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Scott Allen <[log in to unmask]>
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Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 27 Oct 1994 10:38:23 +0000
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The title "A Clockwork Orange," is said to come from a slang term which
Kubrick grew up with in Britain.  Older people there would describe someone
as being "queer as a clockwork orange."  Kubrick describes the term as
meaning an inanimate object that has the outward appearence of animation.
 
Scott Allen                                             [log in to unmask]
Media Librarian                                    "Trying to stay afloat in
Midwestern State University                in the seas of technology"

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