How Kubrick made 2001: A Space Odyssey - Part 1: The Dawn of Man
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Ever wonder how Kubrick made his sci-fi masterpiece, 2OO1: A Space Odyssey? In Part 1, we take an in-depth look into the production of ‘The Dawn of Man’ sequence. I spent over a month compiling all the available information I could get my hands on to better understand the construction of this masterpiece.
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This video essay was written, edited, and narrated by Tyler Knudsen.
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968 Dir. Stanley Kubrick)
Kubrick Interview by Jeremy Bernstein (1966)
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The Making of Kubrick’s 2001 - Edited by Jerome Agel (special thanks to La Familia Film)
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2001: A Space Odyssey Blu-ray commentary
A vintage article from American Cinematographer by Douglas Trumbull on creating Special Effects for 2001 A Space Odyssey
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Projector diagram from Taschen's "The Making of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey"
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Dan Richter Cinetropolis Interview
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Stanley Kubrick | 2001 A Space Odyssey (1968) | Making of a Myth
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You know, today it's easy to look at this film and think, "Oh, the colorist did a great job," then this video reminded me: colorists were not a thing when this film was made. This was all shot by white-balancing, aperture adjusting, and then lighting each and every shot perfectly for the negative.
Kubrick did this in the 60s. Today we have the ability to bring out any and all colors on screen, yet we almost always end up with Blue and Orange.
Well, they have light meters and experience of exposing films.
and I don't think that's entirely true. Color balancing could be achieved back then by the person developing the film, by how long it was immersed in certain solutions.
Wtf you saying, I watched this film, and I knew it was was in 1968 , I was in absolute AWE the whole time
Sorry to disagree. We did have colour grading back in the day. But very limited compared to what we can do now. On every film the grader had 50 printer points for the RGB lights. These were apertures a bit like a camera aperature. You relied a lot on their skill and sent notes back to alter the colour as you wished. It was an iterative process, a print for every grade so pretty expensive too.
This film must've been _truly mind-altering_ to see in the cinema in 1969!
Yes. It was. (For me, in 1968. )
Yea of course. I mean it was 19 69
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We were in the process of landing a man on the moon. The only thing that seemed fictional was the monolith. I fully expected us to be approaching Jupiter by 2001. I even became a fan of Pan-Am (RIP) because I KNEW they would build a space station. I had to decide where I would fit in, so I (10 year old me) decided that I would design HAL, and I have been working with computers my whole life. I didn't want to end up in a space zoo, like poor Dave.
He worked on the eagle has landed and should of won an Oscar for it I think that gets over looked 😷
Is it just me or does the projection method look a whole lot better than CGI for backgrounds?
I think i agree wirh you. Its the quality of ...real light and subtle color glow and reflection
Yes, it does look and feel better! The problem is, is that most people are far too lazy with zero talent and real skill. They cheat using CGI. That's why most film makers will never achieve the level of Kubrick. Yet all of the other no talent wanna=be's all congradulate one another to prop up each others egos, which sadly, has become the norm. We now have crap fake movies with crap actors with zero talent impressing most of the masses who are not intelligent enough to know the difference anyway.
Nolan did that than on interstellar
Izen Guarr just shut up
I agree 💯 films are drenched in way too much CGI these days. Dear God
"There is 2001, and then there are all other films." Finally someone understands! So true!
Your study and breakdown of this film is mindblowing. A huge reminder how good studio set 'real projected' backgrounds look Vs the CGI & LED screens of today. The end of this sequence is the most famous jump cut in film history
I love that jump cut. The Monolith teaches them how to kill other apes to survive. That bone he throws in the air is like the first murder weapon, as he uses a bone to kill the enemy leader. It jump cuts to a satellite carrying nuclear weapons pointed at Earth. When the Star Child returns to Earth (in the book) he destroys all the nuclear weapons first. In this way that smash cut shows the first weapon of destruction and the last weapon of destruction.
