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Clockwork Orange
Apr. 4th, 2016 02:30 pmAdrienne Corri died a few weeks ago at age 84. She was the actress who played the rape victim in what is perhaps the most intense scene in "Clockwork Orange".
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In the scene, the movie’s antihero, a thug played by Malcolm McDowell, barges into her home with three of his cronies before they assault her husband and trash their house as Mr. McDowell belts “Singin’ in the Rain.” Mr. McDowell cuts off Ms. Corri’s clothes, then tells her helpless husband to watch before he rapes her. Kubrick insisted that Ms. Corri appear naked for multiple takes.
That scene and other violent and sexually explicit material initially earned the film an X rating in the United States. It remained controversial for years after its limited British release, drawing protests and news reports of alleged copycat crimes.
Nevertheless, “A Clockwork Orange” was nominated for four Oscars, including best picture, director and screenplay, in 1972.
Adrienne Riccoboni was born in Glasgow on Nov. 13, 1931, and raised in Edinburgh. Her son said she left home as a teenager and performed with traveling theater groups before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
-- Daniel E. Slotnik at The New York Times
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She definitely burned a place in my memory that will last as long as I live.
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In the scene, the movie’s antihero, a thug played by Malcolm McDowell, barges into her home with three of his cronies before they assault her husband and trash their house as Mr. McDowell belts “Singin’ in the Rain.” Mr. McDowell cuts off Ms. Corri’s clothes, then tells her helpless husband to watch before he rapes her. Kubrick insisted that Ms. Corri appear naked for multiple takes.
That scene and other violent and sexually explicit material initially earned the film an X rating in the United States. It remained controversial for years after its limited British release, drawing protests and news reports of alleged copycat crimes.
Nevertheless, “A Clockwork Orange” was nominated for four Oscars, including best picture, director and screenplay, in 1972.
Adrienne Riccoboni was born in Glasgow on Nov. 13, 1931, and raised in Edinburgh. Her son said she left home as a teenager and performed with traveling theater groups before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
-- Daniel E. Slotnik at The New York Times
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She definitely burned a place in my memory that will last as long as I live.
