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mknod  ·  3669 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 2001: A Space Odyssey - Discussion Thread.

Kubrick was a photographer before a movie maker. To me the best scenes are the ones where emotion and thought can be dissected by simply taking a still from the film.





iammyownrushmore  ·  3669 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't think this is lost on him, he is a master of non-motion, that's for sure. I'm also a big Tarkovsky fan, and he looooves his long, draw-out, barely breathing meditations, but it can be a bit like taking a single chord from a song and hoping it has the same effect. While it can be accomplished occasionally, movies and music are both beholden to the passing of time and motion.