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Jupiter and beyond the infinite


The greatest 15 minutes in film history.

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I would have a hard time calling the greatest in film history a sequence that is 100% special effects.

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Jupiter and Beyond the infinite is about the Great Unknown.Pure Cinema.


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Why? ALL movies are illusion. Why would special effects detract from a film's impact?


The Dumpster gives a whole new meaning to "red" states.

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Yes it is all illusion, but I also think one of cinema's strength lies in its link with reality, or what is tangible.

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I also think one of cinema's strength lies in its link with reality, or what is tangible.

You'll certainly get no argument from me there. One of cinema's greatest strengths is it's ability to visualize things in a unique way not possible in any other medium, one that heightens the emotional experience in a way simple observation of reality can't achieve. But to my mind, this is one of the great strengths of special effects as well.


The Dumpster gives a whole new meaning to "red" states.

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Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite is certainly one of the greatest moments in film history.

"Fire walk with me..."

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Yes.

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What are you, a pothead? How do you know the next 15 minutes in history won't be better?

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What are you, a drinker? He said film history.




Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride

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Yes, I love that scene, one of the greatest.

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It's pure art.

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Loved it, and what it implied. Just a small semantic quibble - how can anything be beyond the infinite?

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Conceptually.


The Dumpster gives a whole new meaning to "red" states.

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haha I thought about that too. Kubrick is so calculated and measured with his filmmaking, it's an interesting choice of words. Maybe the only gamble in the movie...

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Certainly one of the greatest.

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Agreed

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