Watched 2001 again tonight, for the first time in years. Honestly, I think it’s the first time I’ve watched it since 2010 came to the theaters about 15 years ago.
With a runtime of 156 minutes, there can’t be more than 300 words of speech in the whole thing. It’s amazing how much Kubrick implied and indicated and left off-screen. I can’t help but think there’s no way in hell Hollywood would greenlight this movie today.
Not many people wan to see this, but it’s sure unique.
Update: Since that site was listed on Dave Barry’s Blog today, it has been nuked from the web. I’m sure you’ll be thrilled to know that I’ve archived the images (okay, I looked in my cache for them). For your further edification:
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The Price of ‘Man’ and ‘Woman’: A Hedonic Pricing Model of Avatar Attributes in a Synthethic World
This is a working paper for the CSU Fullerton Economics Department, detailing how pricing for avatars traded to use in EverQuest varies by gender. Too much time on his hands, maybe?