I saw this movie in 1970.....as a 12 year old.... & yes it totally blew my mind !.... Especially the classical music in outer space scenes.... PURE magic !
I'm really loving these videos. I saw 2001 five times the week it came out, in Omaha's Cinerama. I wish those theatres still existed, and everyone could see it the way I did. It was simply astounding. The first time I saw it, the transition between the falling bone and the space station evoked a giant gasp in the whole audience. When the big cat's growl moved from one side of the theatre to the other, everyone jumped. It's fascinating to see how all these scenes were created. Thanks!
I would do ANYTHING to watch 2001 in cinema! Wow, 5 times!!
Was there anything that impacted your life after you watched it?
I watched it on my own in a cinema Sliema ,Malta in 69 it blew me away then and is still my favourite Sci Fi movie.
Kubrick was a genius and this is his masterpiece. I saw the film in its original theatrical release as a wee lad and I can still remember the experience. I have had it in my collection in various media over the years and still watch it upon occasion. I agree with you, no other SF film has ever come close and will posit that there could have been no Star Wars without 2001.
Nice job man. I'm really glad you went into analyzing Kubrick's choices instead of just doing a "how did he do it?" video.
That transition from bone to space ship you mention at the end, that is the most brilliant scene cut in any movie ever. He was a genius
Tyler, thank you for bringing Stanley’s masterpiece alive for us. It has been my favorite film since I first experienced it in Super Panavision 70. Your journey through the creation of “2001: A Space Odyssey” has illuminated and explained so much for me. We use these episodes as training tools and inspiration for people in our media company. Again, thank you for all the work and love you’ve put into these episodes.
OMG! I never knew the background was still images!!! I've watched the movie in 1080p as well!
Just goes to show what a pioneer Kubrick is.
I never realised either until this video. Kubrick was a total genius.
The first thing I thought when I saw the film as an adult was 'still images.' I did not suspect they were actually still images, but instead very well composed shots.
@@hklinker Thought exactly the same. Heavily influenced my own video making to prefer well composed, long duration shots.
now i love the movie even more! thanks for doing the research!
BONE-TO-SPACESHIP = greatest cut in film history.
Not just the concept but the grace with which it's executed. The simple toss up into the air followed by the huge drop into limitless outer space. The sense of gravity and then free fall as it cuts on the way down, and the immense silence. The contrast and progression between the epiphany of a single ape man with a bone club, instantly millions of years later to the technological achievement of a weaponized spacecraft costing billions of dollars and millions of hours of labor and thought by our species' greatest minds.
I remember hearing someone say 2001 didn't get the Academy Award for Best Costume Design because the judges didn't know Dawn of Man was actors in suits.
I just discovered this epic documentary and was so interested, I watched the whole series on the film. This certainly was a labour of love and it increased my already high appreciation of the film. Kubrick was a master and has no equal. When I rewatch this on BluRay, I still cant believe it is nearly 50 years old. Thanks for your work, it was outstanding.
This is a genuinely great web series - I appreciate the depth. 2001 is fascinating. Well done Tyler.
retter2critical Thank you! Part 3 coming soon!
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Truly the greatest space film ever made.
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Imagine if kubrick made another space film after this one and it was even better
Interstellar is pretty close
saket adarsh where you think Nolan got half his interstellar ideas from😁
saket adarsh yeah interstellar is my favorite movie ever and 2001 is my second favorite movie ever
This is truly awesome. The quality is top-notch, almost real legit documentary style, and the commentary tracks you include are a pretty nice touch. Keep up the good work !
+TheBox YT Thanks! More is on the way!
Ever wonder how Kubrick made his sci-fi masterpiece, 2OO1: A Space Odyssey? In Part 1, we take an in-depth look into the production of ‘The Dawn of Man’ sequence. I spent over a month compiling all the available information I could get my hands on to better understand the construction of this masterpiece. #2001ASpaceOdyssey #Kubrick #ArthurCClarke #ScienceFiction #MakingOf #Filmmaking #FilmSchool #CinemaTyler
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+CinemaTyler Of course that the 2OO1: A Space Odyssey is a category of its own, but you obviously haven't seen many, other films, which are pretty much on that artistic level. I'd only mention Tarkovsky and some of his, but there are others as well. Just don't think that when i say ‘many’, it means hundreds!
