The other thing that bothers me about the movie is the location filming in England. I can’t get passed it because it looks nothing like America, and the American backdrop is crucial to the novel.
It was filmed in England? I didn’t know that.
One thing Kubrick did was he put the end part of the book as the very first scene of his adaptation. That didn’t work at all for those who had read the novel. Kubrick was known for taking liberties like that and in my opinion, it would have been much better to try and keep the film rich with the source material, as the end part of that novel is the absolute best part and he put it out of chronological order to try to be edgy and different. Doesn’t work for me.
While we’re talking about it, Shelly Winters was very good as the wife in that film.