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In Reply to: Re: Silent Movies: Two comments on your fine post posted by Bambi B on November 20, 2003 at 13:54:52:
There is no dialog at all for the first 19 minutes. What dialog then ensues is very perfunctory and banal. And after Hal is terminated there is no dialog at all!Was the Woody film "Love and Death"? (One of his funniest).
Best regards, Rico
Follow Ups:
Rico,Yes, the apes' discovery of technology was very srong without dialog or voice over. I have often thought about "2001" that the people were made purposely grey and lifeless- kind of appendages to the technology. Remember the cold, perfunctory birthday phone call between Discovery and his parents? In some ways I though that aspect was brilliant- the sublimation of the people to the machines- all the focus on brand names and how the shuttle galley works, the 'gravity' shoes, and etc are more focussed on than the characters who have no real personality.
And many, many thanks for mentioning "Love and Death". You are the prize winner here today- I'm sure you're correct.
Cheers,
Bambi B
I totally agree with your observation about the dehumanized people in 2001. This has been my impressio0n since first seeing it in Cinerama in 1968, the first of hundreds of screenings. I love when, on the Moon bus, the host congratulates Floyd on "...a hellava spech. I'm sure it beefed up morale".2001 is my favorite film and I've owned it on every video incarnation and now have the splendid anamorphic 5.1 DVD where they finally got it right.
Of late, I've come to enjoy how the "feud" between Frank and Hal gets off to a subtle start from the gitgo when Poole refers to Hal as "just another person" (how insulting to a computer!).
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