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DESCRIPTION:Film evenings begin with optional potluck refreshments and social hour at  
 6:30 pm,\nfollowed by the film at  7:30 pm, followed by a discussion after 
 the film.\n\n2001:  A SPACE ODYSSEY\nby Stanley Kubrick\n\nHere’s a 
 landmark science fiction classic — perhaps still the best science-fiction 
 film about exploration of the unknown.  It’s about space travel and the 
 discovery of extra-terrestrial intelligence.  It’s the predecessor of 
 many popular science fiction films and TV shows to follow.  Coincidentally 
 it was a prelude to orbiting and landing on the moon with Apollo 11 on July 
 20, 1969 and it prophetically showed the enduring influence that computers 
 would have in our daily lives.\n\nThis masterpiece is profound, visionary, 
 and astounding as well as a tremendous visual experience.  It contains more 
 spectacular imagery (about what space looked like) and special effects than 
 verbal dialogue.  The first spoken word is almost a half hour into the 
 film, and there’s less than 40 minutes of dialogue in the entire film.  
 Much of it is in dead silence (accurately depicting the absence of sound in 
 space) or with the sound of human breathing within a spacesuit.  It’s 
 breathtaking, richly eloquent, visually poetic and deliberately moves at a 
 slow pace.  All scenes in the film have either dialogue or music (or 
 silence), but never both together.  Viewers are left to experience the 
 non-verbal, mystical vastness of space and to reach into their own 
 subconscious and into the film’s pure imagery to speculate about its 
 meaning.  Many people are inspired by the film’s story of how humans are 
 dwarfed by technology and space.\n\nWheelchair accessible around the corner 
 at  411  28th  Street\n\n$5 donations are accepted\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/08/08/18655651.php
SUMMARY:2001: A Space Odyssey
LOCATION:Humanist Hall\n390  27th  Street\nmidtown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway\nhttp://www.HumanistHall.org 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/08/08/18655651.php
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