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Sean 
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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 Posted - 11/22/2013 : 04:18:59
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Originally posted by 14Babe
Sorry, chaps, but regarding acting ... you're just both wrong.
I'm unsure what you're referring to here. If a gastronome in a restaurant thinks the food is delicious, then it is delicious irrespective of whether or not he has ever set foot in a kitchen, and irrespective of the chef / sous-chef conflict that may exist in the kitchen.
I've seen about 3000 movies which qualifies me to have a strong opinion as to whether the acting I'm seeing on the screen hits the spot or not (even though I've never seen a movie set). And I say that Kubrick's actors hit the spot (while I'm quite prepared to concede that others may wish some of his actors did things differently). And it's irrelevant to me whether his actors felt their style was cramped or whether or not they thought they could have done a better job by doing things differently. What I see and hear is the only thing I care about when movie-watching. |
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randall 
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 11/22/2013 : 09:36:07
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I've felt comfortable expressing my opinions on movies for decades now, because I believe that nearly all criticism boils down to the answer to this simple question: how did it affect me? [The rest answers, how will it affect others?]
The tension between actor and director -- and, in many wonderful cases, the commonality of purpose of both artists despite their shared struggle -- exists in other performing arts as well. What's the difference between a bull and an orchestra? On a bull, the horns are up front and the asshole's in the rear! |
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 11/23/2013 : 00:39:32
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Originally posted by randa14
I watched the first :40 just last night, to hear that divine "spacey" welcome-in music again and to let the goddam space phallus penetrate the space vagina. Then, when William Sylvester hit the screen, I realized it was very late and I shut it off.
I have the DVD (but not the BD), I guess I'll have to have a look for that one at some stage, curious about that spacey music.
It's sort of a soft cascading electronic wave that moves closer and farther away; Ligeti for dummies. Anyhow, it is still a primal connection to my first teenaged view of 2001, and it can still make the hairs on the back of my neck rise in anticipation whenever I hear it.
On reflection, I think it must be a quote from "Atmospheres," which I'd never heard before because I hadn't yet seen the last reel. If I'm right, the same piece delivers a frisson as an overture against black that it can't replicate against the mind-blowing stargate. Interesting. |
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 11/24/2013 : 02:20:53
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| P.S.: If 2001 is "perfect," then how does Dr. Floyd's tapioca-colored food slide back down in his straw, in "zero gravity"? |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 11/24/2013 : 04:50:56
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Originally posted by randa14
P.S.: If 2001 is "perfect," then how does Dr. Floyd's tapioca-colored food slide back down in his straw, in "zero gravity"?
 Guess I missed that bit. But don't worry, I sure as hell won't miss it next time I watch it!  Perhaps I'll have to downgrade it to 9/10?
Another reason to netflix the BD version sooner rather than later. Time for another look...
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Stanley Kubrick
