Greg1138 3 Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 Apparently, the opening of 2001 was intended to be a series of interviews with eminent Scientists and Writers, which acted as a prologue to the film.....the interviews took place and were filmed.This opening section as cut from the movie due to what was then a prohibitive running time....and is now considered lost. However, transcripts of the interviews have now been found and are due to be published.Full story here....Makes for interesting reading, particularly the bit about Windows98! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 Thank you! I've heard about this opening, but never knew any details about it, beyond the scientists having a discussion.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 They should give the transcipts to Uwe Boll to re-shoot so they can add it back into the film for the 40th anniversary DVD in 3 years.Tim :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 Universal are releasing the colorised version of PSYCHO in 2010 for the 50th anniversary. It wasn't moleskin after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg1138 3 Posted October 27, 2005 Author Share Posted October 27, 2005 Thank you! I've heard about this opening, but never knew any details about it, beyond the scientists having a discussion.NeilI had never heard this, but it would be nice now to have some sort of speical edition DVD with the transcriptions as an extra......and....maybe......Alex North's alternate score????.....or is that really hoping for too much.....?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 yeah lets make a boring movie even longer. snoooooooooze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deimos 0 Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 I think this should be included as additional content on a DVD release. It sounds quite appealing to me. But I don't like the idea of including it as text. I don't like when they includd production notes on the DVDs. (I mean, text to be read on the screen, for now, I prefer paper for that). In the case of this 2001 material, I think using pics of the scientist and hiring actors to read the opinions could be close to what Kubrick had in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldsmithfan 6 Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Thank you! I've heard about this opening, but never knew any details about it, beyond the scientists having a discussion.NeilI had never heard this, but it would be nice now to have some sort of speical edition DVD with the transcriptions as an extra......and....maybe......Alex North's alternate score????.....or is that really hoping for too much.....??I'd love to hear North's score en contexto! . . . Even though it's not complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Isn't it?Didn't North attend the premiere assuming his score was used?That suggests North completed his work on the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 According to North's own personal notes on the Varese recording (conducted by Jerry Goldsmith) Kubrick told him he had intended to use music only during the first half of the movie and then have the rest unscored using the breathng effects. I don't know how complete the Varese recording is because North mentions he recorded 40 minutes worth of music and the last cue on the disc is actually from North's score to the documentary Africa. So the actually 2001 CD runs about 32 mins. I can't imagine sitting thru an extended version of this snooze fest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg1138 3 Posted October 30, 2005 Author Share Posted October 30, 2005 I can, but I would probably only do it the once.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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