A Clock Work Orange and Singing in the Rain

The song, Singing in the Rain, would not be what you would expect to hear in a movie such as A Clock Work Orange. With ultra violence, rape, and crime, the song does not seem to go hand in hand with the movie itself. But the director choose to keep the song, and it was a very interesting decision. In the clip, the main character, Alex, and his gang are destroying a house and raping the woman of the house just for sport. All while this is going on Alex is belting out Singing in the Rain. This may seem random but it is actually the only song that the actor playing Alex knew all the way through by heart. The actor knowing the song by heart meant that he would not have to concentrate on remembering the lyrics of a different song, while also acting out a challenging scene. The overall casualness of the song lyrics and melody, contrasted with the violence of the scene also give the audience an extremely uneasy feeling while watching.