Malcolm McDowell A Clockwork Orange Special

The Empire Film Podcast

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Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Stanley Kubrick's controversial, thought-provoking, tremendously stylish A Clockwork Orange, now a mere 48 years young, bludgeons its way back into cinemas this weekend. And so Chris Hewitt jumped at the chance to interview its star - the king of the Droogs himself, Malcolm McDowell. In this extended interview, they discuss McDowell's complicated and ever-changing relationship with the film, and with Kubrick himself; why Gene Kelly gave McDowell the cold shoulder; and what it's like to get a real injection up the bum on camera. Hint: painful. Then, they briefly discuss McDowell's Time After Time, before - because Chris can't resist - getting deep into McDowell's lifelong support of Liverpool FC. Poddy well, my brothers and sisters. Poddy well.

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0:00.0	Hello pod, I'm Chris Hewitt and welcome to this very special interview edition of the
0:19.3	Empire Podcast. Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, which is re-released in cinemas this
0:24.1	week, just in time for its 48th anniversary is one of the most controversial, outrageous, and
0:29.9	cinematically thrilling films of all time. A lot of that is down to the incredible central
0:35.4	performance of its star, Malcolm McDowell, who plays the psychotic whirling dervish at its heart,
0:41.0	Alex DeLarge. McDowell, who lives in L.A. these days, was in town to talk about the movie, so I
0:46.4	jumped at the chance to sit him down for a chat about the movie, about Kubrick, and his relationship
0:51.2	with both. Time got away from us a little, but we talked a bit about one of my other favorite
0:56.9	BigDowell movies, Time After Time, and full disclosure, as it's me and I can't let any Liverpool fan
1:03.4	pass through here without a little chat about Jurgen Klopp's mighty reds, we talked about Liverpool
1:08.0	Football Club right at the end. I had a blast with Malcolm McDowell, hope you do too, enjoy.
1:13.2	Deleted to be joined on the Emperor Podcast by the star of a clubwork orange, the great Malcolm McDowell,
1:17.9	how are you sir? Very good, thank you. Good, good, you've just been telling me,
1:21.7	Sparkling Water is good for your throat, which is interesting, I never knew that.
1:25.6	Well, those bubbles, they kind of work on the adenoids. And when you have a little bit of a sore throat
1:33.6	as I do, I've got a bit of jet lag, it just came in from L.A., so a little bit of sparkling water.
1:40.4	When did you discover that? Because I, if I'm honest, I have always looked upon Sparkling water
1:45.0	as an abomination and I have avoided all of my life. Well, now I might use it. You don't know what
1:52.2	you've missed. I listen, that's all I drink. We have one of those machines at home.
2:00.4	You fill it with distilled water and then pump gas in it. Shows it up. Yeah, so distream is what we
2:06.1	called them back in the, you have a soda stream. Exactly, exactly that. Things you learn, the things
2:12.0	you learn. Malcolm, we obviously hear here because a corporate gorge is being re-released in
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