A Clockwork February

 You know the drill. Descent down the tree of death, live action recreation of cult movies, the usual... January ended at the beginning of a grim scene at the Alexander home and this is where we pick up the action on 1st Feb. Each day corresponds to 22.5 seconds ACO and the time indicates the start of this period. I've inserted a couple of notes in brackets where the script doesn't detail the on screen action. 

February summary

1-5th -Alexander home

Alex and his Droogs stage a brutal home invasion culminating in the rape of Mrs Alexander.  

6-14th Korova Milk Bar

Tired. they return to the milk bar where Alex and Dim come close to blows.

15th to 28th Alex's home

Alex returns to his parents apartment to stash his loot, listen to Beethoven and relive his exploits.

Day by Day script

ALEX:

(singing)

What a glorious feeling, I'm happy again.

He pushes a rubber ball into Mrs. Alexander's mouth and binds it with

sellotape.

ALEX:

(singing)

I'm laughing at clouds so dark up above.

The sun's in my heart and I'm ready for love.

1/2/22 0:11:10

Let the stormy clouds chase...

He kicks Mr. Alexander again.

ALEX:

(singing)

... everyone from the place.

Come on with the rain...

He puts ball in Mr. Alexander's mouth and sellotapes it.

ALEX:

(singing)

... I've a smile on my face.

I'll walk down the lane...

2/2/22 0:11:54

to a happy refrain.

I'm singing... just singin' in the rain.

He knocks down the book cases and moves to Mrs. Alexander being held by

Dim. Starts to repeat on song as he cuts slowly up each leg of her cat

suit,

3/2/22 0:12:17

until she is naked. This coincidences with the song finishing.

4/2/22 0:12:39

He turns to Mr. Alexander.

05/2/22 0:13:01 

ALEX:

Viddy well, my little Brother. Viddy well.

INT. KOROVA MILKBAR - NIGHT

The boys enter yawning..

06/2/22 0:13:24

ALEX (V.O.)

We were all feeling a bit shagged and fagged and fashed, it having been

an evening of some small energy expenditure, O my brothers, so we got

rid of the auto and stopped off at the Korova for a nightcap.

07/02/22 0:13:46

Dim moves over to milk machine and speaks to the statue of the nude

girl.

DIM:

Hello Lucy, had a busy night?

Puts money in machine.

DIM:

We've been working hard too.

Takes glass.

DIM:

Pardon me. Luce.

He raises glass to breast, pulls red handle between her legs. Milk

spurts into glass.

Dim joins the others. Alex looks at a party of tourists.

08/02/22 0:14:08

ALEX (V.O.)

There was some sophistos from the TV studios around the corner,

laughing an govoreeting. The Devotchka was smecking away, and not

caring about the wicked world one bit. Then the disc on the stereo

twanged off and out, and in the short silence before the next one came

on, she suddenly came with a burst of singing,

09/02/22 0:14:31

and it was like for a moment, O my brothers, some great bird had flown into the milkbar and I felt all the malenky little hairs on my plott standing endwise, athe  shivers crawling up 

10/02/22 0:14:53

like slow malenky lizards and then down again.

Because I knew what she sang. It was a bit from the glorious 9th, by

Ludwig van.

Dim makes a lip-trump followed by a dog howl, followed by two fingers

pronging twice in the air, followed by a clowny guffaw.

Alex brings his stick down smartly on Dim's legs.

DIM:

What did you do that for?

11/02/22 0:15:16

ALEX:

For being a bastard with no manners and not a dook of an idea how to

comport yourself publicwise, O my Brother.

DIM:

I don't like you should do what you done. And I'm not your brother no

more and wouldn't want to be.

ALEX:

Watch that... 

12/02/22 0:15:38

Do watch that, O Dim, if to continue to be on live thou

dost wish.

DIM:

Yarbles, great bolshy yarblockos to you I'll meet you with chain, or

nozh or britva, any time, not having you aiming tolchocks at me

reasonless. It stands to reason, I won't have it.

13/02/22 0:16:00

ALEX:

A nozh scrap any time you say.

Dim weakens.

14/02/22 0:16:23

DIM:

Doobidoob... a bit tired maybe, everybody is. A long night for growing

malchicks... best not to say more. Bedways is rigthways now, so best we

go homeways and get a bit of spatchka. Right, right.

