Kirby, Earl I lived in Houston from '63 thru '69 and one of my most vivid and probably first movie going experiences in that city was seeing It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World in Cinerama in 1963 at the Windsor. I was six years old and I remember being blown away, no doubt thinking, this must be what all movies were like in this big city! I later saw Dr. Zhivago there and really enjoying that epic. I vividly remember 2001 being there for quite a long time, and asking my mother if I could see it and her telling me something like, "Oh, you wouldn't like it." I was 11 years old and she was probably right at that time.
On Mar 5, 2011, at 5:08 PM, "Kirby McDaniel" <[email protected]> wrote: > Wonderful article, Earl. > > I can tell you that this theater was the best I have ever seen a > film in, and I include the Pacific > Cinerama dome, and the Cinerama theaters in Seattle as well. I saw > DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, OLIVER!, KHARTOUM, > THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE and 2001 there. These films were great for > that venue. ZHIVAGO was > shot in 35mm and blown to 70, and looked great. Sometimes they > would show 35mm stuff there and > the result was not always the best. I recall BECKET looking a > little distorted. The last film > I remember seeing there was THE GO BETWEEN, and I wondered at the > time: "Why?" > > It later became a disco, and I heard, though I never witnessed i,t > that they would project scrap film > while the patrons were dancing. Can anyone confirm this? > > It was a stellar movie-going experience. I saw SPARTACUS at the > Century City in L.A. when they > refurbished the film, and it looked great. But as far as a > facility, nothing touched the Windsor. > > And the SOUND was super. Loud with great dynamic range when 70mm > was the source -- > but never drilling and harsh like the worst of these digital rigs > can sometimes be. > > Kirby > www.movieart.net > > > On Mar 5, 2011, at 4:19 PM, Captain Bijou wrote: > >> Further following the moon monolith's mind-bending emanations, here >> is a story about the Kubrick classic's premiere at the Windsor >> Cinerama in 1968 that appeared in a 2008 online edition of the >> Houston Chronicle.... >> >> http://blogs.chron.com/40yearsafter/2008/04/2001_a_houston_odyssey_looking_1.html >> >> Earl Blair >> CAPTAIN BIJOU >> www.captainbijou.com >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirby McDaniel" <[email protected] >> > >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 11:09 AM >> Subject: Re: [MOPO] My Friend Say 2001 is a "snorefest" >> >> >>> I saw 2001 in 1968 at the Windsor Cinerama in Houston in 70MM >>> single lens Cinerama >>> and I was stunned. All I can say is "you had to be there." It >>> was the highest >>> of HIFI experiences at that time. Today parts of it look quaint >>> and parts of >>> it are splendid. But at the time the quaint parts were seen as >>> smart futurism and the >>> splendid parts were, well, mind blowing. (Who could have foreseen >>> at that time that the real >>> future in 2001 was Thugs on a Plane.) The truth is, however that >>> forty something years later, >>> like METROPOLIS and other films before it which might also be >>> regarded as dated, it is still being talked about, >>> still being presented, still being lionized and still being >>> ineptly labeled as a "snorefest." It had it's detractors >>> in 1968, too. But many more who thought it sensational. >>> >>> Kirby McDaniel >>> www.movieart.net >>> >>> >>> On Mar 5, 2011, at 10:15 AM, >>> [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>>> >>>>> I had a 16mm scope film print Of 2001 I would watch with my >>>>> son... >>>> for me the Film was very convoluted yet it also had so many >>>> statements that made sense >>>> years later. the pace was slow compared to the modern day fast edit >>>> we are used to. >>>> I never fully understood the film although the cinematography was >>>> excellent >>>> and it was very original. Recently I made some Clappers and >>>> memorabilia for a event in Boston for Douglas Trumbull who did the >>>> special effects and also did Star wars and the I remember >>>> Brainstorm >>>> with Natalie wood that used a process where the film was sped up to >>>> create like a Imax effect or HD on Film, >>>> I think 2001 was one of the First to cover many sci fi milestones >>>> in >>>> technical >>>> achievements by Doug Trumbull >>>> >>>>> >>>>> ---- Original Message ---- >>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] My Friend Say 2001 is a "snorefest" >>>>> Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 15:59:28 +0000 >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I have talked with many collectors who don't like 2001 and >>>>> descriptions such as boring, monotonous, and a waste of time have >>>>> been uttered. For me, personally, I think it is a masterpiece, >>>>> but I >>>>> also saw it in it's original release and I do read science >>>>> fiction. I >>>>> think many people seeing it for the first time in more recent >>>>> years, >>>>> who have been lulled into believing a sci-fi movie is all about >>>>> fast >>>>> paced editing and over the top special effects to bombard you with >>>>> stimuli, might find 2001 "boring." So, to each his own. I do >>>>> have to >>>>> disagree with you Dave on Spartacus. I think it is one of the best >>>>> "historical period" pieces ever made and an incredible love >>>>> story. A >>>>> couple of years ago AFI screened it here in L.A. and Kirk Douglas >>>>> introduced the movie. It was even more incredible on the big >>>>> screen >>>>> at Cinerama. >>>>>> >>>>>> Sue >>>>>> www.hollywoodposterframes.com >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 