Candice Bergen as the SAL 9000!
I'm afraid to verify this!
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 December 2005 20:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 2 December 2005 20:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 December 2005 20:44 (eighteen years ago) link
I realized the key in your last post though as to why you would like Steve McQueen; I mean he barely says anything in the vast majority of his movies. Everyone wins.
― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 2 December 2005 20:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― detoxyDancer (sexyDancer), Friday, 2 December 2005 20:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 2 December 2005 20:56 (eighteen years ago) link
Tell me more
― sleep (sleep), Friday, 2 December 2005 20:56 (eighteen years ago) link
Usually. Especially THE BIG GAME climax. Cept for that awesome Bollywood cricket musical.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 December 2005 20:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― detoxyDancer (sexyDancer), Friday, 2 December 2005 21:00 (eighteen years ago) link
Also... Keir Dullea way hotter than Steve McQueen.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 December 2005 21:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 2 December 2005 21:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish hobo juckie (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 2 December 2005 22:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― shieldforyoureyes, Friday, 2 December 2005 22:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― sleep (sleep), Friday, 2 December 2005 23:07 (eighteen years ago) link
Except The Bad News Bears, which is terrific. (The original, obvs.)
― phil d. (Phil D.), Friday, 2 December 2005 23:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Saturday, 3 December 2005 00:00 (eighteen years ago) link
Nahhh. 80-foot screen minimum, 120 pref'd.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 5 December 2005 21:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 17:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 17:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 17:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 17:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 17:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 17:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― andrew m., Tuesday, 27 March 2007 18:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― ghost rider, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 18:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 18:37 (seventeen years ago) link
You could make an argument that perhaps Dave is even more robotic than HAL
― M.V., Tuesday, 27 March 2007 19:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― That one guy that quit, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 19:34 (seventeen years ago) link
A former MGM publicist details the saving of 2001's marketing.
"Why doesn't Pauline Kael like my movie?"
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 2 November 2007 15:22 (sixteen years ago) link
That article is so annoying. About half of it is the guy talking about how much Kubrick respected and liked him.
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 2 November 2007 15:42 (sixteen years ago) link
This just came out on Blu-ray along with A Clockwork Orange, uncensored Eyes Wide Shut and a deluxe edition Full Metal Jacket. Want.
― marmotwolof, Friday, 2 November 2007 15:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Did Kael really love The Bible?
― Eric H., Friday, 2 November 2007 15:51 (sixteen years ago) link
When the film came out, Stanley set up an office in the conference room on the 26th floor of the MGM building. Tearsheets of ads and reviews from every publication lined the walls. The Monitor essay had to be reprinted immediately, as an ad in the following Sunday's New York Times (Adler's weak review had just appeared) and for insurance sake, in the next issue of the Village Voice, in case Sarris was negative. Most importantly, it had to be read as an editorial; it could not look like an advertisement. The only commercial information would be a discreet line at the very end stating "2001: A Space Odyssey is showing at Loew's Capitol theatre."
Stanley got it immediately. Our plan was that I'd make the case and he'd play back-up if necessary. My boss bought the concept; there was nothing to lose. Business was well below average for a major release. And I was the film's designated point man, having Kubrick's trust. Advertising layouts were ordered immediately. But when the mock-ups arrived, I was shaken. Instead of an editorial look, the Monitor reprint was contained within the standard corporate information: MGM credits and the distinctive unfolding Cinerama logo fought the copy. It was too radical to remove the studio's corporate identity. The intended impact would be lost.
Stanley made his move. Privately, he went to the studio bosses to talk about the film's future openings, saw the mock-ups, and walked out with the layout we wanted - his calm logic prevailing. The advertising agency also delivered with placement. On Sunday, the piece appeared opposite the New York Times' main film page, making it look like a two-page editorial spread. There was nothing stating it was a paid ad. On Thursday, it ran opposite Sarris' lengthy negative review in the Village Voice. The campaign to turn the tide was engaged.
awesome, he invented the advertorial. hurray for this guy.
― s1ocki, Friday, 2 November 2007 15:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Sarris, out of touch, always
― sexyDancer, Friday, 2 November 2007 16:02 (sixteen years ago) link
xp
Well, I don't think this was the first time an advertorial was done. (Eric, I was wondering the same.)
sD, nearly every 'major' critic panned the film. John Simon called it "a shaggy God story."
I just am endlessly amused that the studio was expecting Flash Gordon from SK, even at that point. Did they read the Clarke story?
Unless I'm mistaken, I went to a screening last night on the 28th floor of the old MGM building cited there.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 2 November 2007 16:05 (sixteen years ago) link
im pretty psyched to watch this again... just got that new kubes box set.
― s1ocki, Friday, 2 November 2007 16:09 (sixteen years ago) link
wish there was a way to abbrev 'box set'.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, 2 November 2007 16:12 (sixteen years ago) link
'BS' I had S4rr1s in school.
― sexyDancer, Friday, 2 November 2007 16:12 (sixteen years ago) link
-- That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, November 2, 2007 4:12 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link
lol
― s1ocki, Friday, 2 November 2007 16:14 (sixteen years ago) link
s1ocki not bothered by aspect ratio futzing?
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 2 November 2007 16:15 (sixteen years ago) link
what's the futzing? it's UN-futzed no?
― s1ocki, Friday, 2 November 2007 16:16 (sixteen years ago) link
the versions on the new dvds are the theatrical, not tv
I haven't followed it, I just know there was clusternerding over it.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 2 November 2007 16:17 (sixteen years ago) link
it's tricky cos el kubo *preffered* tv framing or something. but telecine is not a 'right or wrong' thing and there's always someone who thinks they've been cheated.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, 2 November 2007 16:19 (sixteen years ago) link
no, he preferred the tv framing for home video (so i hear) / tv. this is all before 16:9 tvs became the thing.
― s1ocki, Friday, 2 November 2007 16:20 (sixteen years ago) link
exactly.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, 2 November 2007 16:21 (sixteen years ago) link
he just hated the black bars. so there you go
― s1ocki, Friday, 2 November 2007 16:21 (sixteen years ago) link
The AR debate is mainly perpetuated by nerds who insist on calling square compositions Kubrickian because, apparently, TV was their first exposure to most of his films.
― Eric H., Friday, 2 November 2007 16:39 (sixteen years ago) link
This is the box that has the daughter's making-of-The Shining doc, yes?
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 2 November 2007 16:40 (sixteen years ago) link
The previous DVD version of The Shining had it too. You're asking because you want to see Shelly Duvall get knocked around more than she does in the main feature, right?
― Eric H., Friday, 2 November 2007 16:44 (sixteen years ago) link