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 (novel) 2007. A Clockwork Orange (novel) A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian satirical black comedy novel by English writer Anthony Burgess, published in 1962. It is set in a near future English society featuring a subculture of extreme youth violence. The teenage protagonist, Alex, narrates his violent exploits and his experiences with state authorities intent on reforming him. The book is partially written in a Russian-influenced argot called "Nadsat", which takes its name from the Russian suffix that is equivalent to '-teen' in English. According to Burgess, it was a "jeu d'esprit" written in just three weeks. In 2005, "A Clockwork