When this movie was released I was 13 years old. I saw it in theater with my best friend. It played for over a year and we saw it 16 times. He became an astronomer, worked for NASA, taught astronomy at university. It is still one of the greatest film experiences of all time - one that has literally shaped lives.
I agree completely. My mom took me to see it when I was 10 years old. It completely shaped my perception of the world. I can't think of another movie that's had an impact on me that's even close.
I saw it when I was 22 in Cinerama theatre (and a dozen time in its first run) and decided then and there that I wanted to run a movie theatre so I could show this kind of inspiring art to thousands of people. I finally became director of a 2500 seat art house cinema in a Performing Arts Center. Our inaugural film, the movie with which we opened and the one which we have played every year since, is Mr. Kubrick's masterpiece. When I designed the cinema, I insisted on a curved screen and massive sub-woofers and total surround sound. And curtains, just like all movie theatres used to have in the Golden Age of the Movie Palaces, before there were ugly, soul-less, utilitarian black holes they call mutiplexes. I have had the privilege of making cinema art real to thousands upon thousands of audiences since. My life more than likely would have turned out differently if that Monolith hadn't reached out and touched that a kid in a darkened movie theatre nearly 50 years ago.
@@captaincinema5066 That's a great story. Where is your theatre? I saw it at the Cinerama theatre in Seattle. Just the lights going down ever so slowly as those massive red curtains opened sent chills down my spine!
The opening sequence, the Moon, the Earth and the Sun, with the overture to Strauss's Zarathustra, was incredible and captivated me from 1969 forever. Simply the best of the best movie ever made. Impossible to remake. Let no one think of desecrating this masterful work of art.
You know exactly what's going to happen the nanosecond when we get to planetary travel, film cameras in space and functionally intelligent robots... Some director or space travel company will do a short recreation of a few 2001 scenes, then it'll cut to "Stay at Starlink, rates starting at 1,999,999 per night."
my great grandmother loved this movie and gave me her vhs tape from the late 70's of 2001, i loved it too, and i also found out early vhs tapes had no re write protection and i ended up recording over the movie with Saturday morning cartoons
Is it not telling that, while people attempt to put the case that 2001 is some kind of great art event, no one can give any (convining) evidence or reasons why?
1000 years from now, when digital technology has advanced beyond any current understanding, this movie was still be regarded as a masterpiece and Stanley as a consummate genius. 2001 is the greatest achievement in cinema in the optics and models era. Only Metropolis rivals it. I saw it as a 9 year old in 1968 and have seen it any number of times since. One of the great works of creativity in the history of mankind. And it always will be.
I was one of the first people to see this movie when it originally came to my town and when we walked out of the theater, people were silent, in a daze, trying to figure out what they had just seen. It was a very moving experience.
My dad took me & a friend to Cinerama when it came out. We were around 13 or 14. I remember my friend saying, "I wish my big brother was with us. He's good at analyzing things".
As a boy, I saw 2001 in its initial run. It was the first movie (and possibly the only movie) I attended alone. My father dropped me off at the theater on a rainy Saturday afternoon. The book had already been published, and I had read it, so I understood what I was seeing. But at the end of the movie, there was nothing but stunned silence. This struck me, because at the time it was still common for an audience to applaud a movie at the end. I wondered if they were stunned as I was (with some understanding), or if they were stunned because they didn't understand it at all. I have never seen a similar reaction to any other movie in a theater.
@@davegrenier1160 that's a cool experience! Thanks for sharing it. I remember leaving the theater perplexed. 40 years later I read the trilogy, and some things fell into place.
I saw this in Memphis Tn with my twin brother and my Dad. We were both 13, I became a TV editor and he became a mechanical engineer. When we left the theater all we could think of was how in the world did they make this movie. I truly believe it had such an effect on us that we became who we are today because of this crazy movie. My brother looked at how could mankind build such advanced machines and I thought how did they make that movie... who we are today, an editor and an engineer, amazing!
I saw it age 10 when it first came out and I was utterly blown away. Even though I understood little of it, I knew that this was something magical, and that it was deliberately pitched at a level that could not be immediately understood, yet was explicable. Apart from the mystery, there was also an incredible sadness and isolation communicated in this movie, which gets stronger and stronger as the movie develops. It's incredibly haunting and sad even today. The scene where Bowman goes through hyper-space was the most boggling sight my little 10 year-old eyes had ever seen and for me. I just loved it, my favourite movie ever
I first saw this in 1968 in Hawaii. The cinema theatre had an excellent sound system and the opening music was a mind altering experience for me. I went on to see the movie many times after that and it never failed to amaze me. If it was to be shown at my local cinema now I'd be first in line for a ticket.