I love Tarkovsky! I would have to say that 'The Mirror' is my favorite, but I also also enjoyed 'Solaris' as Tarkovsky's answer to 2001: A Space Odyssey. I think what really puts 2001 into its own category for me is how different it is while still retaining a certain narrative logic. It defies all convention without fully crossing the line into the abstract.
_Solaris_ was NOT Tarkovsky's answer to _2001,_ this is a (somewhat condescending) myth that just won't die. The truth is that after the _Andrei Rublyov_ debacle Tarkovsky was looking for a project that would be as diametrically opposite to the mediaeval Russia as possible (for obvious reasons :-) ) And at some dinner party the daughter of Sergei Bondarchuk, Natalya, asked Tarkovsky if he had read the newly translated book by Stanisław Lem called _Solaris._ He hadn't but he knew Lem's other books so he gave it a try and decided to shoot it as his "anti-Rublyov" project. Neither he nor his cameraman have even _seen_ Kubrick's _2001_ until _Solaris_ was advanced well into the editing. Tarkovsky didn't like _2001_ much, he thought it looked like a museum exhibit presentation while in his opinion "one ought to shoot a space rocket taking off exactly like you'd shoot a streetcar leaving a stop".
Just finished watching the movie a few minutes ago as of this writing.
I tried to keep my 10/10 movie rating to 10 entries, but after watching 2001 a couple of times I had to expand. I distinguish a 10 movie as being a 9.5 or above. This series has done nothing but cement the fact that Space odyssey is close to perfect. Please keep making video essays of this quality, but keep watching movies. Apparent;y, there's plenty.
I remember seeing 2001 when it was first released. It was truly breath-taking. While some things about the film are certainly dated and out-of-place in today's world, the film is still an amazing and innovative masterpiece. Great behind-the-scenes look at what was involved to produce the film.
Tyler just keeps turning out some of the best film school stuff out there, I don't understand why he isn't already getting a deal for a TV series. Thanks yet again for more superb story telling, analysis and history.
"There is 2001 and then there are all other movies". Finally, somebody who thinks like me! Best documentary about the best movie. Congratulations a million times.
Unfortunately a lot of people dick ride this movie including myself, to be honest it's because I had no idea what I was watching first time. Confused beyond beleif
What a treat on the 50th Anniversary of Kubrick's masterpiece to find your fascinating examination. You, sir, have produced one of the finest professional documentaries I have ever watched. Brilliant! Thank You!!!
2001:A SPACE ODYSSEY HAS BEEN MY #1 MOVIE OF ALL TIME SINCE ME AND MY BELOVED DAD FIRST SAW IT IN 1968.
Such a great movie! That's great that you were able to experience it when it first came out!
I also saw it when it first came out in Cinerama in London. It absolutely blew me away. Greatest film of all time. Nothing to touch it.
My father took me to see it in 1970 in Toronto. Changed my life.
A movie that stands in a league of its own! To this day, it stands as one of my all time favorites.
The part about Kubrick throwing the broom in the air and incorporating that idea into the movie is just pure genius. I was about 7 when I first saw 2001 and the scene with the bone transitioning into the space ship mesmerized me so much because I thought it was a glitch in the movie then realized a few seconds later exactly what transpired. Thank you for this video and the detail you've put into it.
That guy, Mr. Kubrick, was a stone cold genius. A ultra rare talent.
I love the "Dawn of Man" scenes, especially the cave portion from minutes 7 to 8 illustrating the beginnings of human consciousness, the fear of the dangers in the human environment as well as the functions of the family and clan structures benefiting from cooperation and communication.
