I pretty much agree, though as an Arthur C. Clarke fan I do appreciate 2001.
I particularly love the fact that the million-year "jump forward," in which the bone becomes a satellite orbiting the earth was the result of Kubrick "burning off" 50 feet of 16mm film left in his camera (that he used to see where he had gone wrong with a scene) …
I pretty much agree, though as an Arthur C. Clarke fan I do appreciate 2001.
I particularly love the fact that the million-year "jump forward," in which the bone becomes a satellite orbiting the earth was the result of Kubrick "burning off" 50 feet of 16mm film left in his camera (that he used to see where he had gone wrong with a scene) as he and Clarke walked back to the production office after the waterhole scene was filmed - Kubrick tossing the bone and shooting it. They had been arguing for weeks over how to make the transition, and that night they watched the dailies, and there was Kubrick's "burn off" and they both realized that was "it."
I pretty much agree, though as an Arthur C. Clarke fan I do appreciate 2001.
I particularly love the fact that the million-year "jump forward," in which the bone becomes a satellite orbiting the earth was the result of Kubrick "burning off" 50 feet of 16mm film left in his camera (that he used to see where he had gone wrong with a scene) as he and Clarke walked back to the production office after the waterhole scene was filmed - Kubrick tossing the bone and shooting it. They had been arguing for weeks over how to make the transition, and that night they watched the dailies, and there was Kubrick's "burn off" and they both realized that was "it."
that's the best moment in the movie. unfortunately, it comes about five minutes in...