Andy Warhol acquired a copy in early 1965, but not the film rights. The fact that this is a very funny book may pass unnoticed.’įrom Bart Simpson to the Sex Pistols: read about the lasting legacy of A Clockwork Orangeīurroughs’s response points towards the underground enthusiasm for A Clockwork Orange that began to grow, and it circulated among artists and musicians as a cult novel. I do not know of any other writer who has done as much with language as Mr. He said that A Clockwork Orange was ‘One of the few books I have been able to read in years. Burroughs, the author of the novel The Naked Lunch and an important figure in the counterculture. Roald Dahl provided a publicity quote, calling A Clockwork Orange ‘a terrifying and marvellous book’, as did William S. However, some responses were altogether positive, finding the energy of the narrative and the political and moral questions raised by the book stimulating, and resonating with contemporary concerns about youth culture and changes in society in the 1960s. Many were confused by the challenge of the Nadsat language and revolted by the violence in the novel. It was made on a shoestring budget at the Factory in 1965.Ī Clockwork Orange received mixed reviews on its first publication. Myth: Andy Warhol bought the film rights to A Clockwork Orange from Anthony Burgess.įact: Andy Warhol did make a version of A Clockwork Orange, which was called Vinyl – but this was a pirate film.
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