It was such a great way to start the film-- unexpected, yet fits wonderfully and establishes the theme in such a poetic way.
You should read the book by Julian Jaynes called “The Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind”. It’ll blow your mind.
@@CinemaTyler it was cheap.. and still owing itself to the book, it couldnt have gotten more cheap. And we should be thankful.. because had it not been so arrogant, it wouldve been more science-fiction like the book (not science emulative, like the entire 2nd act) and we all saw what kubricks science fiction looked like in the 3rd act.. absolute shite. Which instead of making an entire act, one color wheel.. deliberately longer than the human capacity for stress and attention span. He couldve made a perfect first act to go along with the perfect 2nd act. Its the only reason this movie is remembered today.
@@bartacomuskidd775 The film isn't based on the book. The book was written after the script was.
Our evolved sense of “agency” spawned superstition and magical thinking making.
When the bone goes up in the air and metamorphoses into a satellite, it echoes A Canterbury Tale (Powell and Pressburger, 1944). Near the start, a mediaeval knight releases a kestrel which flies upwards almost out of sight then turns into a Spitfire when it comes back down.
You're right, and I'm sure Kubrick would have know that film.
To me this movie is THE most perfect film ever made and is THE film that still inspired me the most regarding framing, cinematography in general and the use of in-camera effects without optical post-production VFX. Kubrick's intense research resulted in an absolute timeless look and as a kid i never thought this was actually from 1965-1968 but maybe from the early 80s, late 70s. I owe this movie a lot and i have nothing but respect for everyone involved in the making of it.
Very impressive work! Thank you. Seeing 2001 in a theater when it was released (I was 12) was hypnotic. Like many longer movies released in the 1960s, it had an intermission -- and I recall sitting silent, motionless and stunned during the entire 10 or 15 minutes before the second half was shown. Alas, digital effects blockbusters have made 2001's analog visual effects seem fusty and obsolete, so I'm encouraged that someone I'm guessing may be half my age is impressed enough by the film to produce this lovely valentine. Just one thought about the Dawn of Man sequence you discuss so thoroughly: never once do you mention how realistic the set was. Sure, front projection presented a superior approximation of the outdoor landscape to anything rear projection could have produced, but the actual rock formations created for the set were also far more realistic than anything I'd ever seen on screen -- before or since. Indeed, though I suspect no one is fooled by the artifice of either the innovation in front projection or the dedication to realism in set construction (in other words, we're all aware that we're watching a scene set on a soundstage) the effort is so impressive and the story so engrossing that we simply don't care. As moviegoers we appreciate the effort and are happy to meet the filmmaker halfway.
Pretty much the most thought-provoking film ever..
Tyler - You are awesome. This information, and your delivery are priceless. Everyone who loves 2001 will love this.
An Amazingly intelligent movie. The shot when the bone fly's up and up into the air and turns into a space vehicle, is a work of pure genius. Still one of my favorite all time movie.
Totally agree! For me, it's really the only movie that hasn't lost any of its power and presence no matter how many times I watch it.
Massive fan of 2001 yet I only just now stumbled upon this video series. Very well done, sir.
The thing that's always fascinated me about the great match cut is that, in memory and parodies, people think of it as an exact match, in which the bone transforms precisely into the spaceship--but it's *not* exact. The bone and the spaceship are actually quite offset from one another in position in the frame. I think that's deliberate--obviously he was limited to the footage he could get, but also, Kubrick knew that getting it too on the nose would look trite and cheesy.
(Similarly: perhaps prodded by the book and the sequels, people always remember the stargate sequence beginning with a shot in which we travel into the monolith, but there is no such shot. The view pans up way past the monolith and the stargate emerges out of empty space. But the suggestion of a link is powerful enough that people remember it differently.)
The stargate sequence could be people just trying to make sense of the scene, I've seen the movie 3 times and never fully noticed a stargate appearing.
My 20 year old brother and college friend took me a 13 year old kid to the very first showing at a downtown theater.
