| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient 00:13 - Jul 9 with 5610 views | Ryorry |
Haven't seen it since first released in 1968! Just amazing, and almost half a century ahead of time, got so much right - ISS, Jupiter mission etc.
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| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 00:33 - Jul 9 with 5577 views | factual_blue |
Which Stanley Kubrick films feature sequences shot on location in Suffolk? |  |
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| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 01:15 - Jul 9 with 5568 views | BlueBadger |
| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 00:33 - Jul 9 by factual_blue |
Which Stanley Kubrick films feature sequences shot on location in Suffolk? |
Apparently, the '2001' monolith' sequence was supposed to have been shot in Norfolk, until Kubrick realised that the idea of the locals engaging with something from outside their sphere of knowledge AND being improved by it was totally ridiculous. [Post edited 9 Jul 2017 9:55]
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| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 02:23 - Jul 9 with 5529 views | feelingblue |
One of the best half dozen films ever made.
It would never be made now - requires too much thinking for a modern audience. |  | | |
| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 05:06 - Jul 9 with 5486 views | Ryorry |
| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 02:23 - Jul 9 by feelingblue |
One of the best half dozen films ever made.
It would never be made now - requires too much thinking for a modern audience. |
Joint top 3 for me (can't decide the order!)
The other two are Slaughterhouse Five https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaughterhouse-Five_(film)
and Shooting the Past http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/523425/ (although technically it's a TV drama rather than cinema film).
Ironic that 2 of the 3 could be classified as sci-fi, a genre which I otherwise have zero interest in and tend to swerve!
It's a measure of 2001 that my eyes remained glued to every single last one of the credits until the The End. Master of Wardrobe - Hardy Amies! Music - Kachaturian, Johann Straus2, Richard Strauss, Ligeti. And half a century later, I'm still pondering over all the possible meanings of the final sequences, and still finding it all simultaneously baffling, comforting and spiritually lifting. | |
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| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 06:21 - Jul 9 with 5459 views | Sibelius8 |
Stanley Kubrick commissioned Alex North (an excellent film composer: e.g. Spartacus) to write the music for 2001. It was duly written and recorded. Alex North, at the film's premiere, only then discovered to his great surprise that Kubrick had used completely different music for the finished film! There are DVDs of the movie with North's music available. Fascinating. |  | | |
| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 09:56 - Jul 9 with 5370 views | BlueBadger |
| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 01:37 - Jul 9 by Ryorry |
Bloody computers. Kept telling everyone so, none would listen  |
'compootas' in this context, surely? | |
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| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 10:03 - Jul 9 with 5357 views | factual_blue |
| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 09:56 - Jul 9 by BlueBadger |
'compootas' in this context, surely? |
'Devil machine' | |
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| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 10:17 - Jul 9 with 5337 views | factual_blue |
| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 10:03 - Jul 9 by factual_blue |
'Devil machine' |
Oh - and the two Kubrick films were Barry Lyndon (Lavenham Guildhall) and Eyes Wide Shut (Elveden Hall). | |
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| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 10:35 - Jul 9 with 5311 views | Lord_Lucan |
| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 02:23 - Jul 9 by feelingblue |
One of the best half dozen films ever made.
It would never be made now - requires too much thinking for a modern audience. |
I've never seen it. |  |
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| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 10:36 - Jul 9 with 5317 views | StokieBlue |
Great film incredibly well made and directed.
Clarke got a lot of stuff right (science fiction has a habit of predicting science pretty well), although he was way out on the timescales (probably due to the fact it was the height of the space race and vast sums of money were being spent - if it had continued he would probably have been quite accurate).
One of his more pertinent predictions was communication satellites which he predicted in a novel in 1945 - could you imagine the world without them now?
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| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 10:41 - Jul 9 with 5309 views | MJallday |
| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 10:35 - Jul 9 by Lord_Lucan |
I've never seen it. |
ends a bit weirdly - but its a good film - stands the test of time.
i rewatched L4yer Cake last night - Daniel Craig was blooming excellent in that. |  |
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| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 10:45 - Jul 9 with 5299 views | Lord_Lucan |
| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 10:41 - Jul 9 by MJallday |
ends a bit weirdly - but its a good film - stands the test of time.
i rewatched L4yer Cake last night - Daniel Craig was blooming excellent in that. |
I like that film but it is one that the wife would never entertain watching so it's off the list.
