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Originally Posted by s2mikey
Interestingly, 2001 is fairly straightforward, even if its loaded with metaphors and such. Its essentially mankind reaching his pinnacle of evolution and then ultimately being reborn to start a new. Hence, the song played during monolith scenes.  |
That's exactly how I find Tree Of Life...a lot of it
is relatively straightforward. But like 2001 there are things in it I have no idea what the hell they mean. That's what I like about both movies. The thing is if I
did know exactly what every little thing meant, I think the mystique and magic would disappear. Which is why it doesn't bother me.
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Originally Posted by s2mikey
The "banal" is all on purpose - the humans in this film are so teched-out and everything is so perfect that they've almost lost their humanity and have almost become machine-like. The astronauts and space bereaucrats are PHD-wielding nerds and they act accordingly. It really is all there.
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By banal I was referring to what it might be like if I knew exactly what everything in 2001 was about - the loss of the mystique around the film. But your interpretation is interesting, I never thought of 2001 that way
