In Space No One Can Hear You Scream...

Rating: 10/10 (18 March 1999)

I feel that this may the greatest motion picture of all-time because of the scope that the film covers. From the Dawn of Man to the great beyond, this movie has as much to say as anything I have ever seen. Even though the film was released a year before we landed on the moon, it doesn't seem dated or campy at all. It could have very well been made in 1999 (or even 2001) since it is so open-ended and broad in its message. I really enjoyed the scene where an ape ("moonwatcher") throws a bone used as a weapon into the sky only for a jump cut to take us 4,000 years into the future. The bone is now a space shuttle and the setting is space. Upon learning of Mr. Kubrick's death last week I had a vision of a "Star Stanley" floating towards earth as the music swells and the credits roll. His death is a loss to us all.