Re: [FairfieldLife] For you film buffs out there: 2001 in 70 mm
I saw 2001 in 1968 in San Francisco. I rather liked the film because it was
largely visual. Kubrick was deliberately cool, showing how the human race,
after a vigorous beginning, had all of its fervour sapped by its own
technology, it had become jaded. One reviewer at that time said the film was
about the evolution of man from ape to angel. The original premier was some 20
to 30 minutes longer I hear, but the New York critics, always generally
unfavourable to the creative enterprise, panned it. So Kubrick cut the film
more tightly, and even then it was a long, silent film without much explanation
for American audiences who tend to scientific illiteracy. I think the film was
intended to inspire a certain wonder in the cosmos, and was a celebration of
intelligence in the universe. I saw the film, again in 70mm, in New York City
in 2001
Roger Ebert's review:
2001: A Space Odyssey Movie Review (1968) | Roger Ebert
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From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
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Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] For you film buffs out there: 2001 in 70 mm
I saw 2001 in 1968 at the Cinerama is Seattle. The print may have been
70mm not the three strip Cinerama. But I'm not a big fan of the film as it
seemed a bit stiff and cold.
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Re: [FairfieldLife] For you film buffs out there: 2001 in 70 mm
I saw 2001 in 1968 at the Cinerama is Seattle. The print may have been 70mm not the three strip Cinerama. But I'm not a big fan of the film as it seemed a bit stiff and cold. Speaking of Seattle I got a kick out of iZombie because it is set in Seattle. The TV station in the pilot episode is a real TV station and probably now the CW affiliate. But back in the day it was just an independent TV station and the jazz trio I was in played as house band on a weekly TV show there. That was the show that two weeks after I learned TM had Jerry Jarvis as a guest. We also had a number of famous Hollywood folks as guests including Jackie Coogan who was fun to chat with. On 03/18/2015 10:52 PM, ultrarishi wrote: This has absolutely nothing to do with any topic of late, but I am such a huge fan of film, 70mm film and 2001: a space odyssey. Now you know our plans for the weekend. BTW, they've sold out 4 performances and most like the 5th by the time the weekend is here. Films of Future Past http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/films-of-future-past/Content?oid=15208048 image http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/films-of-future-past/Content?oid=15208048 Films of Future Past http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/films-of-future-past/Content?oid=15208048 With 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Hollywood Theatre brings 70mm back to Portland. View on www.portlandmercury.com http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/films-of-future-past/Content?oid=15208048 Preview by Yahoo
Re: [FairfieldLife] For you film buffs out there: 2001 in 70 mm
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : I saw 2001 in 1968 at the Cinerama is Seattle. The print may have been 70mm not the three strip Cinerama. But I'm not a big fan of the film as it seemed a bit stiff and cold. Ah, that's the Kubrick trademark. I like it as it gives a weirdly disconnected and unemotional look to a film, like either him or me is autistic. Unique if nothing else. I know it's a trivial part of a sci-fi film but the special effects in that film haven't been bettered. In fact it looks better than any CGI monstrosity you get these days. There isn't the same sense of spectacle going to see a movie now as you know everything is done on a computer. But then I know someone who does animation the hard way and they did a bit in a Harry Potter film. It took months of hard slog and when I saw the 1 minute piece I thought it was a computer aided sketch. She was most unimpressed. Go figure.. Speaking of Seattle I got a kick out of iZombie because it is set in Seattle. The TV station in the pilot episode is a real TV station and probably now the CW affiliate. But back in the day it was just an independent TV station and the jazz trio I was in played as house band on a weekly TV show there. That was the show that two weeks after I learned TM had Jerry Jarvis as a guest. We also had a number of famous Hollywood folks as guests including Jackie Coogan who was fun to chat with. On 03/18/2015 10:52 PM, ultrarishi wrote: This has absolutely nothing to do with any topic of late, but I am such a huge fan of film, 70mm film and 2001: a space odyssey. Now you know our plans for the weekend. BTW, they've sold out 4 performances and most like the 5th by the time the weekend is here. Films of Future Past Films of Future Past With 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Hollywood Theatre brings 70mm back to Portland. View on www.portlandmercury.com Preview by Yahoo
Re: [FairfieldLife] For you film buffs out there: 2001 in 70 mm
On 03/19/2015 09:27 AM, salyavin808 wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : I saw 2001 in 1968 at the Cinerama is Seattle. The print may have been 70mm not the three strip Cinerama. But I'm not a big fan of the film as it seemed a bit stiff and cold. Ah, that's the Kubrick trademark. I like it as it gives a weirdly disconnected and unemotional look to a film, like either him or me is autistic. Unique if nothing else. I know it's a trivial part of a sci-fi film but the special effects in that film haven't been bettered. In fact it looks better than any CGI monstrosity you get these days. There isn't the same sense of spectacle going to see a movie now as you know everything is done on a computer. Back in the mid-1990s I was on the steering committee of a consortium called Skills Net. It was a consortium of Hollywood and Silicon Valley trying to figure out how to get colleges to graduate more computer artists. The Warner Brothers rep said he could only find two qualified graduates for that year in the whole US. Much of CGI was outsourced to other countries and the FOX rep talked about their experiences outsourcing to Korea and getting back an animation of Homer Simpson running backwards. I asked our artists why there weren't more artists going into CGI for film and they told me it was boring and not creative at all. So basically what the industry needed to do was hired draftsmen. But then I know someone who does animation the hard way and they did a bit in a Harry Potter film. It took months of hard slog and when I saw the 1 minute piece I thought it was a computer aided sketch. She was most unimpressed. Go figure.. Speaking of Seattle I got a kick out of iZombie because it is set in Seattle. The TV station in the pilot episode is a real TV station and probably now the CW affiliate. But back in the day it was just an independent TV station and the jazz trio I was in played as house band on a weekly TV show there. That was the show that two weeks after I learned TM had Jerry Jarvis as a guest. We also had a number of famous Hollywood folks as guests including Jackie Coogan who was fun to chat with. On 03/18/2015 10:52 PM, ultrarishi wrote: This has absolutely nothing to do with any topic of late, but I am such a huge fan of film, 70mm film and 2001: a space odyssey. Now you know our plans for the weekend. BTW, they've sold out 4 performances and most like the 5th by the time the weekend is here. Films of Future Past http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/films-of-future-past/Content?oid=15208048 image http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/films-of-future-past/Content?oid=15208048 Films of Future Past http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/films-of-future-past/Content?oid=15208048 With 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Hollywood Theatre brings 70mm back to Portland. View on www.portlandmercury.com http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/films-of-future-past/Content?oid=15208048 Preview by Yahoo
[FairfieldLife] For you film buffs out there: 2001 in 70 mm
This has absolutely nothing to do with any topic of late, but I am such a huge fan of film, 70mm film and 2001: a space odyssey. Now you know our plans for the weekend. BTW, they've sold out 4 performances and most like the 5th by the time the weekend is here. Films of Future Past http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/films-of-future-past/Content?oid=15208048 http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/films-of-future-past/Content?oid=15208048 Films of Future Past http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/films-of-future-past/Content?oid=15208048 With 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Hollywood Theatre brings 70mm back to Portland. View on www.portlandmercury.com http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/films-of-future-past/Content?oid=15208048 Preview by Yahoo
