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The Fugitive. The Mask. The Wizard of Oz. Twister. Unforgiven. Woodstock. Reading over the list, it’s a solid cadre of titles. Twister is on this first release batch, so I guess the Twister crew isn’t wrong. The Mask, a comedy classic, was a perfect movie for me at the time.
The final moments of 2001: A Space Odyssey depict a classic scene of death and rebirth. The sequence of events is as follows: Dave observes chronological moments of his life through a series of jump cuts. Dave observes himself in bed as an old, frail man on his deathbed. In one last jump cut, Dave finds himself in his dying body.
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- The Monoliths
- Religion/ Existentialism
- Man and Technology
This visual poetry begins its journey from millions of years ago. Apparently, apes are the most evolved species at the time. But, they aren’t modern enough to hunt their preys. They seem to be living off what the predators leave behind. The apes live in groups as several different tribes and often there are (nonviolent) conflicts among them over wa...
The monoliths are objects left by some intelligent extra-terrestrial species to somehow trigger the advance of human beings. In other words, they represent evolutionary leaps. Who exactly left it there? God(s)? Flying spaghetti monster? Some alien kid who is coding up a vastly interactive program in which we are random variables that (s)he kills of...
Although it doesn’t say anything about the anthropomorphic God/Gods that most of our religions put forth, the film portrays a powerful imagery of a superior force that leads mankind. A parent figure who is holding our hands while we take baby steps. According to the movie, that mysterious power enabled us to evolve to become who we are today. Our e...
Remember the bone? It was a milestone in the evolution of mankind. Hunting using tools. But, it didn’t take them long to use it to fight and fatally injure one another. Misuse of technology 101. Millions of years later, we see a satellite after the cut. Although it isn’t explicitly stated in the film, the satellite is intended as a weapon platform ...
• In October 2001, MCA/Universal announced first-week sales of more than 2 million units of The Mummy Returns. A few days later, Disney said the DVD debut of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first DVD title to sell a million copies in a single day. That kicked off a running sales-record battle, with the trade press inundated with press ...
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Oct 23, 2007 · 2001 - A Space Odyssey (Two-Disc Special Edition) Keir Dullea (Actor), Gary Lockwood (Actor), Stanley Kubrick (Director) Rated: G. Format: DVD. 4.6 8,782 ratings. IMDb 8.3/10.0. Amazon's Choice. -22% $2114. List Price: $26.99.
May 10, 2021 · In 1997, Hollywood released “Twister” and “Mars Attacks!” as the first movies on DVD. Here’s a look at how CNN covered the breakthrough technology that sought to replace VHS tapes.
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