Andrew August 1st, 2007

Fascinating as always, but I have to ask, is it your intention to go beyond film into literature? I know that the book is of the film but in using the book as a part of your analysis it seems to me that you're going beyond the film to something else.
Just a quick one on the Constantine thing - I haven't seen the film, but I enjoy listening to your stuff anyway. I'm not a Catholic, but have worked as a teacher at a Catholic school (and me an atheist too!) for many years. This spear that you referred to is unknown to me and I think it may well be another form of the caricature of religion (particularly catholicism) that often appears on screen - TV and film. I'd be wary about reading too much into any religious or theological perspective based on any one particular film.
But hey, what do I know?
Love your work …

Andrew

Daniel August 3rd, 2007

I really enjoyed your thoughtful analysis of one of my favorite movies, 2001: A Space Odyssey. I had never really thought about this incredibly deep film in terms of theology until listenening to this episode. Like most people I didnt fully understand 2001 the first time or even the second time I saw it. I just knew that it was a work of art. After doing some research I found a very interesting website devoted entirely to explaining one interprtaion of the films meaning. The site explains the entire movie segment by segment in a simple and visual way. You can find it at http://www.kubrick2001.com

Eric August 6th, 2007

I had tried to watch 2001 once when I was a teenager and once in my 20's and couldn't sit though it the first two times. After listening to the WTD on Kubrick and this episode of WT, I did rent it and watched all the way through for the first time… and found it to be thought provoking, visually stunning and as now see why it is so well thought of in film circles. I liked the two middle sections (the moon and the Jupiter Mission) best. Of course like with Carpenters Halloween and Die Hard it's hard to see why it was so ground breaking when I have seen so many films that have come after that play with the same ideas, images and sense of wonder… Of course it made me think of some of those films, The American Astronaut (which I think you have mentioned once or twice) and Event Horizon being the two that came to mind first. …

I also was inspired by your previous WT to go back and watch The Virgin Spring, which I had watched years back because it was the inspiration for The Last House on the Left. It was great o revisit and what stood out to me in this viewing was the landscape of Sweden which reminds me so much of Upper Michigan where my father grew up…