Reading the Newspaper Clippings and Magazine Articles at the Stanley Kubrick Exhibit
Where these people were looking was two sets of newspaper clippings; one set was the clippings made for the film "A Clockwork Orange," when Alex is freed after the "success" of the Ludovico Technique treatment; and the second set were real clippings that reported on copycat crimes that were allegedly inspired by the film. The crimes had increased so much that many doctors and clergy in the UK were calling for reforms and wanted the film pulled from circulation. It wasn't until a series of death threats made against Stanley Kubrick and his family that Kubrick finally gave in and insisted Warner Bros. to take the film out of British theaters. It was not seen in England (except for badly dubbed videocassettes) for over 25 years, a year or so after Kubrick's death in 1999.
Reading the Newspaper Clippings and Magazine Articles at the Stanley Kubrick Exhibit
Where these people were looking was two sets of newspaper clippings; one set was the clippings made for the film "A Clockwork Orange," when Alex is freed after the "success" of the Ludovico Technique treatment; and the second set were real clippings that reported on copycat crimes that were allegedly inspired by the film. The crimes had increased so much that many doctors and clergy in the UK were calling for reforms and wanted the film pulled from circulation. It wasn't until a series of death threats made against Stanley Kubrick and his family that Kubrick finally gave in and insisted Warner Bros. to take the film out of British theaters. It was not seen in England (except for badly dubbed videocassettes) for over 25 years, a year or so after Kubrick's death in 1999.