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I recently watched 2001 again. The only part I find a bit dated: The acid-trippy scene that kind of drags on too long. I suppose if someone was actually stoned it might be better. Other than that, and some screeching stinger notes, the movie is amazing.
I enjoy Lynch, especially Hopper in 'Blue Velvet', but I don't know if I can stand watchingSting's performance in 'Dune' ever again! Sting, "I will kill you, I will!!!"No need for violence, Sting, baby, just put on your most recent elevator music of Police songs....that will put me 6 feet under!
Hey Tyson, whaddya think of Terrence Malick? Maybe not the complex layering of images of SK, but a wonderfully visual director IMHO.
The recent 'tv-ish' short series was much better.
Back on the EWS topic - another thing to notice, Kubrick uses paintings to comment on what's happening in the lives of the characters. For example, when Dr. Bill is in his office, he asks his receptionist for coffee. Behind him, on the wall, is a painting of some coffee beans! And, during his argument with his wife, he makes the point that he is very clinical and removed from any sexual thoughts while at the office. But, if you notice, there is a painting of a couple "en flagrante" on his walls. Or, later, when Bill is in the coffee shop about to read the paper reporting the death of the prostitute who "saved" him at the black mass, the paintings/pictures on the wall are all of women from different points of history, all while Mozart's Requiem plays in the background. It's not just the death of one woman who was abused and cast aside, but rather of ALL women who have been chewed up by men with power over them. Or, later, when he's confronting Victor Ziegler in the pool room, there's a shot of Victor standing above Bill, while Bill is leaning on the pool table. Above Ziegler's shoulder is a painting of a dog and his master, in the same positions. The message is again clear - Bill is the dog/servant, and Ziegler is clearly the master.As Denzel Washington says in Training Day - "This sh!t just gets deeper..."
But, if he transcended his humanity, he also likely transcended the boundaries of time What if the monoliths were created and put in place by Bowman?.........What if Bowman set in motion all the events that resulted in his own transcendence? THAT would be a very Kubrickian idea, indeed!
John Adams, even the patriot-along with a dozen others.
With Paul Giamatti? The HBO series? I got it in blu-ray last fall, and very much enjoyed it!
I am watching Berry Lyndon. I just hit pause about :35 in to say that the transfer is grainy and not incredibly vivid. The soundtrack wasn't touched either. The narration at times is a device that dumbs down the movie by stating the obvious. (Telling of the "accident" which allows him to desert for example just before it happens). It was a simple even that didn't require an explanation.
