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Thursday, 1 September 2011

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

I revisit 2001 at least twice a year to remind myself why I love cinema.
I see men in monkey suits, a black motionless monolith, long periods of nothing happening and exercise. I hear heavy breathing and an apologetic computer and I'm utterly enthralled. It demands a lot from the viewer and if you partake it gives back even more, or it bores you rigid and makes you cry for momma. If philosophy, religion, science, pathos, terror and flashy lights in place of a conventional narrative scare you, then stay far away.

5 eye-openers out of 5

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