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More than any other medium, cinema is reliant upon a number of independent art forms. It is music, however, with which film seems to have the most integral and mesmerising relationship. Such musical flourishes are both isolated and encompassed within the world of the film, offering a strange but exhilarating experience for the audience—especially by existing within dramatic movies rather than musicals.
Although seemingly polar opposites - one an existential, brooding French meditation, the other a hardboiled Hollywood sci-fi thriller - these two films make interesting conversation, once the ice is broken.
Often trashed for its cold and overly formal poise, Kubrick's movie inspires strong feeling both among its detractors and supporters. Read more to find out how our FilmSlashers interpret this beguiling and maddening epic.
