Daily Dialogue — September 24, 2017

“There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar trying to make up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening. The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence.”

— A Clockwork Orange (1971), screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, novel by Anthony Burgess

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Bar.

Trivia: Scenes filmed but not used include: The Droogs assaulting a man carrying library books (a scene from the book), who meets Alex later. This was scrapped when the actor died; The Droogs bribing old ladies with drinks and snacks to give them an alibi; The Droogs actually stealing the Durango 95 that they are later seen riding in; The Droogs reflectively stargazing after their long night of mayhem; The Droogs riding the train home and vandalizing it; Alex using the milk dispenser at The Korova; Alex taking the girls from the record shop for a meal at Pasta Parlour; In the trailer, there is a scene of Alex’s snake leaving his room; After Alex has sex with the two girls, his dad comes home and they try to sneak out, but are caught.

Dialogue On Dialogue: One of the great opening scenes in contemporary movie history set in a milk bar.