I thought Daniel Craig was at his most excellent in Our Friends in the North. | |
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| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 11:09 - Jul 9 with 5283 views | MJallday |
| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 10:45 - Jul 9 by Lord_Lucan |
I like that film but it is one that the wife would never entertain watching so it's off the list.
I thought Daniel Craig was at his most excellent in Our Friends in the North. |
ive not seen that one. ill put it on the list
l4yer cake is very clever, it took a couple of watches to figure out how the story line actually hangs together/works. which i think is how all good films should be.
i know what you mean, mrs mj simply wont entertain some films because of the violence elements.
i feel the same about her poldark/jane austin nonsence. | |
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| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 12:23 - Jul 9 with 5230 views | Lord_Lucan |
| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 11:09 - Jul 9 by MJallday |
ive not seen that one. ill put it on the list
l4yer cake is very clever, it took a couple of watches to figure out how the story line actually hangs together/works. which i think is how all good films should be.
i know what you mean, mrs mj simply wont entertain some films because of the violence elements.
i feel the same about her poldark/jane austin nonsence. |
Our friends in the north is like a nine part series going from the 60's to the then current day. It's brilliant and Gina McKee is lovely. | |
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| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 17:54 - Jul 9 with 5161 views | Ryorry |
| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 06:21 - Jul 9 by Sibelius8 |
Stanley Kubrick commissioned Alex North (an excellent film composer: e.g. Spartacus) to write the music for 2001. It was duly written and recorded. Alex North, at the film's premiere, only then discovered to his great surprise that Kubrick had used completely different music for the finished film! There are DVDs of the movie with North's music available. Fascinating. |
Yes, read that on Wiki - and apparently he abandoned Frank Cordell and his score too!
At the risk of sounding a bit naff, the Wiki stuff on the production of the film really is worth reading, full of fascinating background detail. | |
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| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 19:05 - Jul 9 with 5130 views | Bent_double |
| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 12:23 - Jul 9 by Lord_Lucan |
Our friends in the north is like a nine part series going from the 60's to the then current day. It's brilliant and Gina McKee is lovely. |
Loved that series! Wasn't it the making of all of them: Daniel Craig, Mark Strong, Christopher Ecclestone and McKee? They've all go onto do great stuff since. |  |
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| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 19:22 - Jul 9 with 5107 views | Lord_Lucan |
| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 19:05 - Jul 9 by Bent_double |
Loved that series! Wasn't it the making of all of them: Daniel Craig, Mark Strong, Christopher Ecclestone and McKee? They've all go onto do great stuff since. |
It remains one of my favourites of all time, I could happily re watch the whole lot right now.
They were all having fair careers although Christopher Ecclestone more than the others, Daniel Craig was probably the least known - but yes, I think it acted as a bit of a springboard for most of them.
I met Donald Sumpter in The Cock and Pye just after it was aired and he recognised that it was a truly fantastic series and had particular praise for Daniel Craig. | |
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| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 19:32 - Jul 9 with 5103 views | WeWereZombies |
| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 10:35 - Jul 9 by Lord_Lucan |
I've never seen it. |
Whilst it is true of most screenplays adapted from a book '2001' especially rewards the viewer who reads the book first as you can then concentrate on the luxurious quality of the film without puzzling about the meaning. One of the must see films (I guess that is another thread idea for the close season doldrums). |  |
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| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 19:38 - Jul 9 with 5097 views | Lord_Lucan |
| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 19:32 - Jul 9 by WeWereZombies |
Whilst it is true of most screenplays adapted from a book '2001' especially rewards the viewer who reads the book first as you can then concentrate on the luxurious quality of the film without puzzling about the meaning. One of the must see films (I guess that is another thread idea for the close season doldrums). |
They said that recently on here about Zulu so I watched it and it was a load of pony. | |
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| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 21:38 - Jul 9 with 5062 views | eireblue |
He definitely hit a peak, the special effects in the space film he released the year after were a bit ropey. |  | | |
| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 23:11 - Jul 9 with 5019 views | WeWereZombies |
| 2001 A Space Odyssey on BBC2 now (started 11.15pm). Astonishingly prescient on 19:38 - Jul 9 by Lord_Lucan |
They said that recently on here about Zulu so I watched it and it was a load of pony. |
Honestly, 'Zulu' is a great film. You need to think about why it didn't grip you, read the wikipedia page on Rorke's Drift maybe and consider how things went after that in South Africa. Pretty crucial element of colonial history and the development of warfare that is still reverberating today. | |
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