2001: A Space Odyssey

MGH · Post by **MGH** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:34 pm

Could someone explain this Manny Farber quote: "The opening of Coogan’s Bluff is a parody of Kubrick’s 2001 start: space-devouring images, a jeep whipping across the desert floor, and a ravaged-faced Indian hopping around hills, setting up his arsenal to destroy the world as the jeep approaches."

Post by **Mike Gebert** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:37 pm

Shot of desert = 2001 parody

You mean it isn't obvious?

Of course, with Eastwood in the cast, one might think first that it's a Leone sendup or homage, but not our Manny.

precode · Post by **precode** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 6:04 pm

COOGAN was already well into production when 2001 opened, so this is highly unlikely, especially given that Siegel was not really into that sort of "quoting." Sometimes a jeep is just a jeep.

Mike S.