Ultra Violence

In 1943, Burgess' pregnant wife, Lynne, was robbed and beaten by four US GI deserters in a London Street, causing a miscarriage and subsequent gynecological problems.

Nadsat is a transliteration of the Russian suffix, fourteen, invented in order to avoid dating the novel with contemporary slang.

Anthony Burgess originally sold the story to Mick Jagger for $500; Jagger hoped for the Stones to play the roles of Alex & his Droogs.

Korova Moloko, or Cow and Milk, in Russian.

The milk bar sculptures are based on the work of Allen Jones.

The footage of the bride falling through the gallows trapdoor is from the 1965 film, Cat Ballou.

Only three of the M-505 Adams Brothers Probe 16s were ever produced.

David Prowse, who plays the bodyguard, is also the body of Darth Vader.

Along with Midnight Cowboy, one of two originally X-Rated films to be nominated for Best Picture. It lost to The French Connection

The 9th represents Beethoven's attempt to find a universally acceptable message.
The first movement reflects the desperate condition of mankind and alludes to Tartarus – home to Hell's worst offenders.
The second movement depicts the search for happiness, with diversions along the way.
The third emotes piety, a turning toward religion.
The finale arrives at fulfillment, recounting all that has gone before.
In the film, the audience is shown a reverse of the development of society, moving from a universal dystopia, toward individual fulfillment, universal in the everyman. One of the film's driving forces is that this fulfillment is only for the individual and not for the masses.



On April 13th, 1945, Kubrick had the opportunity to put his ever-present Speed Graphic camera to use, photographing a corner news vendor surrounded by papers announcing plans for FDR's funeral. He sold the photo to Look, making it his first paying gig.

Had a habit of checking out the medicine chests of anyone whose home he visited, out of curiosity over what medications they were taking.

Bert Stern, hired to take publicity shots for Lolita, purchased the heart-shaped glasses, impromptu, at a local five-and-dime in Sag Harbor.