3rd row in the balcony just off center eye level with 3 full screens you had to turn your head a few degrees to see it all.
It is a total shame people can't see, in that setting, this movie for their first time. I will never forget, and the exiting of
the theater, passing everyone waiting for the next showing to be let in the doors asking and expecting answers as to
was it 'good', were frustrated with a hundred quiet open mouthed struck drained loopy headed zombies that couldn't
answer.
My reaction as a 13 year old too, when I first saw it. .
uwmister1 - indeed . . . stunning!
if i was outside of a movie and was asking thiose coming out if it was good or not and all they culd do was file by with open mouthed stnned silence...then that in itself would make me very excited to see it.
If I recall correctly it was filmed in one of newer formats called "Cinerama" and entailed three projectors projecting onto an extremely wide curved screen - this is why one had to turn one's head to see either side of the screen, it was too wide to take it all in.
I also saw it as a youth on it's release, we were treated to a showing of it in the largest Cinerama screen in London, down in Soho somewhere (The Casino Cinerama, Windmill Street, if memory serves): first balcony, centre front - and yes, there's just no comparison with watching it on a VHS or DVD or whatever; it was a cinematic experience never to be forgotten and never to be repeated.
@@noneofyourbeeswax01 "2001" wasn't filmed with 3 cameras, as the first Cinerama movies. There were just one camera and one projector. But, in some theaters, the screen was HUGE.
When I saw this in the theater, when it was first released, I recall vividly the brilliant leap of time between the ape throwing the bone skyward, and the first view of the space station. Nothing else was needed to fill in the history. Brilliant.
I've read about Kubrick's fear of flying (he also had some serious car paranoia as well) - but I never knew he had his pilot's license! Great story arc unto itself, Kubrick doing all that time in an airplane to learn to fly and then eventually suffering a crippling fear of even entering an airplane. Many checks and balances in his life
Thank you Tyler. I first saw 2001 in 1978, and it lived up to everything I'd heard about. Since then I've read a lot of stuff about the film, but your films have brought together all that and added more. Your explanation of slit scan is the first time I've understood it clearly. This a major piece of work and I hope you go on to do many more. I hope your future projects include some similar forensic work on Vertigo.
About 17 minutes of footage was recently rediscovered, footage which Kubrick had cut after the premier. Inside it is the scene where HAL attacks Frank Poole and sends him off into space (among other segments). In film as it was released, we're shown HAL approaching Poole, then the attack's aftermath as Poole flies off and Dave catches a glimpse of it. The studio hasn't said yet whether they will issue a DVD including the footage but they'd be crazy not to!
+ragemanchoo82 I'm surprised it survived! I would love to see that and the original ending to The Shining, too!
+CinemaTyler Me too -- the missing hospital scene! I've talked to people who saw it at the premiere. I hope the footage still exists somewhere.
+ragemanchoo82 I think there is a single still image from the scene floating around. I'm really curious how the scene plays out!
+CinemaTyler There are a few still images of the hospital scene from "The Shining". www.theoverlookhotel.com/post/18532274943/these-three-continuity-polaroids-are-all-that
+ragemanchoo82 Oh cool! I see they also have those pages of the script. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!
I think that the 3 million years jump cut is one of the most elegant and meaningful cuts I've ever seen.
Probably.
I love the opening sequence. Nothing but a camera and sounds. Beautiful.
I saw this movie when it was first released - a stunning experience, although I couldn't pretend to have grasped half of it - but this is the first time I've heard that the "spaceship" that the bone transitions into is an orbital weapon. I don't know how 1969 audiences were supposed to have figured that out... but it makes so much more sense now that I know; from the first, most primitive of man's weapons to his latest..
"Phobia of flying in airplanes despite having a pilots license" -
It's called being a control freak.
I sat my wife down to watch 2001 for the first time and she ended up LOVING it. Probably my favorite instance of introducing someone to a movie they’d never seen.
