Such a meeting would be impossible in 2024. No PowerPoint slides divided up into "Quad Charts". No interruptions. Not a single peep of protest to the new requirement for "Security Oaths". Utterly unbelievable...if it were set in the new millennium.
I am amazed how Kubrick predicted digital photography..... 30 years before it really became practical... although cameras have not advanced as radically in design as the camera this photographer used...
Interesting their attire is representative of the context they originated from, i.e. earth. I think this is a sign of embedded cultural arrogance of which they are all unaware.
Here we have the Brilliance of Kubrick - unlike then next movie - _2010_ . If you compare the Roy Scheider version of Heywood Floyd - they are completely different people. Roy is meant to be a kind of "Every Man". A good person out to deal with incredible things. Look at _"I didn't know!!!!"_ Yes - of course he knew - or at least in his previous _2001_ incarnation he knew. The version of Heywood Floyd played here by William Sylvester, is the epitome of a bureaucratic man as are the rest of the men here. The way they talk, the way they act. The chair arrangement in the conference room. All of this speaks to what Mankind has become - as does the display of Technological Achievement before and after. Look at how they're riding out to look at the Monolith while discussing the nature of the the box lunches provided. Look at how they all line up for a picture in front of the Monolith. Contrast these men with the Man Apes at the beginning of the movie. To Clarke - there really isn't that much difference - compared to the Beings that built the Monolith. This was Clarke's view of Mankind. Just a bunch of silly apes when compared to a Civilization that could travel between the Stars. If you look at the depiction of humans in _Rendezvous with Rama_ - Clarke holds them in complete contempt. The Space Ship is just transiting our Solar System as a Way Point on it's journey else where - and all the things that the Humans do = are irrelevant to it. You _might_ say that in _2001_ Clarke has the Beings that created the Monolith turn Man Apes into Mankind - and then in _2010_ save them from self destruction. As always - Humans are just dumb apes trying to cope and doing a poor job of it. .
1:13 - Floyd kindly grabs the shoulder of a colleague as if to say 'I don't have time to say it. But I respect/like you. And it is good to see you here.' Subtle little touches like that impress me about films. It shows the director/writer cares about the world they are creating for us. ☮
I always enjoyed this scene knowing this is all taking place on the Moon underground. A homey touch of normalcy on a hostile alien world. I suppose it complicates the drama if totally accurate, but they all are functioning it seems in gravity equal to Earth's rather than the 1/6th gravity of the Moon in comparison. Why aren't they all bounding about when they walk or seeing pens and other conference room objects here float a bit when moved?
The (cover story) of a pandemic to appease the general public - a smokescreen to fool everyone! We know that one because we were subjects to a similar story and it worked perfectly.
In Carl Sagan's book/movie, we saw how Ellie's prompt release of the discovery of extra terrestrial intelligence impacted the world, and how it met with objections from those who wanted to keep it secret. Here we have an alternative idea of the discovery of extra terrestrial intelligence, and how keeping it a secret might impact the world. Which would be the wiser course of action?
An excruciatingly boring scene which is four times longer than necessary to convey the drama-free content. Kubrick was an arrogant prick who could create great movies, but never knew where to trim the boredom. (see Quentin Tarantino)
I like how Floyd is familiar enough with the military person to actually grab his shoulder as he passes by. Its one of the few moments of actual human physical contact and suggests a closer tie between the military and Floyd's agency.
I was a federal employee for 24 years. Everyone formerly worked at everyone else's employer, or they all play handball after work, or they all trained together at the Institute of such and such.
Searching for god is the focus of the collective psychosis of human beings as a species. Conspiracy theorists muttering that there has to be more to it than meets the eye. It's a weird combination of wishful thinking and self-congratulation (sensing the "higher reality"). Fantasies like this scratch an itch and it feels good. So does wanking, but it's something your physiology actually does, and for some reason, feels good.
Adds the security oaths like a jaunty after thought. Just enough subtle irony to let them all know who is in charge, who represents "The Counsel". Any further questions? In private if you like?
TECHNICAL FLAW: They are in 1/6th moon gravity but, move like they are on Earth. I honestly didnt catch it until a few years ago after seeing the film 20 times
Technical flaw due to the limitations of filming in Earth gravity. Other than that, I love 2001: A Space Odyssey and its cousin, 2010: The Year We Make Contact (Odyssey Two).
Job 1:7 "Where have you come from?” the LORD asked Satan. Satan answered the LORD, “I have been patrolling the earth, watching everything that’s going on." 📸
Closed captioning and the HAL-triggered video in the Brainroom shows "Haywood Floyd", but his nametag says "Heywood Floyd". Methinks it's "Heywood" and the caption operator and the video title operator spelled the first name wrong. Or Kubrick messed up.
William Sylvester was perfectly cast for this part. He nailed it. (As contrasted to Roy Scheider, in _2010_ ... yuk!) I admit some bias, because Dr. Floyd was SO much like my father: speech, mannerisms, expressions... everything except looks. Even in the shuttle when he said, "I don't suppose you have any idea what the damn thing is." My father NEVER cussed, except when he was with other executives in a party and he wanted to be 'one of the guys'. But I could sense a slight discomfort when he would (rarely) say "damn" or "hell". I kind of sensed it when Dr. Floyd said it -- or am I just imagining?
This mf was awesome in this movie lol I like when he gets out and mashed the 2 dudes on the corner Gets back in and tells Marlon Wayne's (YALL GOTTA BE MF SOLDIERS!)
So if the cover story is an epidemic at the moonbase, presumably explaining a quarantine, why take photographs placing Dr. Floyd in a meeting on the moon?
