Feedback on 2001? I believe Kubrick to be a general tease, this movie no exception. The monolith might as well be a blank white space- a bunch of nothingness WITHOUT the signifying sound and fury. The theme: a facist dream-hope of "man's" intellectual progression- "what a wonder it could be, let's not screw it up!" HAL: just another stereotypically repressed homosexual who loses it, without the sad eyes and soft, thin mouth (but can't you just imagine those baby blues?). Jerry ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]