A Clockwork January

You are viewing a rough sync of the events of Stanely Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange' mapped to January 2022. Don't ask me why, as the Simpsons said, whenever you don't know 'a wizard did it'.  Divided over the year there's roughly 22.5 seconds per day. See the Hermetic Lessons for more on the clockwork year ahead.

1/1/  0

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2/1  0:22

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3/1 0:44

Red cut to close up of Bowler hatted Alex Delarge. 

First scene: Int Korova Milk Bar

4/1 1:06

The camera pulls back on milk drinking Alex

5/1 1:29

We can see the Droogs now as the shot continues with VO introducing them.

6/1 1:51

'There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar trying to make up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening. The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. 

Long pull out shot continuing.

7/1 2:13

Second Scene Int Pedestrian Underpass Tunnel 

'This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence.'' 

We cut to the drunkie, slumped in an underpass and singing of Molly Malone

8/1 2:36

'As she wheels her wheelbarrow'

9/1 2:58

Alex voices his disgust for drunkies 'going blurp blurp'

10/1 3:20

'Can you spare some cutter me brothers?' The drunkie has picked the wrong mark. They set to him.

11/1 3:43

'There's no law and order any more'  Under Alex's stick the drunkie laments on societies ills.

12/1 4:05

'Men spinning around the earth, no attention paid to earthly matters'. The drunkie breaks into song and the droogs set about him viciously. 

13/1 4:27

Third scene Int Derelict Casino

We cut away from one assault scene to another. Classical music plays as the camera pans back to reveal a theatre stage and another gang assaulting a naked woman. 

14/1 4:50

 VO 'It was around by the derelict casino that we came across Billyboy and his four droogs'

15/1 5:12

The assault on the young Devotchka continues

16/1 5:34

As Billy Boy's gang drag the girl to a bed on the stage. Alex's droogs emerge from the shadows:

'Ho, Ho, Ho'

17/1 5:57

Alex: 'Well if it isn't fat, stinking Billygoat Billyboy in poison?'

18/1 6:19

'Let's get him boys!'  Billy and his droogs set to, whilst the girl takes advantage of the distraction to flee. 

19/1 6:41

A vicious fight is underway to a classical soundrack. 

20/1 7:04

Alex's droogs have triumphed

21/1 7:26

Sirens! 'The police, come on let's go'. They flee the casino and we cut to the car scene. 

22/1 7:49

Ext/Int Car - Night - Fast Driving shots

VO: 'The Durango 95 purred away all horrorshow - a nice, warm vibraty feeling all through your guttiwuts'

23/1 8:11

Alex brings mayhem to the roads and delight to his droogs.

24/1 8:33

More crashes occur as Alex jousts with other travellers of the night.

25/1 8:56

'What we were after now was the old surprise visit, that was a real kick and good for laughs and lashing of the ultra-violent'

26/1 9:18

Ext 'Home'- Night

A cottage on its own on outskirts of a village., 

27/1 9:40

Int -'Home' we see Mr Alexander typing at his desk. Bell rings 'Who on earth could that be?'

28/1 10:03

'I'll go and see' - Mrs Alexander goes to the door. 

29/1 10:25

'I suppose you'd better let him in'

30/1 10:47

The droogs invade the house assaulting Mr and Mrs Alexander

31/1 11:10

Alex is singing in the rain as he orders his troops to secure the house and check for other victims. 

 Find the script to ACO here.