Film and Reflexivity (fwd)

[Hartwin Alfred Gebhardt]

Brian Siano writes:

>                 In terms of technique, Kubrick is a genuine
> innovator (_2001_, not _Blow-Up_, remains the single most original
> film of the 1960s), and in terms of general outlook, Kubrick and
> Pynchon strike me as being virtual soulmates.

Could you be a little more specific, Brian? While I enjoy Kubrick, I 
thought 2001, apart from being visually stunning and innovative in 
pure sf terms, to be quite boring. Especially that 
"phallus-falls-from-sky-bringing-progress" beginning....

hg
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