10:46:38 -0500 >>>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] My Friend Say 2001 is a "snorefest" >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I love everything Kubrick did from The Killing right up to and >>>>> including 2001 (though Spartacus, because it is a conventional 50s >>>>> spear-and-sandal flick, is a little weak). But after 2001, with >>>>> every >>>>> succeeding movie, some of the magic seemed to fade. >>>>>> >>>>>> Dave >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Hershenson >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 8:46 AM >>>>>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] My Friend Say 2001 is a "snorefest" >>>>>> >>>>>> I thought 2001 was one of the more uneven movies I have ever >>>>>> seen, >>>>> with some great sequences and some ultra-tedious ones. >>>>>> >>>>>> I felt similarly about Full Metal Jacket and Barry Lyndon. >>>>>> >>>>>> But I was completely left in the dark by Eyes Wide Shut. >>>>>> >>>>>> Give me the Kubrick that made The Killing, Paths of Glory, >>>>>> Lolita, >>>>> and Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love >>>>> the >>>>> Bomb >>>>>> >>>>>> I consider them all absolute masterpieces. >>>>>> >>>>>> Sometimes achieving great success allows a director too much >>>>>> control >>>>> over their movies, and that can be a bad thing. >>>>>> >>>>>> Bruce >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 6:18 AM, Phil Edwards <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes, but you READ SF. >>>>>> Over the years it has struck me that most people who dislike this >>>>> film do so because they don't "get it." >>>>>> >>>>>> There's actually nothing to "get" but plenty to read into it, >>>>>> just >>>>> like SF literature, if one has a mind to. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Ari Richards >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 9:49 PM >>>>>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] My Friend Say 2001 is a "snorefest" >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I have a good friend, whose taste I usually agree with, and he >>>>>> also >>>>> HATES 2001. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Actually its a shame more people don't hate it, cos then I could >>>>> afford a nice poser for this WONDERFUL film. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Ari >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> From: bqjansen <[email protected]> >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Sent: Sat, 5 March, 2011 9:17:17 PM >>>>>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] My Friend Say 2001 is a "snorefest" >>>>>> >>>>>> Let me chip in to say that 2001 not only is a snorefest and >>>>>> that you >>>>> either have to be very lazy to not stand up and leave the cinema/ >>>>> room >>>>> or too old and creaky, but also that you have to be visually >>>>> challenged to enjoy the ludicrous posters of ET-embryo's or boring >>>>> spaceships. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Wim >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Op 5 mrt 2011, om 11:08 heeft Richard Halegua Comic Art het >>>>>> volgende >>>>> geschreven: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Freeman.. email me privately and I'll tell you who he is >>>>>> >>>>>> At 01:46 AM 3/5/2011, Sean Linkenback wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Don't keep us in suspense Rich - tell us who it is so Freeman can >>>>> call him a "slime-ball, scum sucking, poop sniffing, warp minded, >>>>> yeast infected, snot-nosed, yellow bellied, cold-blooded bullying >>>>> jack-ass" >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> From: Richard Halegua Comic Art >>>>>> >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 4:38 AM >>>>>> >>>>>> Subject: [MOPO] My Friend Say 2001 is a "snorefest" >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> yeah so I'm doing my usual thing (working on posters) when I >>>>>> get an >>>>> email from one of my very best friends in the world and this >>>>> email is >>>>> titles "snorefest" and his email proceeds to tell me "just watched >>>>> one of the boringest movies ever - 2001" >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> of course I told him he makes me sick and that he isn't worthy of >>>>> breathing air above ground if he doesn't think 2001 isn't one of >>>>> the >>>>> best movies of all time (because it is) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> well we banter back and forth and he points to these reviews by >>>>> other obvious idiots >>>>>> >>>>>> http://movie2s.com/movie/18364968/2001:_a_space_odyssey.html >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I once again tell him how retarded he is and he says "it needs >>>>>> more >>>>> lasers and explosions. if the spaceships could transform into >>>>> robots >>>>> it would be much cooler" >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Now I don't want to embarrass my buddy, especially because he >>>>>> is a >>>>> member of MoPo, so I don't want to mention my buddy's name (Sean), >>>>> because I don't want my buddy (Sean) to get nasty emails from >>>>> people >>>>> telling him what a lowbrow movie viewer he must be. It's too bad >>>>> my >>>>> buddy (Sean) can't see how intellectually stimulating 2001 is >>>>> (as are >>>>> the rest of Kubrick's films - each one is a gem). >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> But to each his own, so I'm not going to mention my buddy's name >>>>> (it's Sean), but I just wanted you folks to know there actually is >>>>> someone in our group that doesn't get this film. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hey Sean.. 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