Due to the violence and the sexual content that is shown in the film, it was classified with an X-rating in 1971. Two years after the film received this classification, Kubrick withdrew it from theaters because of an increase in violent crimes in Britain that were said to be influenced by the film. It was then not re-released in British theaters until after his death. In the same year it was banned in Britain, the film was released in the United States but this time under an R rating after Kubrick replaced some of the scenes in the film. The film was shot on location in several metropolitan areas in London. Kubrick’s adaptation uses several cinematic techniques such as, color and close-ups, to bring to life the words written in Burgess’
Due to the violence and the sexual content that is shown in the film, it was classified with an X-rating in 1971. Two years after the film received this classification, Kubrick withdrew it from theaters because of an increase in violent crimes in Britain that were said to be influenced by the film. It was then not re-released in British theaters until after his death. In the same year it was banned in Britain, the film was released in the United States but this time under an R rating after Kubrick replaced some of the scenes in the film. The film was shot on location in several metropolitan areas in London. Kubrick’s adaptation uses several cinematic techniques such as, color and close-ups, to bring to life the words written in Burgess’