Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is a film largely defined by a split between human visceral drives, and mechanical narrative detachment. The film appears to privilege visceral images (including the psychedelic Stargate scene in the film’s concluding segment, “Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite”) as a means of creating an enigmatic affective experience which prompts immersion in the film. Instead, Kubrick is more concerned with providing a strong visceral experience over narrative meaning, as evidenced in his assertion that the Stargate sequence’s “meaning has to be found on a sort of visceral, psychological level rather than in a specific literal interpretation When considering Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, pensive spectatorship is particularly …show more content…
HAL and the monoliths are indeed the film’s most interesting and enigmatic figures; in fact, numerous critics such as Robert Kolker, Michael Mateas, and Christopher Rowe have pointed out the fact that HAL has “more feelings than any of the human characters inhabiting the film” (Kolker, Introduction 9; Mateas 106; Rowe 44). Thus, these cyborgs are compelling figures which help to immerse spectators within the film as captivating enigmas, but their enigmatic nature disrupts the narrative’s clarity because of their opacity. For example, the film depicts monoliths on various locations throughout the universe, but their origin and fundamental purpose are not clearly explained to the …show more content…
While the loneliness of nihilism has always been possible, it lacks dramatic potential. To find something is a very different story. Since its inception, science fiction has become the popular medium for portraying that something, the presence in the universe that challenges or confirms the anthropocentric presumptions of the great monotheistic civilizations of Western society. As Stanley Kubrick was fond of noting, the psychologist Carl Jung predicted that any encounter with transcendent intelligence would tear the reins from our hands, and we would find ourselves without dreams. We would find our intellectual and spiritual aspirations so outmoded as to leave us completely paralyzed. Quite aptly, therefore, Kubrick said of his film masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey: “I will say that the God concept is at the heart of 2001, but not any traditional, anthropomorphic image of God.” He recognized that space travel is nothing less than a voyage into time: into the future and into the past, toward end time and back to
The article proposes the Rod Serling was a pioneer in the sci-fi genre and that his work would thrive in today’s film industry. The logos element of the rhetoric triangle stands out the most in the article, as the
To begin with, Carr starts his article by attracting the audience attention in the introduction, by citing a piece from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, in which HAL says
In his article, Nicholas Carr first sets the stage by describing how the movie A Space Odyssey began and how the actor Bowman, who had nearly been sent to a deep-space death by the malfunctioning machine, is
“Arrival” is a mystery, sci-fi drama directed by Denis Villeneuve in his wonderful betrayal of the unknown. ’Arrival’ digs deep into the unexpected, when a bunch of alien vessels land in 12 different spots on earth, leaving everyone curious about what their intent on earth is. With the military confused they pair together two scientists Louise Banks (Amy Adams) and Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner) who both study unique fields as Louise studies linguistics why Ian is a physicist, both are taken to a military base right outside of where one of the Heptapod’s (aliens) vessels have landed.
"They lived happily ever after." —an overused anthem most animated films encompass, but a few titles dared to rebel, and this includes The Illusionist. [IMG=OT8] Better known as L 'illusionniste, is a French animated film directed by Sylvain Chomet. Set in the 1950s, a struggling illusionist is extruded from one place to another, in the course of time, ends up in Scotland where she meets a naive girl, Alice, who believes the magic he performs is real. Assertive that he can make anything out of nothing, she accompanies him out his way of Scotland, and lives with him in a hotel.
Indeed, 2001 is layered with allusions to several of the principal secular and pagan mythologies of Western civilization. As Kubrick noted, it would not reach millions of viewers unless it explored “the universal myths and archetypes of both our shared cultural experience and our collective
German poet and writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once said, ‘’Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.’’ In both the 1956 film Forbidden Planet and Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles, the loss of free will/individuality does happen in a fatal and tragic mannerism. In Forbidden Planet, a space crew from Earth is sent to planet Altair IV to investigate the whereabouts of the missing first expedition that has been unheard from in 20 years.
The analysis of “The Shining” directed by Stanley Kubrick The Shining is a horror movie filmed by Stanley Kubrick. It bases on the namesake novel written by Stephen King. The film tells a story of the Torrance family that included Jack, Wendy and their son Danny that shows signs of strange powers from the beginning of the movie. The trio went to the Overlook Hotel where the husband would work as a caretaker during the winter.
The worldwide attention brought about by the success of the Apollo 11 moon landing was used by many speakers and writers to push forward their own agenda or opinions using a variety of rhetorical appeals and strategies. The texts, “Man’s First Step on the Moon” , a news article by the Times of London, “In Event of Moon Disaster”, a prepared speech to be spoken by President Nixon written by William Safire, “The July 16, 1969, Launch: A Symbol of Man’s Greatness”, a commentary by philosopher Ayn Rand, and “Transported”, a political cartoon by Herblock, were all made in occasion of the Apollo 11 mission and directed toward the viewers worldwide but each with a different purpose and rhetorical appeal. Each of the four texts creates an effective
In the intensity of previous scenes, the gravity and magnitude of the situation can become clouded. By visually taking the viewer off the vessel, the persistence of plot is given a moment to ponder the personalities on board and realities of their endeavor. Both film and novella venture away from immediacy to provide unorthodox ganders into the essence of the
“With E.T., a fairy tale about a boy's friendship with an alien stranded on Earth, Spielberg made one of the most cherished films of its time. The movie made him a celebrity in his own right and even garnered him a United Nations Peace Medal. Spielberg's influence on U.S. culture in this period cannot be overestimated. Indiana Jones, E.T., and the shark [Jaws] became durable icons” (“Steven”). Given that, Steven Spielberg created a masterpiece by bringing in an alien for the first time into film, which therefore created an icon and symbol of American culture.
When the film The Sixth Sense, directed by Night Shyamalan debuted in 1999, it mesmerized audiences near and far with its appealing paranormal plot, its deceptive nature and its top-shelf talent from its actors. The film was immensely prosperous and quickly became a cultural phenomenon. However, most casual moviegoers overlooked its underlying philosophical significance. The Sixth Sense is driven by the big questions of life from almost every aspect of philosophy specifically metaphysics and epistemology. In this specific scene Shyamalan relies on subtlety to create a creepy atmosphere of something beyond our ordinary beliefs and understanding.
The use of visual cinematics allows F.W. Murnau to create a film that shows the main characters being lost, then eventually found, within the setting of a modern frontier. Murnau argues, through the use of the film, that the boundaries between love and lust, city and country, and even life and death are not as distinct as one may believe, and that they cannot be contained by defined
The movie posters mainly serve the needs of the movie makers, whose ultimate purpose is to popularize the movie. To create a successful movie poster, designers need to go deeper into them. Therefore, they occasionally design several posters for the same movie. The two posters I am studying are for a science fiction movie "Inception,” which may appear to be a little bit analogous in their overall mood, but quite different in colors, fonts, various codes they comprise, etc.
Formal Analysis of the movie, "Passengers" (2016) It’s a bit of a shame that the new Jennifer Lawrence / Chris Pratt movie Passengers got so slammed by critics. It’s not that I disagree with the consensus take on it, but I didn’t see as much engagement with what the movie was saying prior to the collapse at the end as I might have liked. It is indeed true that the movie instill a feeling of “being lost”. The end is a huge mess that undermines the rest of what has happened to that point, but through the first and second acts, it’s a pretty interesting movie with some provocative and intense ideas.