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To: John Pitera who wrote (34074)	8/5/1999 6:45:00 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

I was using alienation more in the theatrical sense--- that we felt no sympathy for this couple. When Brecht did this it was with the intention of forcing his audience to think about rather than react emotionally to his story. He didn't want you to suspend disbelief- he took away anything that would provide a false sense of "being there"-- using minimalist sets to keep a distance. I just wondered if Kubrick was doing this intentionally. He used characters who live lives very, very few of us live-- exceptionally wealthy, very beautiful people, they weren't exactly sympathetic. Their lives had nothing to do with mine, or the way I try to live mine. I was taking this from your statement that people wouldn't like the movie if they tried to project into the characters.