2001's Trailer

This is actually an interesting trailer.

In a sense it's almost a precursor to mashup trailers, since the trailer really gives no sense of the film itself.

To look at this one would think it is a more conventional sci fi film from the 1980s.

Look at the mix of images from differing points in the film and the narrative overlaid it.

Last year a new 2 disk DVD version of the film was released, with a commentary. I'll have to get that and rewatch the film.

This film also gives a good example of fine acting in a truly minimalist style. Often the word minimalism is used to convey an acting job where one is playing a person with psychological problems, but when one realizes how deep a narrative is conveyed in scenes that are so light on real dialogue, it changes the conception of what 'drama' really is.

The same goes for screenplay and 'drama.' After all, most folk I know who've seen the film get choked up during the scene where Bowman scrambles HAL's circuitry. Yet, think about this. HAL is merely a voice and a camera lens. Yet, one is moved at its plaintivenes.

Those who say Kubrick did not connect well with the hum,an condition are wrong. He simply did not do it in a trite and Lowest Common Denominator fashion.