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HAL 9000 wins the chess game in 2001 by cheating (and more)

I've been watching a fascinating series of film analyses by Rober Ager. In this first video, he shows that HAL 9000 was based on IBM, and that HAL wins the chess game against the astronaut by cheating in two ways:

This next video is about The Shining and how the Overlook Hotel and hedge maze shift architecturally throughout the movie:

(I've previously linked to as series of posts explaining that the protagonist of The Shining is the hotel.)

There's many more videos in the series, including a look at Aliens (Cameron's take on Vietnam?). Via these sites.

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Happy 4th of July

4th of July at The Overlook.

*Previously: Tie based on the carpet from the Overlook Hotel.

More Stanley Kubrick-inspired art

A few more gems from that enormous collection of art inspired by the movies of Stanley Kubrick I mentioned yesterday:

The Shining by Dan Ibarra.

2001 by Gabriele Brombin.

Gorillaz meets A Clockwork Orange by Irina Koshina.

2001 by Valerio Vega.

2001 by Dušan Vojnov.

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Art inspired by the movies of Stanley Kubrick

A few highlights from an enormous collection of art inspired by the movies of Stanley Kubrick:

The Shining by Max Brown.

Eyes Wide Shut by Melissa Mills.

Spartacus by Viktor Hertz.

Photographs by Justin Kent from a Shining-themed party at Timberline Lodge.

The Shining by Erica Gibson.

2001 by Brecht Vandenbroucke.

The Shining by Ben Whitesell.

2001 by Carlos Ramos.

China / Art&Maña Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya.

The Shining by Grégoire Guillemin.

The Shining by Edward Brown.

Eyes Wide Shut by Aurélie Scour.

2001 by James White.

2001 by Carlos Ramos.

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Link roundup

1. From a long and fascinating article about a group of Serbs that trains revolutionaries to take on despots:

When the next group came to the front of the room, its members were smiling and, oddly, taking off their shoes. Their spokeswoman, a young woman in a pink shirt who was wriggling with excitement, proposed a "Barefoot Campaign," to commemorate the monks of the Saffron Revolution, who do not wear shoes. The idea was to start with 100 young people, contacted by email and social networks. They would do something simple: go barefoot in public spaces. "We can start with the pagodas," said Pink Shirt -- no one wears shoes in a pagoda anyway. And people could walk through paint, Pink Shirt said. "We can easily measure success -- if we see barefoot people and footprints everywhere."

"When the authorities respond with arrests, how will you respond?" Auntie asked. The group had thought through this. "For safety, people can carry a pair of broken sandals in their pocket to show the police," said a cherubic-faced young man. "Or you can say, 'I'm getting ready to go running.'"

The tall man halted their excitement. "If the authorities see you leaving footprints, they will know and arrest you."

"They won't know who it was if we do it at night," said the Cherub. "Let's do it!" He pumped his fist in the air. Everyone laughed.

But the footprints were a problem -- they could quite literally lead the police to their prey. Then a soft-spoken young woman in a gauze shirt spoke up. "There are lots of stray dogs and cats," she said. "We can put a dish of paint in front of where they live so they will walk through it." Cats and dogs as the foot soldiers of democracy! They looked at each other, awed by their own brilliance, and slapped hands all around.

Via.

2. This would be a good start for a Stanley Kubrick activity book - - Overlook Restaurant children's menu.

3. Sad animated gif reveals the extended ending of Wizard of Oz.

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