12/27/2022 0 Comments Classic filmsOne of David Cronenberg’s very best (and very scariest), The Brood was born from a bitter custody dispute between Cronenberg and his ex-wife. – Drew TaylorĬast: Oliver Reed, Samantha Egger, Art Hindle Much like those obsidian monoliths, 2001 was the movie that, when the rest of cinema touched it, dramatically pushed the medium forward. The boundary-pushing visual effects also remain as impressive as ever, as well, clearing the path for Star Wars, Alien, and Avatar in one go. It’s also the rare movie that has become totally engrained in the cultural consciousness (a local museum did a highly Instagrammable photo ops where you could stand inside the mysterious white room), while still maintaining its enigmatic, thought-provoking essence. ( Ad Astra, we love you, but you owe 2001 a lot.) It helps that there’s still so much to unpack in Stanley Kubrick’s magnum opus – from the meaning of the monoliths to the true nature of the star child (and, to be honest, everything in between). ClarkeĬast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, HAL the scary computerĢ001: A Space Odyssey is the kind of groundbreaking classic that we seem to take for granted these days even while scores of modern filmmakers are still regularly cribbing from it.
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