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Subtlety

03-Aug-08

When I first saw 2001 at age 11 or so, the Blue Danube spaceship docking sequence was boring and overly drawn out. I had no idea why Kubrick picked this particular song, and why there weren’t laser beams, TIE fighters, explosions or other displays of interstellar warfare. 10 minutes of a ship approaching a space [...]

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Tears in the Rain

03-Nov-07

Tonight, I had the pleasure of seeing what might be my favorite movie for the first time on the big screen.

The Final Cut edition of Blade Runner is excellent, perhaps even better than I had hoped. Much of it has to do with the experience of seeing it on a giant screen with proper cinematic [...]

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