Re: 2001: A Space Odyssey

"Jack Hollis" <xsleeper@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> There was a Cinerama version of 2001 when it first came out.  I first
> saw it in Cinerama tripping my brains out on orange sun****ne acid. The
> movie made no sense in terms of story and plot, but I didn't care....
> Kubric was lucky that the film appealed to acid heads.  The film was
> not a financial success, but some of the success it did have, it owed
> to the acid heads who saw the movie over and over again high on LSD.

At 13, I was a bit young for acid, but I was an SF-addict and recall being
blown away by the cinematography.  However, by the time Star Wars
came out (1977), I was old enuff to pass around a joint in the Paramount
Theatre on Broadway and thought it hysterically funny.