I admit I thought this film ran on too long as well. The thing is, this sort of imagery would have been absolutely amazing and revolutionary for movies at that time, and I can understand why certain shots are so long-- to allow the audience to marvel at it all. It still looks very good, but we've become jaded by all the special effects that regularly innudate what we watch that "2001" is not necessarily special in that way anymore.
I love watching this film. Especially the silent scenes.
HAL is one twisted motherf*****. Fortunately, I don't think we'll ever create such a high level of AI. On the other, in hundreds of years, I bet irony will hit me hard.
Easily my favorite sci-fi film of all time, and half the time I don't even know if I should call it a sci-fi film.
And YES I watched it the first, and every other time entierly sober and was FASCINATED and in TOTAL LOVE every second. And I saw it for the first time as a very small boy. So those of you who needs drugs to enjoy brilliant films, poo on you. This film more then any in history warrants a 100% sober mind to get any kind of appreciation, feeling, understanding, or love for.
I read these books and saw the film and a perfect moment in my life...it sort of acted as a affirmation of other ideas that had begun to mix around and I'll never be the same
The shot you use above the cut is actually my favourite in the film. It's just so haunting and strange, as if whatever is happening is beyond the level of knowledge that we are at at the moment - which is why it might as well manifest as a strange bedroom as well as anything else! I just think it's a beautiful, beautiful film, although some parts really scared me when I was a child.
I don't favour an explicitly religious interpretation of the film myself, but I've always found it interesting that the Vatican once named 2001 as one of the best movies of all time!
Glad you liked the stills! I can't imagine anyone being really able to understand this movie at 7th grade, I'm a bit surprised your teacher screened it for you guys :P
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I'm actually working on using Hal's final speech as a monologue for auditions. It's pretty intense.
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HAL is one twisted motherf*****. Fortunately, I don't think we'll ever create such a high level of AI. On the other, in hundreds of years, I bet irony will hit me hard.
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And YES I watched it the first, and every other time entierly sober and was FASCINATED and in TOTAL LOVE every second. And I saw it for the first time as a very small boy. So those of you who needs drugs to enjoy brilliant films, poo on you. This film more then any in history warrants a 100% sober mind to get any kind of appreciation, feeling, understanding, or love for.
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2010 isn't bad either, but not as good.
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I was about to cap this and probably still will
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I don't favour an explicitly religious interpretation of the film myself, but I've always found it interesting that the Vatican once named 2001 as one of the best movies of all time!
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I remember my Life Science teacher showing this to us in the 7th grade. We were all like "bwuh?". Strange but greatly fascinating.
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