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Welcome to ODYSSEY ~ KEIR DULLEA ONLINE @keirdullea.org a site dedicated to the career of actor Keir Dullea. Best known for his role as Commander Dave Bowman in Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey. In a career that has spanned five decades, Keir has worked in film and television including Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Castle, Damages, The Hoodlum Priest, Bunny Lake Is Missing, The Fox, Paperback Hero, David & Lisa, Madame X, Isn't It Delicious, and the sequel to 2001, 2010: Odyssey Two. Keir's favourite medium is the stage where he's starred in such projects as the original production of Butterflies Are Free, On Golden Pond, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, P.S. Your Cat Is Dead, Doubles, Dr. Cook's Garden, I Never Sang for My Father, The Shawshank Redemption, Tales from Hollywood, The Cherry Orchard and many other workshop productions.
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[First, one little error. NAKED LUNCH is from David Cronenberg.]
Not on the list is LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD — a film that used many cinematic tropes also used by Stanley Kubrick. Single point perspective shots, repetition, tracking shots, cryptic storytelling, and an acting style that is more like statuary. (THE SHINING has the most obvious references to MARIENBAD.)
So I have a question for Mr Dullea. In MARIENBAD (if you have seen it) a broken glass becomes an important element of the film. It’s the point at which a woman recognizes the uncontrollable situation she is in. The broken glass in 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY could be seen as Dave Bowman recognizing his situation. I have read that the glass breaking was your idea. Did MARIENBAD inform your suggestion?
(A broken glass also figures into a cryptic moment in PERSONA.)
Interested to hear if this was a purposeful trope, or a coincidence.
Thank you.
Pat:
First of all thank you for stopping by the site and for leaving your comment. Sorry I didn’t approve it till now. Been a little MIA. My bad.
As for the glass breaking scene. I know from the various appearances Keir has made, as well as his explanation on the Bluray DVD commentary for the film with Gary Lockwood, Keir said it was his idea to use the glass breaking as a way to transition from the various aging forms of Bowman. It’s not that he recognizes his situation, rather, it’s that is the device used to transit to the scene where the aged Bowman is lying in the bed. Just as it was also Keir’s idea for the transition between Bowman in the bathroom of that room, to the “second stage” Bowman sitting at the table eating the food. If you can please get the Bluray edition of the film and listen to Keir and Gary’s commentary. It’s a revelation.
Thanks again for stopping by. I know Keir does frequent the site so he’ll see your comment.
Dianne