You know a film is still amazing when somebody describes how the film was made to you, yet it still blows your mind. It still looks so realistic! It's so incredible! Incredible film!!
Wow! Until I saw this video, I innocently believed that this whole sequence had been filmed on location!
I sensed a certain queer flatness of the scenery, though.
+tetsuo takeuchi I know what you mean! It has almost a theatrical quality to it. I really feel that it wouldn't have fit as well stylistically if they had done it on location.
You earned my subscription sir..You explained such complex stuff so eloquently...
+Mahesh Ubbu Thank you!
if this is complex to you, just google "film school curriculum pdf" ... CinemaTyler is a noooob
The flying bone-to-space station transition is the coolest transition in the whole movie.
Nice work. That's the clearest explanation of the "Dawn of Man" projection technique that I've heard.
+Carmen Ficarra Thanks! I had no idea how they did it until I started doing research for this vid. It's such a fascinating concept-- I'd love to see it utilized more often.
I'm writing a school project on 2001, and I cant thank you enough! Extremely well made, and you have lots of interesting facts.
Thank you :)
+KNGHRLD V Thanks for watching! Glad it could be of some help!
2019. Still someone (me duh) enjoying your work Tyler. Well done!
Superb job and very informative. While attending the University of Washintion, I saw "2001" 33 times. I wrote a paper about the film which, if I remember correctly, was entitled "Systems, order and 2001 or we'll get this info to you fellas as soon as we work it out." Some years later, when I was the film critic on the PBS affiliate in Seattle, I told my audience that "2001" was my favorite film. It's great to revisit this amazing work. Thanks much!
Fantastic movie. Just one of the best things I've ever seen. So many movies have a big budget but are dull. Kubrick knew what he wanted to achieve and how to get there. THAT is VISION!!!
Well done! I trust you have Michael Benson’s “Space Odyssey.” It has 400 pages about the creation and production of 2001.
Benson's book is great.
This is the most comprehensive and intelligent 'get' of 2001. Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
I'm in awe of how great did you make this series. Watched a bunch of Kubrick documentaries, never felt this drawn inside his world. The attention to details (his, but yours, too) is towering. I might add that this is when I truly "understand him".
The analysis you provide in the series is dissective and it gladly uncovers Kubrick's work in depth. Well done
Thank you. This is still the Gold Standard of space science fiction, still the single most accurate space movie ever made.
Except the parts with the monoliths, the psychotic computer, and the space baby.
Give this man a Netflix contract.
Jose Capetillo this man is dead
What?😂 think about what you just said haha
The channel owner. Not Kubrick. Smh
Watched the movie and read the book dozens of times and never ceased to be awestruck.
Incidentally, the same setup with a projector (bare, no slides) and a half-silvered mirror was what created the "red-eye" effect in _Blade Runner._
Still one of the greatest films ever produced.
2001 is my favourite movie, and properly set the entire direction of my life. Scary.
Jesus... I had NO IDEA that these sequences weren't done on location. This movie continues to impress 50 years later
Such a brilliant and beautiful effect!
This was a fascinating and very well made video!! 2001 is my absolute favorite sci-fi film and Kubrick film ever because not only is it a masterpiece visually and technically, but also artistically and philosophically. This video made me appreciate 2001 much more than I had before. (if that were possible)
You definitely just gained a subscriber and I can't wait for the other parts of this series, so keep up the good work!!
Thanks for the kind words! I’m glad my video has increased your appreciation of 2001. Stay tuned-more is on the way!
This series of yours is bloody fantastic.
+DestronTC Thank you!
DestronTC - I agree
Great, now I have to go back and watch the movie for a 100th time... Despite all of the documentaries I have seen about 2001, I still picked up some new insight from this. Thanks!
I saw 2001 at the Leicester Square Odeon in London, when it was first released. It was a school trip, organised by my enlightened English teacher. It blew my socks off then, and every time I have seen it since, albeit somewhat muted on small screens. I would love to see it again on that huge, curved screen, with the immense sound system.
