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uniqueness of the film you may well not appreciate it.
It is, for long periods, more like a silent film. The score brilliantly is used, indeed, no other film utilizes music as well.
It is NOT about human relations, per se, but about human ALIENATION. That's the friggin' point! Home theater, the internet, longer work hours, erosion of families... have these not further isolated us and shown us Clarke/Kubrick's wisdom?
HAL is a character, the murderous antagonist, and he is a "real" force. It is a tour de force to bring it off: to create a machine which seems to "feel." Recall his slow demise? It is hard not to feel some pity for him, driven insane by his impossible mission.
Also, recall the almost "human" relationship the astronauts developed with HAL before he turned.
I also appreciated the humor which unexpectedly appears throughout the film.
Lastly, at approximately the time this film was made, the very young field of ethology was in a hotly debated period regarding the origin of man's violent nature. One may disagree with the filmmaker's view but it was supported by many leading scientists.
But the film needs no apologists. It remains the most authentic, believable depiction of space travel and exploration ever filmed.
It also is the best non-drug induced psychedelic trip possible.
Follow Ups:
www.underview.com/2001.html for a discussion of 2001; also there is
an excellent comparison of 2001 vis-a-vis Tarkovsky's Solaris. I turned VK onto this site some years ago and he said he liked the
comparsion, understandably so, since he is a big fan of the Tarkovsky film. ~AH
I could play you hundreds of pieces of music more psychedelic than
that light show. Music that would actually alter your consciousness.
Regards,J.R.
I felt very uncomfortable when the image was vertical and relaxed when it went back horizontal. It's like at that speed I felt more safe being able to steer right or left rather than up or down . . . crazy?
Grits: "Rewarding, very, very, VERY REWARDING!"
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I thought the chilly beauty of the movie had more to do with Stanley Kubrick's sense of aesthetics. Alienation? I felt it was more a matter of actual isolation due to distance: Besides being time-delayed, the birthday greeting to Poole also appears on a small TV screen and sounds tinny, maybe a reminder that Earth is a long ways away, and that the Discovery crew is pretty much on their own.The movie is very optimistic about mankind's place in the universe: The first monolith encounter starts the ape-creatures down the road to becoming modern humans, and the second leads to..? The beginning of something super-advanced, we assume.
In terms of actually making me feel like I was hallucinating, I think Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas did more for me.
By the way, check out One: A Space Odyssey. Imagine "2001" condensed down to 60 seconds and done entirely with Lego.
I just checked out 'One". Cruel, very cruel, but fun.David Aiken
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