Stanley Kubrick – A Clockwork Orange
Like Fincher with Fight Club, Stanley Kubrick changed many elements of A Clockwork Orange when crafting his iconoclastic classic. Unlike Palahniuk, author Anthony Burgess wound up hating the film. In his adaptation of the story for stage, Burgess included this stage direction: “A man bearded like Stanley Kubrick comes on playing, in exquisite counterpoint, ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ on a trumpet. He is kicked off the stage.”