Yeah, good point. Just to clarify, the book is okay with regard to that sequence, but the movie, taken in isolation, basically gives up on trying to make sense there. And Kubrick wasn’t big on explaining what it meant, thereby leaving the heavy lifting to the viewer.
Moviegoers should not be expected to bring their own superior allegory mappings.
Yeah, good point. Just to clarify, the book is okay with regard to that sequence, but the movie, taken in isolation, basically gives up on trying to make sense there. And Kubrick wasn’t big on explaining what it meant, thereby leaving the heavy lifting to the viewer.
Moviegoers should not be expected to bring their own superior allegory mappings.
And then there are those that never tried to make sense in the first place, such as the film Eraserhead by David Lynch, and the anime/manga FLCL...