Posted on 07/31/2012 12:35:37 PM PDT by EveningStar
What if 2001 had been released as a modern summer blockbuster?
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Along these lines is this trailer:
Eraserhead Alternate Trailer - If it were a quirky comedy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk8Pb8p4qNM
BUT I prefer this edit clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQbGsOVHGoU
...it’s better than Buñuel.
A lot of the major critics of the time (Sarris, Kaufman, John Simon) didn’t like it. Some of them have since changed their mind. The slow unfolding nature of it is part of the effect. It could not be told any other way keeping the themes intact. It totally envelops and grabs me every time I watch it. You probably don’t like ‘Barry Lyndon’ either right?
My favorite one of all time (WARNING: LOTS OF PROFANITY)
Glen & Gary and Glen & Ross
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QipAqdomO3I
Pretty slow. However, I loved "Dr. Strangelove"...in fact, it's one of my favorite all-time movies, and I watch it every time I can. I like "Clockwork Orange" as well. "Paths Of Glory" was interesting. The sad fact is Stanley Kubrick believed his own press clippings too much. He thought he could make any kind of film he wanted. The other half of the Kubrick mythology are the people who thought Stanley defecated gold every time he did something. The real overall result: Kubrick made some excellent flicks, and he made a number of turkeys. No matter how arty a film is, it still has to tell a compelling story. Kubrick forgot that number one dictum in some of his flicks.
After Strangelove he only made six films. ACO was probably the worst along with Full Metal Jacket. 2001, Barry Lyndon, The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut were great however. I found all of them completely engaging and compelling. The story of 2001 is as compelling as you can get: mankind’s next step...
Thanks for the info. I have an almost completely opposite reaction of yours to Kubrick’s films. I found “The Shining” and “Eyes Wide Shut” (the little I could stand of the latter) to be exceptionally tedious.
He improved on King’s novel considerably. There was all sorts of stuff going on in The Shining between the lines. It’s endlessly rewatchable. EWS got panned upon release and has since experienced a surge in its reputation.
Sometimes when it seems there’s nothing there, nothing is there.
It didn’t seem that way. That’s the Argument used against all difficult art...Picasso, Joyce.
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