The opening sequence, the Moon, the Earth and the Sun, with the overture to Strauss's Zarathustra, was incredible and captivated me from 1969 forever. Simply the best of the best movie ever made. Impossible to remake. Let no one think of desecrating this masterful work of art.
Such a beautiful movie. Ground breaking special effects, score, and just one of Kubricks many master pieces. I love cranking up the surround sound and turning off the lights and watching this gem of a film. Truly amazing. No wonder he was accused of faking the moon landing based upon this. All that worked on this film are true artists
Got to do that at the Cremorne Orpheum in Sydney in the late 1990s from memory. I can't stress that enough. The big screen is a must for anyone interested in the film. Unbelievable. Kier Dulllea and Gary Lockwood paid a visit there to do Q&A several years ago!
Saw it twice on the big screen. Once when it first came out (I was only 7 but my parents took me), and the second time was 6 years ago. Both were wonderful experiences. Check your local theaters - occasionally they will play it.
I think most people, even those who loves this movie, don't see it is a fundamental piece of ALL the art of the whole XX century. Not a science-fiction movie, but something that is beyond cinema.
I've got mad respect for Mr. Cameron. He is a Master Craftsman in his own right, yet gives kudos to those before him. Long live the works of the interminable Mr. Kubrick!
2001: A Space Odyssey inspired me to eventually, after graduating from Art Center college of design, to be a special effects stop-motion animator and later a Special Effects Photo Illustrator. Love you Stanley(rip) 🤩 If He had only lived 2 more yrs to see 2001. 😫
Saw this in 1968, 11 years old and a perfect accompaniment to the Apollo program that was everywhere including in our classrooms almost every day. Astonished, transported, completely absorbed, it changed me forever. I "got it". Never understood why many people to this day don't.
I have to say.. when i first saw 2001.. i could NOT , i repeat NOT BELIEVE that this movie was MADE in 1968, to me it looked visually, like it was made in the mid 80´s that how GOOD it looked to me, i wonder now if i am the only one who felt like this.
this was him out doing nasa by a long shot and I am pretty sure that is exactly what he set out to prove. How easily an odyssey could be staged in a studio here in our realm, maybe??
DieHardjagged You’re certainly not the only one, Kubrick was so ahead of his time it’s unreal. I’ve seen a few RUclips videos where they even suggest he had a hand in the ‘moon landing’ footage.
"to me it looked visually, like it was made in the mid 80´s that how GOOD it looked to me, i wonder now if i am the only one who felt like this." we had seen nothing like it - the opening, the scoring, the seemingly perplexing narrative that subtly brought us into a sense of contact with alien intelligences, the segue from the falling bone to a satellite, which seemed to cause your breath to exhale from your lungs while concurrently placing you in a no gravity environment, the long silences of space juxtaposed with Kubrick's visual wit about how strange the new "normal" in space will be - complete with instructions for space toilets the strange sense of human evolution from crude, raw aggression first arising in the man-apes ( the first instance of evil ? ) - using aggression not just to kill and get food to survive but to sublimate aggression into more evolved political conflict - seen with the non-denials from the US agencies when the Russians are politely trying to push back at the deceptions they are dealing with the public bafflement with the Stargate ending that had everyone talking about it - the fact that it was released a year before we actually landed on the moon and only recently had humans seen pictures of earth taken from the moon - which was absolutely and totally unprecedented in human history the years of work that went into creating the effects were written about and discussed - before 2001 almost all sci-fi was "B" movie material - Saturday afternoon stuff for nerdy kids - long before video games got big in the mid to late 70's - we didn't even have personal computers yet - the only people who had access to computers worked at large companies that could afford the hardware or large universities doing research - we didn't even have computer science majors at colleges and biotech was a long way off - no cell phones, VCR's, even auto tellers at banks
The scene of the old David eating his dinner and slowly turning to look at young David. Chilling scene. Always reminds me of the movie the shining when Jack walks in room 237 and finds the lady in the bathtub. I got the same chilling effect.
