Absurd movie from the 70s or early 80s about traveling in space

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I watched an movie in the 90s about a man who was traveling in space:

the man was alone in a spaceship
seems like an employee of a cargo company, or something like that
there was mechanical head built-in on board
and they talk to each other about space and life time to time
everything was getting meaningless, and absurd while going to such a far distance
because traveling like that means wasting human life (time) also

Last sentence was the main theme of the movie, somewhat implied.

The movie looks like mostly black and white; but it was colorful, perhaps a 'b-movie' on VHS.

It was very interesting movie, I hope someone can identify it. Thanks.

I can't place it but maybe you'll find it on Wikipedia's List of Science Fiction Films of the 1970s or List of Science Fiction Films of the 1980s — Tom Harrington, Feb 21 '13 at 21:00
@Digerkam, there was a robot named Kryten, and there were at least a couple of episodes where his head was not attached to his body for at least part of the show. There was also Holly, the ship computer, but his face showed up on a TV screen. — Tom Harrington, Mar 6 '13 at 22:11

WombatPM · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-19 21:08:35Z

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I'm probably wrong but it sounds like Silent Running or possibly Darkstar

answered Feb 19 '13 at 21:08

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Thank you! I know Dark Star. Silent Running was look interesting, but it is not what I am looking for. The man was always alone in the ship as I remember. And he was traviling in deep space, not in our solar system. – Digerkam Feb 20 '13 at 6:52

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The Fallen · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-22 17:01:52Z

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Could it be an episode from a TV series, like The Twilight Zone episode "The Long Morrow"?

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answered Feb 22 '13 at 16:12

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Very good point, but I dont think so, I am sure that it was a movie. But that episode was really very close. Thank you! – Digerkam Feb 23 '13 at 21:27

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