Why Kubrick used ‘Daisy’ for HAL’s death
By JP Frantz |
Sunday, August 24th, 2008 at
2:00 pm
This scene is one of the most dramatic and poignant scenes in the history of movies: HAL, singing “Daisy”, as Dave Bowman deactivates him. But why “Daisy”? Let Arthur C. Clarke explain:
From a 1963 documentary.
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really having a DUH moment with this one. I knew that was the first song by a computer, but never made the connection! Is this called an epifany ?
Great tidbit. Thanks for posting.
Was watching this and then something totally unexpected… there is a blurb at the end that is in portuguese…
“Nós estaremos em contato com o mundo. Mas o que lhe diremos?”
“We shall be in touch with the world. But what shall we tell it?”