+MadOrange644 The one thing that the first Star Wars did though, is up until then, spaceships were like in 2001, pristeen. Star Wars introduced broken down junkers with bent fenders and half-working equipment. That was the only "new" thing Star Wars brought to the table. The plot was really old and tired though, it recycled bad movie plots from decades before. Swords? Swords went out of style 200 years ago. Adding laser or plasma or whatever technology to a sword doesn't suddenly make it viable. Lucas had no interest in imagining what might be realistic, and his plot devices are stuck in the dark ages. His most imaginative movie was THX-1138
Watched this movie a few months ago. Even though I found it boring at times, there's something about it that makes me not want to take my eyes off of it. It is truly great for a movie to do that, and it is one of the only times where I think a film truly captures you, and it's terrific. As Steven Spielberg once said, "Kubrick films tend to grow on you." And let me tell you, that is exactly right. Stanley Kubrick, sir, your work will be watched, analyzed, and enjoyed for many years to come. Amen
Greg Hartman-Souder I think it's because of the effort that they have made on each scene of the movie. I have felt the same. It makes you realized almost instantly that it's more than a movie but more than it.
Greg Hartman-Souder concerning the first post: you nailed it! I recently became aware of Kubrick's work because all the "hype" and decided to start from the beginning watching "Killer's Kiss" and "The Killing" (50's, black and white). Talk about immersion! "The Killing" was the first movie that made me feel anxiety like I was a member of the robbery team. And the unexpected story turn on "killer's kiss", jaw dropping. Now I understand Kubrick's greatness and I will watch his entire collection.
Greg Hartman-Souder I often find that I fall asleep during this movie, even though I love it. It puts me in a trance-like state in certain parts. The first time I saw it I was too young to appreciate it ( Star Wars was the thing at the time - I was 10 years old) but now it ranks among my favorite sci fi movies. A brilliant piece of film making.
Hollywood would never make a film like this now they aren't interested unless something is blowing up every five seconds & they get their fucking Comedy elements & love interest boxes ticked!. Thank god for Kubrick.
The Hollywood factory formula, requires no originality anymore. Also the "shaky camera syndrome", rack focus, & fast cutting which tv shows use, 'make it appear' as a big budget movie when in fact it's some guy off camera range with a vibrator sticking it next to the camera lense...lol.
Hollywood didn't make 2001: A Space Odyssey. Kubrick was already working from England, and produced the film himself with MGM acting as a distributor. But nonetheless, I can see your point. I believe if a person can act as his own producer, then a film like 2001 could be made today. The problem is getting a producer to see the project as a potential profit, because although film can be art, it is supported by an industry. If Kubrick never set himself up to produce his own films, It's unlikely that most of his films would ever be made. Lolita in 1962? forget about it. A cold war comedy in 1964? you're kidding aren't you? A Clockwork Orange in '71. Tarantino hadn't made violence acceptable yet (it's a comedic reference). Eyes Wide Shut? Lets assume the Illuminati is real...
Yes great film I saw it when I was 10 in 1968 and was totally transfixed although I had to read the book and go and see it again to understand it. This film is so far above the new Transformers film in every department yet people are flocking to see the latter. Hollywood is successfully brainwashing cinema goers. I've seen plenty of reviews of the film describing as dull - boring - no action and incomprehensible from no doubt the Transformer's generation. 2001 makes you think - seeing Transformers is akin to masturbating in the context of instant gratification.
ThunderZandor Film are getting so low I expect Transformers 4 to get many Oscars. Best screenplay - Best actor - best actress - best director - best mindfuck - oh sorry Total recall won that in 1990 (that was how a popcorn movie should be made)
It's difficult for people today to understand the impact this movie had on its first audiences. Although it is now internationally well-known, not many people had ever heard Also Spake Zarathustra by Strauss. In fact, the first minute and a half, called Sunrise, is only an introduction of a half-hour tone poem. In 1968, I vividly recall the lights dimming in the theater and a low rumble being heard. Then came the most astonishing introduction of any movie, ever. And that was just the beginning! Highly influential and most debated film of all time.
The most brilliant, profound movie ever made. It's about the ultimate questions of origins, evolution, existence and death. Most SF is simple minded, shallow soap operas in space.
For years and decades 2001 was my favorite film. In 1983, it was the 25th anniversary of the movie. I flew to San Diego to see the movie being shown at Fleet Science Center. Weird seeing it on the planetarium ceiling.
Beautiful documentary! Thank you for sharing with us, the "2001" fans! The editing, and mostly the ending with Doug Trumbull saying that's a big pity St Kubrick wasn't with them in the real year 2001 is very emotional!
Me too! I like the way Kubrick uses wide shots and long takes such as in The Shining, instead of quick takes or with that annoying steady cam scenes. The only reason I became a fan of his movies was after seeing 2001 A Space Odyssey in the 1970s. I had to wait over twenty years to see A Clockwork Orange at the cinemas. I would have liked to have seen his version of 'AI' instead of Spielberg's final work.