This is a fantastic resource, thank you!!
I saw this when it came out at the Fox Theater in San Francisco. My mom was dying to see it, so me, (6) and my older brother, (15) went to see it. $5 a ticket (which was insanely expensive at the time). The cinema (with the biggest 70 mm film, Cinerama sized screen I've seen in my life, outside of an IMAX screen, which is more square) was absolutely full. We even dressed up to see it. (and this was a matinee!!) I liked the beginning with the monkey men, the Blue Danube scene, and everything else was a blur. I do recall the Star Child ending, and the fact that the audience sat completely silent, at the end, because (I have always thought) they were as baffled as a first grader like me was. (oh, yeah, another scene I remember too is of course when the stewardess walked upside down with her magnetic shoes, as we all assumed, being innocents where film techniques were involved). I even remember waiting on the sidewalk outside the box office to get tickets and looking at the gum on the pavement. In those days they had those sparkly sidewalks in San Francisco....black, sparkly sidewalks.
(You know, I think I was maybe 7. I'll have to see what time period the film was playing first run in SF) =D
Your lucky you were alive damn it, I was born in 2001 many many many many years after, cause the films was released 1960, Correct?
I wish I was 18 in 1960
1968
You really should win some kind of award for these 2001 videos.
The Intro to this film you detail here actually moved me to tears. The birth of mankind.
I completely agree with you. In my opinion, this is the greatest film ever made.
For me, 2001 and the Godfather Parts 1 and 2 are the top movies of all time.
Whoever says there is a "greatest film ever made" doesn't understand film.
Whoever says otherwise doesn't understand 2001.
but why tho, CinemaTyler doesn't discuss the content at all lol
oh wow
Fascinating. Fantastic work, bravo.
Thanks!
CinemaTyler Thank you. It's very refreshing to see such level of resect for movie making.
"2001" is Kubrick's magnum opus!
Anytime my cats see the leopard scenes, they get really sassy, even insolent. Legend has it one of Stanley’s many cats suggested the scene.
Though the entire film was "unworldly", that opening was beyond even that. I was on the first row of the Majestic theater in Dallas, and I was on acid. The manager had the good sense to slowly open the curtains as the strains of "Sunrise" began. ( I had no idea, really, what I was about to see. The music alone had sent me into another dimension) ..and so, .
Wonderful. Very thorough and explanatory. With this kind of analysis you're on your way to becoming a great filmmaker.
I had no idea the satellite in the jump cut was supposed to be a bomb or weapon.
Fun Fact: Clark was involved with helping get the US satellite programs going.
It wasn't if you heard A.C. Clarke's comment. I always thought it was just a satelite.
The shot goes from one weapon, the most basic, a bone, to the most sophisticated weapon man has made so far. An orbiting platform for nuclear weapons that can be launched to any point on the surface of the earth. At the time there was the idea of lunching weapons from space instead of ballistic missiles from the surface. There was no nuclear treaty between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. to ban weapons in space yet. My ancient history teacher in high school had us watch this film at the begging of the semester. He helped explain the meaning of scenes like The Dawn of Man, turns out he was a local film critic and film buff.
IIRC Clarke actually invented the geo-syncronous satellite
Just finished watching this video, excited to see the rest. This is one of my favorite films of all time and it's apparent that you've really done your research. I applaud you for this and wish you success in your career as a filmmaker.
Thanks! I hope you enjoy the rest!
Me and my friend just recently saw this for the first time and it blew our minds. It is insane how ahead of it's time this movie was. Truly a work of art.
You should give credit in your narration to Stuart Freeborn, the late great English makeup artist who created the articulated ape makeups and ape suits for 2001.
Thank you for making this. I saw the beginning of this movie a week ago and immediately thought "how the fuck did they film this??" I actually thought all the animals were real.
