{"id":135842,"date":"2024-07-13T19:43:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T18:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/?p=2040706"},"modified":"2024-07-13T19:43:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T18:43:25","slug":"2010-the-year-we-make-contact-isnt-kubrick-but-its-close-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/13\/2010-the-year-we-make-contact-isnt-kubrick-but-its-close-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"\u20182010: The Year We Make Contact\u2019 Isn\u2019t Kubrick, But It\u2019s Close Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peter Hyams\u2019 \u201c2010: The Year We Make Contact\u201d (1984) was the first time a director dared to make a sequel to a Stanley Kubrick film.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of course, today this is commonplace, with Mike Flanagan\u2019s excellent \u201cDoctor Sleep\u201d and that shaky portion of \u201cReady Player One\u201d (making Jack Torrance a video game character – nice one, Steven) some obvious examples.<\/p>\n

Any day now, we\u2019ll probably hear about a sequel, prequel or \u201cworld building\u201d spinoff of \u201cA Clockwork Orange\u201d or \u201cDr. Strangelove.\u201d Nothing is sacred anymore.<\/p>\n

The first (and unlikely to be last) sequel to Kubrick\u2019s \u201c2001: A Space Odyssey\u201d (1968), Hyams had to do more than prove himself a worthy heir to the narrative created by Arthur C. Clarke\u2019s 1951 short story, \u201cThe Sentinel,\u201d and the staggering approach presented by Clarke\u2019s richly-layered sci-fi narrative.<\/p>\n

Note: Clarke\u2019s novelization of \u201c2001: A Space Odyssey\u201d coincided with the film\u2019s release.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also Kubrick, whose style is as recognizable and impressive as it is nearly impossible to duplicate, let alone with feeling and purpose.<\/p>\n

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Hyams\u2019 film begins with an eerie prologue, in which we hear a faded, bone-chilling recording of astronaut David Bowman (Keir Dullea) utter, \u201cMy God, it\u2019s full of stars). A wordless, dread-inducing series of images from the first film and a data reading fill in newcomers on what has happened since the events of \u201c2001.”<\/p>\n

The U.S.S. Discovery remains in orbit, the hibernating crew is dead, astronaut Frank Poole is dead, and Bowman encountered a Monolith, which is still present, while he himself has gone missing.<\/p>\n

The story then jumps to 2009, where Heywood Floyd (played previously by William Sylvester, now portrayed by Roy Scheider) is approached by a Russian scientist about joining a mission to investigate what happened on the U.S.S. Discovery. Floyd joins the robotic creator of HAL (Bob Balaban) and an oddly afraid-of-heights astronaut (John Lithgow).<\/p>\n

Alongside a tense Russian crew, led by a great Helen Mirren, Floyd makes direct contact with Bowman, or whatever it is he has become after merging with the Monolith.<\/p>\n

The first new line of dialogue is \u201cNeatness is a good quality.\u201d The same can be said of Hyams\u2019 direction and approach to staging and filming scenes. While nowhere near Kubrick\u2019s famously painstaking framing and aim for visual perfection, Hyams’ choice of shots smacks of precision.<\/p>\n

Almost all of Hyams\u2019 subsequent films, many of which I like a lot, have been criticized for being underlit or lying too heavily on \u201cnatural light.\u201d Here, there is a beauty and fastidiousness that doesn\u2019t match Kubrick but certainly creates splendid visuals and a continuity between the films.<\/p>\n

Whatever Hyams\u2019 film lacks in the comparable intellectual discovery or poetry of Kubrick\u2019s film, the scale, sense of wonder and possibilities remain intact.<\/p>\n

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The sci-fi film “2010: The Year We Make Contact” was released in theatres today in 1984. #80s<\/a> #80smovies<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/aUUVDl40F4<\/a><\/p>\n

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