+Mike Landrau I'm fucking tired of people saying Speilberg ruined AI. The last scene was in Kubrick's writeup. He never meant the film to end with the boy stuck in the ship.
I was teaching in a Kenyan school near Kitale (Kamusinga) and I took my 6th form Physics class to see 2001. They were impressed, amazed and I think that some of them thought it was real..a documentary maybe ..still a space movie which has yet to be surpassed…
I saw Kubrick's 2001 film at the Cinerama Dome on a very rainy mid week daytime screening. Nobody was there but myself and maybe 10-12 others. Projected in Super wide angle on this 180deg screen....it was Amazing! I was often confused yet couldn't wait to see the next scene. Never forget it. WOW😍😀
Cinerama Dome in Hollywood - saw it there age 11? on overcast drizzly day - no idea who took me but it was a fantastic experience. Human embryo the size of Godzilla made quite the spectacular ending!
Something in this film that always made me chuckle is the two computer panels that light up with "LIFE FUNCTIONS CRITICAL" and "LIFE FUNCTIONS TERMINATED". I always imagined Dave and Frank touring the ship before launch and asking, " So...when do these panels light up"?
One of my favorite movies. I saw it back in 1969 in a theater on Connecticut Ave in 1969. It had a huge screen and we sat in the first row on the floor, and was stoned out of our minds!
"hey kittymom, how ya doin?" "I was that weird guy sitting next to you in the theater that day" "You got that $20.00 I lent you to get a hot dog and coke?" "I could really use the money" "huh?" "I'll wait for a response"
Hello! I'm 65 now and about to turn 66 on Jan.13. I first saw this brilliant movie at age 22 in Hollywood, California in 1977 on a Cinerama screen. It was a transformative moment for me. I was speechless. I've seen it several times since and still get tongue tied describing my sheer joy upon seeing it.
Every time i watch this movie, I feel like I'm getting a glimpse of something otherworldly. It's both beautiful and terrifying at the same time for me. One of my all time favorite movies. Between the script, themes ,the soundtrack, camera angles, and things left unsaid, this movie is an epic masterpiece.
Stanley created this film and then put a clockwork orange on the big screen 3 years later. That just goes to show the range of film making and story telling this man had. The difference between the two movies is basically the north and south poles, opposite ends of the spectrum but yet they worked so well as separate film.
It's So ironic that Keir Dullea almost looks in this documentary, almost exactly as he did when he was made to look older near the end of the film when we see him eating his supper in the bed room!
Ah, 2001, the greatest film. The prestigious Majestic theatre house would not play it until they had the new Dolby five part sound equipment functioning. We waited. And waited. Finally we were allowed. Increasingly, this epic demands the courage to face its implications. It remains an incredible journey through the mind of Kubrick.
This movie will always draw viewers, it was believeable and a feast for the eye. OMG is it ever! Kubrick was a genious, why did you leave us? I saw this film on a cinerama screen 10 times and still didn't get enough. The sound alone knocked your sox off. Stanley, we will love you forever. Thank You for what you have given us. This includes 'A Clockwork orange'
i first saw this as a teenager in 1973 and it still looks just as fresh as ever. PS For those who don't know his work, Brian Johnson learnt his special effects/modelmaking skills from Derek Meddings in Gerry Anderson productions
the special effects can, of course be surpassed today, just take Avatar as an example. but the reason why 2001 will never be equalled is the fact that it was written by a true scientist and one of the worlds greatest science fiction writers and it was directed by a magician of the cinema art. it is and will always remain the gold standard, by which all subsequent sci fi films are made. many have tried but in terms of awe and wonder, none have ever come close.
For sure, the special effects could be redone in CGI with full 3D flyby technology. But how could you really surpass the subtly of the docking manoeuvre of the shuttle and the space station. Any modern retake would add a system fault, with flashing lights, sirens... ratcheting up unnecessary tension... requiring some unlikely engineered human intervention to save the day. Totally missing the point.
