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Re:The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films by Cpoll on Saturday January 31, 2026 @12:22PM (#46838609)
Is information density a meaningful metric for movies?

I'm reminded of Kubrick's long pauses, or the space scenes in 2001, which are there to set the tone or give the viewer time to consider the situation, not to deliver information.

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Re:The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films by WalterBright on Saturday January 31, 2026 @12:38PM (#46838753)
It came out when I was a kid, and I loved every second of those long boring sequences in it. 2001 was totally unique. I've probably seen it more times than any other movie. Once my college dorm went to see it in 70mm. Great memories.
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Re:The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films by nephihaha on Saturday January 31, 2026 @03:00PM (#46840208)
Kubrick has nothing on Tarkovsky who has nothing on even more longwinded directors.

I love some of Tarkovsky, but some of it is very slow e.g. Nostalgia and Stalker.

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Re:The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films by CamperBob2 on Saturday January 31, 2026 @07:03PM (#46842198)
I'd like to see some of those ADHD film students sit through The Sacrifice.
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