Monday, March 19, 2012

2001 analysis - part 32: Kubrick's statement about the Jews and Nazis

CATEGORY: MOVIES

In part 28 of this analysis, it was stated that in Mulholland Drive, David Lynch gives us a hint that in 2001, Kubrick was making a statement about the Jews and Nazis. Kubrick was trying to get across to us the idea that things aren't as simple as, 'the Jews are pure good and the Nazis were pure evil'. Recall that in the tale of the Prague Golem (discussed in the previous post), the golem eventually became violent, turning on society, its creator, and even on other Jews. Ultimately, what Kubrick was saying is that certain Jews have in some way become a source of evil, and have turned on society. In 2001, these evil Jews are represented by HAL, whom we recall is a Satan figure.












HAL, a Satan figure, represents evil Jews.


Recall that Bowman represents Jonas (Jonah), who was also known as 'son of truth' - the name of his father "Amitai" in Hebrew means truth.[a] Also recall that according to the tale of the Prague Golem, the golem had inscribed upon its forehead the Hebrew word for truth, in order to keep it animated. These two ideas taken together, indicate that the golem originates from the same source as does Bowman himself; therefore, as stated in part 29 of the analysis, the battle between Bowman and HAL can be thought of as the battle between a 'good Jew' (Bowman) and a 'bad Jew' (the golem, HAL). However, even though Bowman defeats HAL in the sense that he disconnects his computer memory/logic circuits, this ultimately does not represent a victory of good over evil. For as will be explained later in the analysis, it is during this disconnection process that Bowman assimilates into his own psychology, the Satanic evil within HAL.


a. Wikipedia, 'Jonah'. Web, n.d. URL = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah.


      





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