Saturday, July 24, 2010

Suck it, Stanley Kubrick

1968:


2010:


This is what I thought of when DiCaprio and Page started treading all over vertical and upside-down Paris. The stewardess scene in 2001 was gratuitously long because Kubrick wanted to show off his amazing special effects. A major technical accomplishment in 2001 was the construction of a 38' long revolving corridor for Dullea's run around the Discovery; Inception had a rotating 100' long hallway for the anti-gravity fight.

The entire set of 2001 was bulldozed after shooting because Kubrick was afraid that the pieces would get recycled for B sci-fi movies.

Contrary to popular belief, Paris was not in fact bulldozed after the filming of Inception.

If I ever wrote a screenplay, it would have 2 helicopters colliding in the Lincoln tunnel.

The scene would be publicized in all the trailers.

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