A Hollywood movie which made children commit murders, the director himself banned it

This is the story of a Hollywood film which became violent during and after its making. It was violent because many murders took place after watching this film and the surprising thing is that these murders were committed by teenage children. In 1974, a 14-year-old boy murdered his/her classmate in America. When the police investigation began, what came out left everyone speechless. Today, in the Filmy Friday episode of presswire18 Times, we are going to tell the story of this film.

In fact, investigation revealed that the child had planned the murder after being inspired by the Hollywood film ‘A Clockwork Orange’. After this, a 16-year-old boy murdered an old man and he/she also told the same thing that the 14-year-old child had told. The song from this film was also sung during the rape.

The director himself demanded that his/her film be banned

It is said that the increasing number of such cases shocked people and then the famous director Stanley Kubrick started receiving threats and then it happened that he/she wrote a letter to ‘The Warner Brothers’ and requested to stop its release in Britain. It is said that this was the only such case in the world when the director himself got this film banned.

The film did a great collection and got 4 Oscar nominations

It is said that after 27 years, the ban on this film was lifted after the death of the director. Similarly, the film remained banned for years in many countries including Spain, Singapore, South Africa, Ireland, Malta. The surprising thing is that despite the controversies, the film made a great collection in the 70s and it got 4 Oscar award nominations. In this way, this film remained banned for years in many countries including Spain, Singapore, South Africa, Ireland, Malta, but after 27 years, the ban on this film was lifted after the death of the director. Despite so many controversies, the film earned a lot in the 70s.

The story of the film is based on the novel by writer Anthony Burgess

In 1962, famous writer Anthony Burgess’ novel A Clockwork Orange was published, whose story was violent, black comedy and tension-creating. This film is based on the story of this novel. Stanley Kubrick got the rights of the film but due to his/her busy schedule, he/she ignored this novel. Later his/her wife read this novel and liked it very much and then Stanley also liked it and with some changes, work on the film started.

The actor became blind on the sets of the film

During the shooting of this film, such incidents happened which were shocking. It is said that as soon as the shooting of the film started, the lead actor Malcolm scratched the cornea of ​​his/her eyes, after which he/she started having trouble seeing and the shooting also started getting affected. Then real doctors were kept on the set who kept the actor’s eyes open with the help of some equipment and real saline was put in his/her eyes. According to reports, Malcolm McDowell lost his/her eyesight during the shooting of this film.

This method was adopted for special effects

In this film, to show brutality on the lead hero on stage, Alex’s co-actor hit him/her in such a way that many of his/her ribs were broken. In those days, there was a lack of special effects. In such a situation, the filmmaker actually threw the camera to show Alex falling from a height to the ground and you will be surprised to know that despite throwing the camera for 6 takes, it did not break.