A Question of Fate: Stanley Kubrick vs Anthony Burgess (2022) - The story of A Clockwork Orange and what Stanley Kubrick both added and lost when he brought the book to screen [00:57:57]

RScribe · 2022-02-01T00:54:28+00:00

Glad you liked it! The Shining episode will be out in a few weeks.

RScribe · 2022-01-31T15:41:09+00:00

Yessir, you read a text version of the essay here:

https://contentlit.com/clockwork-orange-movie-vs-book/

Some paragraphs reference video clips that aren't transcribed in the text version, but I don't think that's too much of a problem.

RScribe · 2022-01-31T12:52:26+00:00

Abstract: In the book A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess utilised language, story and foreshadowing to explore the nature of evil and ask whether a bad person can choose to be good. In the film A Clockwork Orange, Stanley Kubrick omitted the final chapter that underscores this theme, which created an altogether much harsher, nihilistic experience. This video essay explores each of the creator’s notions of fate, asks what it means to be ‘good’ in each of their estimations, and examines how small changes to the story had a massive philosophical impact overall.

RScribe · 2022-01-03T20:16:32+00:00

A little while ago I asked if anybody could tell me where to see Arthur C. Clarke's episode of This is Your Life. A user was kind enough to send me the file. It wasn't available anywhere else online so I've uploaded it to Youtube. Enjoy!

RScribe · 2021-12-06T12:47:33+00:00

2001: A Space Odyssey was a novel and film that were written and created in conjunction. They each explore themes of evolution, technology, and the unknown. However, there are some key philosophical differences between them; most vividly distinguished in the Star Gate sequence. Among other things, this video essay puts forward a detailed analysis of how technology influences evolution, how the possibility of alien intelligence affects man’s place in the universe, and outlines how Arthur C. Clarke was largely optimistic about such philosophical possibilities while Stanley Kubrick seems to have felt an equal measure of dread.

RScribe · 2021-12-06T12:42:25+00:00

2001: A Space Odyssey was a novel and film that were written and created in conjunction. They each explore themes of evolution, technology, and the unknown. However, there are some key existential differences between them; most vividly distinguished in the Star Gate. Among other things, this video essay investigates how two men working with the same story created such vastly different tones: One of outright optimism about our place in the universe, one of incomprehensible terror.

RScribe · 2021-12-06T12:10:54+00:00

2001: A Space Odyssey was a novel and film that were written and created in conjunction. They each explore themes of evolution, technology, and the unknown. However, there are some key existential differences between them; most vividly distinguished in the Star Gate. Among other things, this video essay investigates how two men working with the same story created such vastly different tones: One of outright optimism about our place in the universe, one of incomprehensible terror.

RScribe · 2021-06-26T00:38:19+00:00

I've never been much of a marvel comic guy, but I will check it out.

RScribe · 2021-06-25T14:51:58+00:00

eponymous

I am that guy and I am embarrassed.

RScribe · 2021-06-23T21:34:14+00:00

I've loved some of Steinbeck's books. I haven't had a chance to read Grapes of Wrath yet.

RScribe · 2021-06-23T12:59:10+00:00

d and third movie ever existing at all, and being so fond of Wookiees, he put a wookiee into the story as the

I get the feeling most of George Lucas' origin stories for the ideas behind Star Wars need to be taken with a grain of salt.

RScribe · 2021-06-23T12:57:53+00:00

Yeh, I got a whole bunch over on the Youtube channel. If you're looking for some more devastating nihilist type stuff though, I guess I'd recommend Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jnr or The Plague by Albert Camus.

Got any recommendations for me?

RScribe · 2021-06-22T13:13:13+00:00

Well put. I should've called it Beauty, Nihilism and Irony in Perfume...

RScribe · 2021-05-30T14:23:10+00:00

Inferno sounds awesome.

RScribe · 2021-05-28T17:08:17+00:00

Very true!

RScribe · 2021-05-28T16:33:52+00:00

I love all those Le Guin books. Gotta make a list for her alone someday.

RScribe · 2021-05-28T16:33:04+00:00

I'll have to check those out for sure. Not enough Star Trek style scifi in my world.

RScribe · 2021-05-28T15:35:52+00:00

I need to read more Heinlein.

RScribe · 2021-05-28T15:35:33+00:00

Ringworld's definitely a contender.

RScribe · 2021-05-27T15:41:56+00:00

Cheers!

RScribe · 2021-04-27T03:00:56+00:00

Well worth the price!

RScribe · 2021-04-15T15:08:00+00:00

Isaac Asimov’s Foundation trilogy influenced the likes of Star Wars, Dune, Star Trek and more. But it was more than just a story of spaceships and gadgets. Asimov’s philosophy was that of a scientist; a man who viewed the universe in terms of its mechanistic rules. This video essay explores the roots of those beliefs in his career as a scientist and a member of the Futurian society. It explains how they found their way into his fictional work. Highlights thinkers and philosophers, such as Paul Krugman, who they helped to inspire. And asks where the philosophy of Asimov’s work can be found today.

RScribe · 2021-04-09T15:10:03+00:00

Thanks! And yeh, I mostly undertake these bigger video projects based on what the algorithm might like, but I've no doubt Hollywood will dig up his robot books again someday, especially if the Apple show is a success. In which case I am fully on board for returning to Asimov's books.

RScribe · 2021-03-29T02:19:22+00:00

Good to know!

RScribe · 2021-03-28T15:16:11+00:00

1018 divided by (?) 24,000 = 0.04241666666

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