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www.mutantreviewers.com - : It is an amazing movie, though. I used to really dislike it, and actually hadn’t seen it in like a decade. But my friend is so into I decided to give it a whirl, even though I could only find a VHS rental copy. It’s good. It’s like the crazy work by Grant Morrison or the more abstract of famous abstract art pieces, where the more you read/watch it the more questions it stimulates and the more first date conversation fodder it produces. What is the black monolith all about? Who put it in the places it is found? How many are there? What’s with the long lightshow? If you can figure it out, e-mail me and let’s talk. That’s the gift Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke have given us. Thanks, guys! more...
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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : It was e. e. cummings, the poet, who said he'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach 10,000 stars how not to dance. I imagine cummings would not have enjoyed Stanley Kubrick's ''2001: A Space more...
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www.boxoffice.com - : The least that can be said for Stanley Kubrick's ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' is that this production is an overwhelming visual experience, supplemented by an imaginative use of all the divergent elements which go into filmmaking. The most that can be said for this MGM roadshow presentation in Cinerama, filmed in Super Panavision and Metrocolor, is that once again, as so rarely happens in film history, an individual talent -- Kubrick -- has widened and exalted the art of the film by his vision, dedication and uncompromising creative approach to the medium so often called the ''synthesis of all art forms.'' more...
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