15/02/22 0:16:45

EXT Alex walking through streets

INT. ALEX'S FLATBLOCK - MAIN LOBBY ENTRANCE - NIGHT

Alex passes a mural in the hall. Nude men and women. Their massive

stylised bodies embellished and decorated by handy pencil and

ballpoint.

16/02/22 0:17:07

The elevator door is buckled.

INT. ALEX'S FLAT - NIGHT

17/02/22 0:17:30

Alex pees in toilet.

Alex goes into his room. Tosses his loot into a drawer, full of money,

wristwatches, cameras, etc.

18/02/22 0:17:52

Fifty small loudspeakers cover one wall.

He puts his pet boa constrictor on tree branch mounted on the wall,

above four Christ figures who have their arms intertwined like a chorus

line.

He puts a cassette into the tape player.

A heavy shockwave of sound - Beethoven's 9th.

19/02/22 0:18:14

ALEX (V.O.)

It had been a wonderful evening and what I needed now to give it the

perfect ending was a bit of the old Ludwig van.

20/02/22 0:18:14

(Close up of Beethoven painting)

Music starts.

ALEX (V.O.)

Then, brothers, it came. O bliss, bliss and heaven, oh it was

gorgeousness and georgeosity made flesh. The trombones crunched redgold

under my bed, 

21/02/22 0:18:59

(Naked woman painting on wall, Snake on branch, Lewd Christ statues montage)

and behind my gulliver the trumpets three-wise, silver-

flamed and there by the door the timps rolling through my guts and out

again, crunched like candy thunder. 

22/02/22 0:19:21

(Christ montage continues. Alex masturbating as VO continues)

It was like a bird of rarest spun

heaven metal or like silvery wine flowing in a space ship, 

23/02/22 0:19:44

gravity all

nonsense now. As I slooshied, I knew such lovely pictures. There were

veeks and ptitsas laying on the ground screaming for mercy and I was

smecking all over my rot and grinding my boot into their tortured

litsos and there were naked devotchkas ripped and creeching against

walls and I plunging like a shlaga into them.

(montage showing Alex's fantasies includes woman being hanged, Alex as a vampire with blood dripping from fangs and people being crushed by falling rocks)

24/2/22 0:20:06

INT. ALEX'S FLAT - DAY

He is asleep. The boa curled up at his feet. There is a knock on the

door.

ALEX:

What d'you want?

EM:

It's past eight, Alex, you don't want to be late for school, son.

25/02/22 0:20:28

ALEX:

Bit of pain in the gulliver, Mum. Leave us be and I'll try to sleep it

off... then I'll be as right as dodgers for this after.

EM:

You've not been to school all week, son.

ALEX:

I've got to rest, Mum... got to get fit, otherwise I'm liable to miss a

lot more school.

26/02/22 0:20:51

EM:

Eeee... I'll put your breakfast in the oven. I've got to be off myself

now.

ALEX:

Alright, Mum... have a nice day at the factory.

INT. KITCHEN - DAY

Pee sitting at breakfast table.

Em enters.

EM:

He's not feeling too good again this morning, Dad.

PEE:

Yes, I heard. D'you know what time he got in last night?

EM:

No I don't know, luv, I'd taken my sleepers.

27/2/22 0:21:13

PEE:

I wonder where exactly is it he goes to work of evenings.

EM:

Well, like he says, it's mostly odd things he does, helping like...

here and there, as it might be.

28/02/22 0:21:35

INT. EM'S BEDROOM - DAY

Alex comes out of his room and finds P.R. Deltoid sitting on bed in

parent's room.

01/03/22 0:21:58

ALEX:

Hi, hi, hi there, Mr. Deltoid, funny surprise to see you here.

DELTOID:

Ah, Alex boy, awake at last, yes? I met your mother on the way to work,

yes? She gave me the key. She said something about a pain somewhere...

hence not at school , yes?

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

 Red frame

2/1  0:22

Red / Blue frame

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.  

When World's Collide with the Outer Path theory - Part One

 When World's Collide! - Part |One

(This post is a supporting piece for the Unified Colour Theory and will make no sense  without a knowledge of that work.) 

