Originally Posted by Seashellz

Kubrick probably never imagined his film would show on TV, or home viewing

Originally Posted by Seashellz

the intermission ........... seems more an intrusive anachronistic relic of a bygone era.

Originally Posted by wergo (Post 7052247)

Nope, I love the overture - it makes perfect sense for the structure of the film. Vast amounts of empty black space before life began (or, technically, before the MGM logo).

Was the intermission something Kubrick wanted, or was it something the theatres demanded? It just doesn't seem to make sense as part of the film.

I'm just wondering if the issue was ever addressed anywhere (it isn't in the Criterion laser edition).

Was it just a British convention to have intermissions? I remember going to see 'All The President's Men' in the theatre during a British vacation and was shocked that they shut off the projecter half-way through so they could send people into the audience to sell popcorn, soft drinks and ice cream bars (no albatrosses, though). And they wouldn't start the film up again until enough had been sold. I'd never experienced anything like that in Canadian theatre.

Originally Posted by Jon2 (Post 7052343)

I agree with wergo.

An intermission serves no storytelling point at all and there has [n]ever been a movie made where it did.

If I remember correctly (and at my age I may not), when I saw 2001 in a theater during a re-release in the 70's (I never saw it in it's original release), there was no overture, nor an intermission. Anyone one else recall seeing it this way during the 70's?

Originally Posted by Solid Snake PAC (Post 9579828)

Anyway...if it's in the original film it better be in the DVD.

Originally Posted by CheeseRolls (Post 9579450)

This is Kubrick at his most subtle... The overture is the same as the one played when the monolith appears at other times in the film. Monolith is black, rectaganle - just rotate it 90 degrees and you get a perfect representation on a cinema screen or HD TV... :)