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from 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • According to JFM (see Weird Studies/Eyes Wide Shut ) the only real consciousness is the Starchild at the very end (and he goes on to become Alex in Clockwork Orange, a disturbing thought).
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    • Weird Studies/Eyes Wide Shut

    30 Oct 2022 - 03 Nov 2022
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      • dreams are never just dreams
      • mentions witch-doctoring and that it includes the skilled revealing of the concealment, an idea I only have seen previously in MNM, is it more general than that?
      • Movie ironically points to its own artifice and in doing so elevates itself.
      • Kubrick's use of backlot – everything is there for a reason, has a story. Also in magic and conspiracy theories.
      • Some stuff on repetition and difference from Deleuze which sounded interesting but I confess I don't quite get it.
      • cross-Kubrick themes: there's always exactly one conscious character in a Kubrick film, and their awakening is often explicit (Starchild, Alex, Joker...Danny in The Shining I guess. Barry Lyndon?). A particular kind of awareness, waking up seeing the forces that control you and the world, not quite agentive. Yeah can kind of see that.