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Aug 3, 2018 - 10:36 AM
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CCW1970
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What a great description of your appreciation for 2001. Thanks for sharing!
I agree that far too many regard Kubrick as a genius, and dismiss any nuanced criticism of his work as either disingenuous, or "just not getting it." The flip side is just as annoying ("Kubrick's films are cold, sterile, and clearly display a dark, negative view of humanity.") Whatever the merits of either side, they both miss something in the films by not looking at them as movies to enjoy.
I've seen a couple of 70mm screenings of 2001. Alas, I missed this last one. It really is a spectacular film, and your description of the acting style makes me appreciate it even more. I hadn't thought of it in that way before.
I recall when Varese Sarabande released the Goldsmith recording of North's score, and really loving that CD. I find directors who are too controlling with scores to be undercutting a really great tool in storytelling, and it's always been a pet peeve of mine with Kubrick. That said, I think you're right about the classical music being effective in 2001 (given the oft mentioned caveat that we only know the film with this music, and might feel differently had North's score been used to begin with all those years ago).
"John Alcott's cinematography (probably the most convincing interiors-as-exteriors in cinema history)..." Indeed! Every time I watch the film, I marvel at how good the "Dawn of Man" sequence looks, given all of it was shot on a sound-stage. Incredible.
The only other interiors-as-exteriors that even comes close is Alex Thomson's work, along with Assheton Gorton & Leslie Dilley, on Ridley Scott's Legend.
I have a copy of a great 1970 book Jerome Agel edited, The Making of Kubrick's 2001, which has one of my all time favorite quotes from Arthur C. Clarke:
"Every time I have a conversation with Stanley, I need to lie down for a while."
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