My Dad worked on 2001 at MGM Studios at Borehamwood/Elstree when I was at school. He worked in the machine shop. He made many of the buttons on some of the instrument panels and several ultra wide angle lenses for HAL out of machined blocks of Perspex, amongst other things. He used to take me around the film sets when it was quiet. I have sat in one of the Shuttle Pods. Imagine my 12 years old disappointment that the inside of the pod was just plywood, but the exterior was fantastic. The MGN Studio used to have Christmas party's at the Studios canteen for us Kids of Studio Staff. They were mind blowing!!! We were taken to the screening/viewing Cinemas on site to watch shed loads or Tom and Gerry Cartoons, bloody Heaven. Ahh, what memories.
even though I watched this series of videos with my whole undivided attention , and it was brilliant, the videos are actually amazing to play in the background for essay writing
I've just finished this movie for the very first time and was wondering how it could've possibly be made at that time. Thank you for this video series :)
No blue screens (or green screens post-Star Wars) but they did double exposures as long as the ships didn't cross in front of a star or planet.
Samuel, you should have seen it in Cinerama in 1968. Fifty years later I can still feel the thrill.
Great great great!!! Amazing research! Very eager to see part 2! best regards
Thanks! This one took forever to research, but I found a lot of fascinating stuff that really made me see the film in an entirely new way. Glad you enjoyed it!
Your picture looks like that weird tik tok meme
My favorite director. I just wish he made more movies. This and Clockwork Orange are absolute masterpieces.
The greatest and most influential movie ever...
The monolith appears and then it gives you a friend request.
I honestly never noticed the large screen used during the Dawn of Man, until you point it out
Tyler? I'm in my 50s...and 2001: A Space Odyssey STILL ranks up as one of my all-time favorite motion pictures. I cannot get people to agree to watch it with me.
I'm not gonna lie that projection is a great effect I never had any idea.
If Kubrick can take a story this long and distil it down to 2 hours and 15 minutes, you really have to question all these abysmally bad movies that ponder on for almost 3 hours.
he's overrated.
@@kummakummakummakummakummac8606 No. Michael Bay is overrated. Kubrick if anything has been historically underrated, remember that The Shining was named the worst movie of that year at the Razzies. Don't mistake your own personal distaste with somehow objectively undeserving of praise... like how Michael Bay's tripe is objectively deserving of far less praise than it gets.
William Gregg With respect thats like saying Einstein is overrated. A statement that doesn’t map onto reality. Diamonds .... their hardness is overrated. You don’t rate Stanley Kubrick ...that’s a fact.
Microcosm of the problem of determining what constitutes quality in Art. Stats from a poll of 100 practicing film directors would be as close as one could get to objectivity re the question ..”Is Kubrick overrated”. No, would be be my guess re the outcome of that poll.
I've watched a lot of documentarys about Kubrick and I've seen all of his movies not all of them are great films or ones i had any interest in but it was Kubricks complete dedication to the art of film making that made the ones i enjoyed so entertaining although in truth that could be said of any director just that there are so few with that kind of dedication nowadays and to many assclowns who actually blame the audience for thier film being dogshit.
@CareBare Hair now if there ever was an overrated film (trilogy). What a waste of time, completely ruined the book for me. Though I won't let that get me down and I'll still enjoy reading it in the future.
"There is 2001, then there are all other movies."
These videos...
Your research...
That Quentin quote..
^THAT type attitude up top, followed up by your keen eye and this execution....
I like the cut of your jib!!!
+MintOnCardProd Thanks! Very much appreciated!
+MintOnCardProd Thanks! Very much appreciated!
+CinemaTyler Thank YOU! This series is beyond instructional, its entertaining and addicting. Im anxiously waiting for part 4.
Very perceptive observations. The "Dispassionate Objective Gaze", like the view is what the Alien observers are seeing, is something I felt and thought about during every subsequent viewing I went to of this movie. This film changed my life & made me want to go into Media.
The scene where the ape-man discovers the use of weapons and the playing of "Also Sprach Zarathustra" gives me goosebumps every time I watch this beloved film.
"There is 2001, and then there is all other movies." YES!