I did not know that. (Off-Topic)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Friday, July 24, 2015, 16:37 (3413 days ago) @ cheapLEY

This. I haven't read the book or seen the sequel (and will remedy both soon), so I can't say that I "get" whatever was going on. I assumed that was part of the point. You're supposed to try and reach your own conclusion.

But you aren't. A conclusion and a statement was made by him with his choice of imagery and sound. Everything up to that point also matters. It's deliberate. Kubrick was incredibly intentional as a filmmaker. Everything, even the tinniest details had meaning within the frame. In all his films. It's incredible. He always had vision and voice. That is the opposite of 'leaving it up to you to interpret'.

Imagine you are talking with someone who speaks Mandarin. You don't know Mandarin. And so you don't understand them. You don't speak the language. Well, Kubrick was such a genius he spoke a different visual language. But once you learn it, you can converse and understand.