i think that speaks of kubrick as a filmmaker and a person through and through. that's why his 2001's space scenes didn't include sound. is it STILL the only movie like that? i can't recall another movie where space is silent and ships don't scream across the screen.

As a kid i was amazed by the effects in Back to the Future 2.
Just wondering if anyone knows any articles i could read about the motion controlled cameras and other effects they used at the time.

I have the 3 disc box set which skims over the effects work, but i would love to see more info about the film.

Cheers,
Ben

Just saw "The Aviator." Great movie, but there's definitely loads of CGI. Oh well.

<<<-- Originally posted by Yi Fong Yu : i think that speaks of kubrick as a filmmaker and a person through and through. that's why his 2001's space scenes didn't include sound. is it STILL the only movie like that? i can't recall another movie where space is silent and ships don't scream across the screen. -->>>

Silent Running. The recent Firefly television show.

Really, though, it depends on the effect you are going for. 2001 and Silent Running both have strong suspense/thriller elements so the silence of space works for them. But could you imagine watching the battles in Star Wars with just the music, but no sound? It would be boring.

The trouble with being a chef is you can't enjoy a meal without analyzing it to death.

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The great thing about Zatoichi was that they used CGI for stuff that would realistically happen, that I wanted to see - but couldn't practically see any other way. Unlike the more stylized fights in The Last Samurai, I thought the sword fighting in Zatoichi was the best combination of realism and choreographed swordplay I've seen. For that, I forgive the obvious CGI limbs and blood.

When I watch something like Kill Bill and the editing is obviously done so that the cuts coincide with, well, the cuts, I feel a bit robbed of the moment.

I would like to see more careful merging of practical and computer effects. In the original Matrix, I thought this was handled very well - within the Matrix itself... it was tragic that the "real world" ultimately looked more fake.

-Steve