Is there a film of more epic proportions than Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey? This is the closest to a cinematic equivalent of Hegel’s Phänomenologie des Geistes we got. It is modernism at its peak. A meditation on mankind. Tonight, as a surprise, I took one of my best friends to the 70mm presentation of this masterpiece in KINO for his birthday.
There is an evolution to my appreciation and understanding of 2001: A Space Odyssey. My first-stage naive…
INTRODUCTION
During a yachting trip in the Mediterranean, a group of rich Italians are about to leave a deserted volcanic island when they discover that Anna has disappeared from their group without a trace. They start to search for Anna with no success. Has she drowned? Did she fall off the rocks? Did she escape from her friends and start a new life? We never find out. Meanwhile, Anna’s lover Sandro and Anna’s friend Claudia develop an attraction for each…
The Rodney Dangerfield fan club got together again to watch another one. And we decided to watch Easy Money, which has Dangerfield in his first leading role in a movie. He has stated that this role is the closest to his real-life persona — because of his singing and smoking pot allegedly. There is a scene in which he sees his female neighbour topless, which is different in the movie’s television broadcast version apparently, where she is seen wearing a bikini top. We did not watch the latter version, so we had a good time.
“This movie sucks.” – Marcus Aurelius
At least Francis Ford Coppola proved himself to be free.
In terms of art, this is peak postmodern consumer capitalism. Almost cripplingly self-aware and moralistic, but still manages to be witty, reflective, fun and engaging, impressively catering to a wide variety of target groups — Barbie also counts as a stoner movie in my book mainly because Will Ferrell is in it.