'But When Worlds Collide

Said George Pal to his bride

I'm gonna give you some terrible thrills'

RHPS - Science Fiction, Double Feature

For October's feature presentation, the Outer Theory presents us with a 1951 sci-fi disaster movie, 'When World's Collide':

The movie has a run-time of 1 hr 22 minutes and 17 seconds, which works out at roughly 2 mins 51 seconds per the 31 days in October. I'd encourage you dear reader to watch it yourself, but this synopsis will hopefully help to identify any correlations in the days to come with the movie currently trying to pass itself off as real life.

1/10

Opening with the credits superimposed on a threatening fiery backdrop, we begin with a slightly mystical looking Holy Bible and a couple of quotes from Genesis to set the apocalyptic tone:

God promises Noah an ‘end of all flesh’ We then see a shot of the night sky as a voiceover tells of astronomers seeking:

'Needles in a heavenly haystack. There are more stars in the heavens than there are human beings on Earth. Through telescopes men of science constantly search the infinitesimal corners of our solar system seeking new discoveries, hoping to better understand the laws of the Universe. Observatories dedicated to the study of astronomy are set in high and remote places, but there is none more remote than Mt. Kenna Observatory in this part of South Africa.'

Meet Dr Bronson:

 ‘This could be the most frightening discovery of all time’

2/10 Our serious men of science are joined by womanising adventurer 'David Randall' played by the slightly unfortunately named, Richard Derr. I think he's got something of a look of Danny Kay about him.

Randall is hired to take the slides to New York. He's all about the money and the broads, but mainly the money. 

cash on delivery?

Dr. Emery Bronson: [Handing him money] You will require this for expenses.

David Randall: [Counting the money and finding it short] I'm supposed to get paid $1,500 plus the expenses.

Dr. Emery Bronson: Hendron will pay you on delivery. Time is all that counts. The money doesn't matter at all.

David Randall: With me, doctor, money always matters.

Dr. Emery Bronson: Perhaps the day may arrive when money won't mean anything, not to you... nor anyone.

David Randall: When that happens to me, I'll be six feet under. [Randall is taken aback when Bronson just stares at him intently puffing on his pipe]

Oh and that secrecy is everything. He should maybe have thought of that himself before the 'money won't mean anything remark'.  A quick flight to the US and encounter with a saucy stewardess brings Randall to customs and we meet the lovely Joyce Hendron:

4/10

Somehow the press are on to the package story and they're bidding for a preview:

Randall would likely take the money but then there's Joyce to consider.... She doesn't realise Bronson kept him in the dark about the package contents and this is the first moment David Randall learns that he may have the details of the end of the world handcuffed to his wrist. 

'I haven't the courage to face the end of the world'

At Hendron's office there's just time to meet Dr Tony Drake, Joyce's would be paramour:

Yes Tony, David Randall spells trouble...

So...  

Have you seen these people? Perhaps they've been pretending to be a scientist or a politician?  You may have seen them walking down a strange path in the Golden Dawn? Post anything you notice either here or better yet at the Hermetic Lessons blog. 

Please don't approach them and don't have nightmares, not until Samhain at least...  

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5/10

David Randall doesn't rate 'star gazers' much, but Joyce and the attentions of the press have whetted his appetite so he cleverly bluffs his way into staying in the briefing which Hendron delivers to the worthies from the Astronomers board. Hendron explains that Bronson first discovered Bellus, a star and then Zyrah the planet orbiting it. The Differential Analyser will be employed to check Bronson's findings:

6/10

Hendron relates that 'Both these bodies are coming into our solar system. Handfuls of people may survive if provisions are made.' but the survivors of Bellus will not survive Zyrah: ‘Our world will end’ Joyce brings in the findings from the DA and Hendron gives the bad news: ‘There is no error’

7/10

Naturally our heroes are in need of a stiff drink and who needs a lighter when you've money to burn... 

As Randall drowns his sorrows, Tony Drake hopes Joyce will say 'I do want to share the end of the world with you. Somehow... 

I think that he may not get his wish.

