Adaptation, or the conversion of historical or fictional stories into film, has been a common practice for many years. It is this very practice that has linked the two media of cinema and storytelling. It allowed readers and viewers to understand a similar storyline with a similar structure. Sometimes filmmakers have successfully adapted films from novels because of their ability to accurately depict the structure, characters, and plot of the novel in every aspect of the film. In Adaptation, or cinema as a summary of André Bazin, he evokes the novel and the film Hope by Malraux. He specifies that "the style of Malraux's film is politely identical to that of his book, even if they are two different artistic forms, cinema on the one hand and literature on the other." This suggests that the two creative vehicles are stylistically similar in that they both reflect an organized storyline with characters, themes, and motifs. In this article, I will highlight the dialectic between the two art forms by identification through a close visual experience of subject matter, style, syntax, and sound. Stanley Kubrick's film A Clockwork Orange gives us a true understanding of how this world contains different types of people, some of whom could be described as "crazy." This film takes us into a world unknown to most of us, in that the violence in this film is unlike many other films of its era. Based on the novel originally written by Anthony Burgess, Kubrick shows us that films can enhance our reading experiences and bring us exceptional cinematic work in conjunction with the novel. Published in 1962, this dystopian yet futuristic short story was adapted into a film in less than ten...... middle of paper ......lay, Kubrick received Oscar nominations in all three categories . (Bozzola, “A Clockwork Orange”)Works Cited1. Alexandre, Geoffroy. “The Kubrick Site: The Hechinger Debacle.” The Kubrick site: the Hechinger debacle. Visual memory, sd Web. December 9, 2013.2. Bozzola, Lucie. "A Clockwork Orange (1971): information on the film." RottenTomatoes.com. Rotten Tomatoes, nd Web. December 08, 2013.3. Naremore, James and André Bazin. Film adaptation. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers UP, 2000. Print.4. Ebert, Roger. “A Clockwork Orange.” RogerEbert.com. Roger Ebert, February 11, 1972. Web. December 10, 2013.5. “The Legendary Cinematic Techniques of Stanley Kubrick.” LAvideoFilmmaker.com. LA Video Filmmaker, nd Web. December 9, 2013.6. Jeffrey, Victoria. “The role of sound music and sound effects in the film industry.” Entertainmentscene360.com. Entertainment Scene 360, January 9, 2008. Web. December 10. 2013.