[OT] Dark Star (1974) - the platinum age of movies

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Andrei Alexandrescu" <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote in message 
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> On 9/2/10 14:01 CDT, Walter Bright wrote:
>> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> On 09/02/2010 04:47 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
>>>> Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>>>>> What do you think about Solaris? I've heard reviewers praising it for
>>>>> being "real" science fiction, so I've been tempted to try it out of
>>>>> sheer curiosity, but I've never felt confident enough about it to
>>>>> actually give it a try.
>>>>
>>>> I watched the original russian one. It's sci-fi, but it's rather long
>>>> and boring. Like there's a long sequence of just the character driving
>>>> on the freeway. Driving, driving, driving, ...
>>>
>>> That was a key scene.
>>
>> Whoosh. That's either your joke going way over my head, or the scene!
>
> The scene was of the main character driving on a busy highway into a 
> crowded metropolis. The meaning was to question the veracity and meaning 
> of perception, existence, and human interaction - all of which are central 
> themes in the movie.
>

Sounds like one of those ultra-artsy movies I would probably hate :/

Kinda reminds me of that Robin Williams movie where he was a robot, and the 
David Bowie movie "The Man Who Fell To Earth". Both seemed to be trying for 
some sort of artsy profound "meaning", but ultimately came across as 
pretentious snore-fests.