent information and knowledge.
Some of the best video essays on this website! Definitely earned yourself a subscriber sir
Another fantastic video. Thoroughly well researched and insightful!
Immensely enjoy your channel especially your videos on Kubrick - Such a wonderful detailed insight that I find very inspiring as an upcoming filmmaker - I hope there is even more on the way! Thanks again mate!
Thanks so much!
Barry Lyndon is just a beautiful film. Everything the scenery, the costumes, the script is aesthetically gorgeous. He was known for his realistic productions. Every scene looks like a painting shot with a wide angle lens.
Just found your channel today after watching a couple of your full metal jacket analysis videos, and now I wanna see more Stanley Kubrick movies, clockwork orange is next up.
Brilliant edit with the guitar and HAL together. Well done.
This is gold!
Brilliant - lovely to learn more about a film I watch a lot - thank you, keep it up.
First video I have seen of yours. Instant sub! really well done. Now I'm going to dive back into your previous videos. Hope to see Eyes wide shut done as well.
I once went out with a girl who lived in SkyBreak, Mr Alexander’s house and they were forever having architectural and film students asking to visit. The house was designed by Norman Foster. Interesting place.
Appreciate u for doin these!
That was great - good work sir
Thank you for doing this thing you do, so well!
You're videos are amazing I love your 2001 videos, and I love your videos on a clock work orange! Keep up the good work!
Very well made. Thank you.
This was really cool, thanks for the knowledge
Tyler your channel is a godsend! Keep up the sensational work!
Thanks!
This was very interesting. Thank you for another great video!
My favorite movie. Thanks for this.
Just watched this film a couple of days ago for the third time! Great video man!
4:02 Fred Karno was a theatrical impresario who knew how to discover and nurture talent. In the 1910s, his touring comedy troop included Stan Laurel. Laurel's roommate while on tour was Charles Chaplin.
yo why are you soo underrated this is literally good info if your into film making
Always Be Well,CinemaTyler:)You're a credit to your generation!
My Fav film/book. Great vid! so many CO facts I wasn't aware of :)
Keep up the great work - really enjoyed this. That book of British modern architecture looks awesome, it's like something from 'Look Around You'
Thanks!
3:35 Full Metal Jecket? UNFORGIVABLE! In all seriousness, this was a great video. Well done. And thanks for making it so you can share your passion with us and help us to see it from as interesting a viewpoint as you do. Cheers.
I have a hardback copy of this book from 1963 with a Glossary of the Nadsat language in the back of it. One of the few books I wont get rid of.
Tremendous video, very informative
well done man, nice informative video
Brilliant, thanks!
A CinemaTyler video on my birthday...
Blessed’ be the day!
Happy B Day!
Just when I thought I knew everything there was to know about the production of A Clockwork Orange. Outstanding video!
Thanks!
Some of the buildings and the set designs remind me of Robocop.
Thx verx much for this very interesting details
Great video, thank you. He was an amazing filmmaker.
I love that these videos are long ! I hate good video topics that are 5 minutes long. Well done 👍
Thanks for the British 60s/70s tour.
Also, AD (Architecture Design) has a playlist of Architecture Details videos showing movies and their locations, i.e. "Shining", "Star Wars". The architect Michael Wyetzner is good.
I want that table soo much!!!
Great content by my favorite Tolkien person in the world. Bereliand is the region of Arda that I think most captures my imagination. It’s higher level than eastern middle earth but still has a sense of grit that is absent in Aman. The nature of reality is already 3/4 of the way into the spirit realm in Aman so a lot of the stories come off more metaphysical in nature. But Beren and Luthien, the tragedy of Turin, and the travels of Tuor read like epic tales from the Eddas.
I swear that Logan's run set.. you can't get much more 70s than that
10:06 Darth Vader in his underpants.
Even Sith Lords need to unwind after a long day of force-choking employees.
At least his body LOL
RIP David Prowse 11-29-2020
You know watching your videos makes me wonder if all the Stanley Kubrick's films technically exist in the same universe on a very weird timeline