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8/10

The UN meet to discuss the findings. Hendron tells them: ‘The effect of Zyrah’s passing should be felt at 1 o clock July 24th’  There’s a possibilty a few people will be saved but 19 days later. Bellus will crush the earth on the morning of August 12th’ 

9/10

Hendron continues: 'We are hoping with Gods help and guidance... Rocket ships may be built to fly to Zyrah' His fellow scientists push back:  ‘you are out of the world of theory in a dream world of the impossible’

10/10

'The world will not end’ ‘predicting the end of the world is an annual crackpot event in our society’  the sceptics shoot Hendron down and hus humiliation makes the headlines: ‘read all about it end of the world just around the corner’ ‘star gazers predict doomsday’ Hendron tells Joyce that if Drake isn't for her: ‘There isn’t time for uncertainty. Do you want to spend what time there’s left with Tony as his wife?:

11/10

Millionaire tycoon Stanton is willing to back the rocket ship project for selfish reasons: 'What about this Noah’s Ark? Their salvation doesn’t interest me, mine does! ‘I just don’t relish dying’ Stanton wants to seleect the other colonists, Hendron stands firm, your money for your life

12/10

Stanton capitulates in the face of Hendron's principled stand: 'You know I can’t refuse! Build it!' The rocket design is announced.

13/10

The selected colonists arrive at the construction site. 79 days until Zyra. Preparations continue for the rocket.

14/10

Joyce has cooled on Tony.  Hendron is in NYC for a conference on a new rocket design.  Scientists now acknowledge Hendron correct. Stanton has brought rifles to protect the rocket ‘the law of the jungle, the human jungle ‘I’d kill to cling to life’ UN address populace. The lives of everyone on earth are at risk. 

15/10

All that can be done will be done. Joyce wants David to come along. Martial law now declared. Evacuation to mountains  begins

16/10

00:39:48 Populace pray for deliverance. Heroic acts. NYC deserted. Zyrah the hour of doom 19 days to Bellus. Stanton thinks its a false alarm But the shaking begins!

17/10

00:42: The earth erupts. Fires, tidal wave, wind, cities are flooded. The rocket is threatened.

18/10

00:45:06 Crane crushes scientist. Drake now openly hostile to Randall. They fly supplies to survivors.

19/10

00:47:45 Supplies are dropped to survivors on mountain top. On way back they spy a child on a roof.

20/10

#00:50:25 1 Randall rescues the child. Drake leaves him on the roof! But he comes back, tension is reduced. Meeeting to select survivors. Randall is on the list thanks to Joyce along with the rescued boy.

21/Oct 00:53:04 They physics of the journey explained. Hidden envelope has the numbers of the survivors. The numbers are drawn. Randall refuses the offer of a place.

22/Oct 00:55:43 Randall is sacrificing himself. Leaving me will save fuel. Don’t say anything to Joyce.Countdown to Bellus, We’re falling behind schedule. Hurry!

23/Oct 00:58:22 Preparations continue. Randall avoiding Joyce. Drake finds him watching her on CCTV. They discuss the flight plan.

24/Oct 01:01:02 Fry has poor chance of coming out of blackout, They need a pilot! Drake is offering Randall a role. Your our life insurance.

25/Oct 01:03:41 Randall kisses Joyce, Animals being sedated. Joyce thanks Drake. A rescued dog is weighed up for a ride. Julie isnt so lucky when the numbers are drawn.

26/Oct 01:06:20 Stanton wants to dump some of the crew to increase his chances. Hendron gives him some home truths. Theres the extra fuel. Stantons aide Ferris pulls a gun, Stanton shoots him.

27/Oct 01:08:59 They wont just sit and wait to die. Its dog eat dog. The guns are in my room. Julie and Dave are reprieved. . loading commences. The last dawn.

28/Oct 01:11:38 As stanton predicted the unlucky remnants are rebelling. They seize guns to storm the ship. Hendron releases the ship and remains with a protesting Stanton as the ship is launched. The new world isnt for us, its for the young.

29/Oct 01:14:17 Blast off. Crew blacked out. Randall awakes. Fry has awoken! Drake! They willl need all the fuel to avoid a collision with Zyrah. They turn the ship for landing.

30/Oct 01:16:57 Landing. Fuel is scarce. Randall at the controls. First view of Zyrah. Touchdown.

31/Oct 01:19:36 Made it! Good air or bad its the only place we can go. Best air I’ve ever tasted! They look out on an alien landscape. Mike don’t you want to see the sunrise. Dog has had ktitens.Inn the distance 2 pyramids an arch and whatlooks like temple. The first day on the new world had begun.