Ludwig Van Beethoven in Popular Culture - 33 Variations, a Clockwork Orange, a Clockwork Orange (Film), a Fifth of Beethoven, Beethoven's Great Love, B (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: 33 Variations, A Clockwork Orange, A Clockwork Orange (film), A Fifth of Beethoven, Beethoven's Great Love, Beethoven's Last Night, Beethoven Lives Upstairs, Beethoven Virus, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Copying Beethoven, Eroica (1949 film), Eroica (2003 film), Immortal Beloved (film), Roll Over Beethoven, Schroeder (Peanuts). Excerpt: A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 film written, directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick, adapted from Anthony Burgess's 1962 novella A Clockwork Orange. It features disturbing, violent images, facilitating its social commentary on psychiatry, youth gangs, and other social, political, and economic subjects in a dystopian, future Britain. Alex (Malcolm McDowell), the main character, is a charismatic, sociopathic delinquent whose interests include classical music (especially Beethoven), rape, and what is termed "ultra-violence." He leads a small gang of thugs (Pete, Georgie, and Dim), whom he calls his droogs (from the Russian, "friend," "buddy"). The film chronicles the horrific crime spree of his gang, his capture, and attempted rehabilitation via controversial psychological conditioning. Alex narrates most of the film in Nadsat, a fractured adolescent slang comprising Slavic (especially Russian), English, and Cockney rhyming slang. A Clockwork Orange features a soundtrack comprising mostly classical music selections and Moog synthesizer compositions by Wendy Carlos (then known as "Walter Carlos"). The artwork of the now-iconic poster of A Clockwork Orange was created by Philip Castle with the layout by designer Bill Gold. In futuristic London, Alex (Malcolm McDowell) is the leader of his "droogs," Pete (Michael Tarn), Georgie (James Marcus), and Dim (Warren Clarke), one of many youth gangs in the decaying metropolis. One night, after intoxicating themselves on "milk plus,."..