The Warped Ones films whose outlook made way for the Japanese pink film. In the film Tim Lucas noted antecedents and a possible influence to "the most hellbent characters" in the films of acclaimed director Quentin Tarantino's films and specifically to Stanley Kubrick's iconic "A Clockwork Orange" (1971). Lucas drew comparisons between "The Warped Ones"<nowiki>'</nowiki> main character Akira and "A Clockwork Orange"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Alex DeLarge, including their respective obsessions with hard jazz and the music of Ludwig van Beethoven, the former with a framed copy of Ornette Coleman's album "The Shape of Jazz to Come" next to his bed, the latter an engraving of
A Clockwork Orange (film) and Clyde" (1967), "Night of the Living Dead" (1968), "The Wild Bunch" (1969), "Soldier Blue" (1970), "Dirty Harry" (1971), and "Straw Dogs" (1971), the film is considered a landmark in the relaxation of control on violence in the cinema. "A Clockwork Orange" remains an influential work in cinema and other media. The film is frequently referenced in popular culture, which Adam Chandler of "The Atlantic" attributes to Kubrick's "genre-less" directing techniques that brought novel innovation in filming, music, and production that had not been seen at the time of the film's original release. "A Clockwork Orange" appears several times on