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> “The essence of a dramatic form is to let an idea come over people without it being plainly stated,” he said. “When you say something directly, it is simply n

> “The essence of a dramatic form is to let an idea come over people without it being plainly stated,” he said. “When you say something directly, it is simply not as potent as it is when you allow people to discover it for themselves.” I watched 2001 with some friends on 1 January 2001. Unfortunately I picked the wrong group of friends, people who couldn't settle back into to the slow pace and no appreciation of mystery - they were constantly asking me to explain everything. Later that day I watched 2010 (by myself). That movie never raises a question that it doesn't answer within about 10 minutes.

ghaff 8y ago
Especially with editing styles in general being much more frenetic than they once were, 2001 is tough for a modern audience. And, if don’t basically know the background plot, it’s pretty inscrutable as it was at the time. Don’t get me wrong. It’s on my best movies list. But it’s going to be a bit tough for a first time, non movie buff audience today.
- Fricken 8y ago
  Popular audiences were just as baffled by 2001 when it was released as today. Arthur C Clarke had written a narration explaining everything and was dismayed to discover, at the premiere, that Kubrick had opted to drop the narration entirely. Thank God Kubrick was calling the shots and not Clarke.
rbanffy 8y ago
What really annoys me about Peter Hyams (and this is in all his movies I saw) is the constant fog. There's always some smoke on the set. I'd be seriously rattled to wake up inside a smoke-filled spaceship around Jupiter. But I like the touch of Curnow holding Maxim's hat. Their relationship is never mentioned in any other place in the movie. It was a nice touch (even though Max doesn't die in the book). There is a good comparison of both Discovery's at http://2010odysseyarchive.blogspot.com/2016/03/2001-versus-2010.html http://2010odysseyarchive.blogspot.com/2016/03/2001-versus-2...

ghaff 8y ago

Especially with editing styles in general being much more frenetic than they once were, 2001 is tough for a modern audience. And, if don’t basically know the background plot, it’s pretty inscrutable as it was at the time. Don’t get me wrong. It’s on my best movies list. But it’s going to be a bit tough for a first time, non movie buff audience today.

Fricken 8y ago
Popular audiences were just as baffled by 2001 when it was released as today. Arthur C Clarke had written a narration explaining everything and was dismayed to discover, at the premiere, that Kubrick had opted to drop the narration entirely. Thank God Kubrick was calling the shots and not Clarke.

rbanffy 8y ago

What really annoys me about Peter Hyams (and this is in all his movies I saw) is the constant fog. There's always some smoke on the set. I'd be seriously rattled to wake up inside a smoke-filled spaceship around Jupiter. But I like the touch of Curnow holding Maxim's hat. Their relationship is never mentioned in any other place in the movie. It was a nice touch (even though Max doesn't die in the book). There is a good comparison of both Discovery's at http://2010odysseyarchive.blogspot.com/2016/03/2001-versus-2010.html http://2010odysseyarchive.blogspot.com/2016/03/2001-versus-2...