Thank you Vivian Kubrick for coming onto the Alex Jones Show and recommending The making of 2001 for info-warriors who watched your recent interview with Alex Jones. :)
The warnings in the film of being so comfortable with technology is sadly being ignored. Our lives are being controlled by what our smartphones are telling us and prompting us to do. Sadly we all have a HAL in our pockets
To suggest that smartphones owners are carrying a portable “HAL” ? I’am afraid your quite mistaken, our current smart phones are merely an advanced “A.I.” tool that for me accompanies and enhances my lifelong study, yet I still visit my local library and borrow a book then proceed to “READ, STUDY and take NOTES” this is my personal learning process. With that said, when the technological scale advances to the “Quantum Mobility” format, and to what this level of technology morphs into has yet to be demonstrated and for that matter will not be seen for the next several decades…
"With movies getting day after day more spectacular, 2001 reminds us the it's the idea behind the effects that makes the movie espetacular" I found ironic this first quote coming from the director of Avatar. great Documentary btw
a movie about ipads, skype and alien van neumann probes, featuring space suits that are more realistic that most modern sci-fi movies and a talking AI... and it was made in 1964-68, when people were skeptical going on the moon was possible.
@@bartacomuskidd775 I don't agree.I love the novel but the movie approached the material from a more ambiqous(sic) angle.Apparently Doug Trumbull was so pissed off when Kubrick changed his mind about using Saturn (Trumbull did a lot of the special fx) and chose Jupiter instead.Trumbull made Silent Running using that Saturn footage-a movie that makes no sense whatsoever storywise but has some nice moments.
@@bartacomuskidd775 The book is probably one of the most underrated science fiction novels ever written. Plus it makes it a lot clearer what's going on.
Brilliant- the line in Daisy Daisy- I’m half crazy goes right by the first time ya see it-at first it’s the fact that this complex machine is singing and singing a simple old song as it’s dying, then 2nd time you put together Hal is crazy ergo the lyric Every scene is like that, new realizations- Stanley is the best- Ty
The answer to the ending, is there is no ending, it's a representation of eternal imagination. As Einstein said, imagination is more powerful than knowledge. The simple fact is, the film continues to interest and prick everyone's imagination into the infinite. That space between now and forever. It's very Tao very Zen and possibly the answer to everything.
The "Dawn of Man" sequence from this movie is THE most beautiful thing ever shot in motion picture history, in my opinion. And then the jump scene from the tumbling bone to the orbiting space station...pure magic. The only thing that comes even remotely close to this is the opening scene of the movie "Contact."
Stanley Kubrick didn't have digital computer image technology in1968 but Kubrick he did have his incredible parallax imagination and for that reason alone makes "2001 A Space Odyssey" the best space Sci-Fi movie of all times bar none.. Thanks Mr. Kubrick and we'll see you on the other side of this Stellar universe infinite..
Its a brilliant movie because.... It answers your questions ???. What is life ? Why am I here ? Calm down Young traveller, and enjoy the ride. All will be revealed! In Good time.
True. Clarke's original short story is a beautifully simple but mind-expanding concept: mankind reaches the moon and a device beams a signal out into space, alerting parties unknown that mankind has evolved to the point where we've taken our first steps into a bigger universe. Kubrick's film takes that notion and expands on it in all directions, thinking the concepts through to their ultimate conclusions. As you say, they're both geniuses. 2001 is one of those rare occasions where two great minds came together to create something that transcended them both :)
how could the stewardess still be so lovely in 2013? I got a high D TV for Xmas, and 2001: was the 1st DVD I watched. incredible clarity!! like it was shot yesterday!
@@knownpleasures I'm not arguing; I'm noting the differences is all. Which one you think looks better is up to you. He does appear to be in pretty good shape though.
Richard Strauss composed THUS SPOKE SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA at the end of the 19th century and I think he would have loved how it was used as the theme of the movie among so many other classical masterpieces.Probably the most powerful music ever put to film.I think most viewers would agree it captures the imagination and awes you with a promise of something so astounding words cannot be found.When put to scenes of wonderouse visions,one is transfixed.I recall years later it was used to great effect in IRON MAN 2.As the armor comes out of a suitcase and incredibly attaches and covers TONY STARKS body,it enhances the scene with wonder and the beauty of the technology we are seeing !!
Actually, Arthur C. Clarke left the set of "2001" near the end of filming, citing artistic differences with Mr. Kubrick. More specifically, it was the lack of an ending, the interpretation of the monoliths, etc. After the success of the film, Mr. Clarke eagerly embraced it. I saw it the first day it was released in Atlanta in Cinerama. It had an intermission. Those were the days.
One of the very few films that I can watch over and over without fully understand the whole meaning of every scene... Kubrick was a genius that left us so early with so many questions to answer... thanks for sharing!!
Saw this movie first time in the cinerama movie theater (best movie theater I’ve ever been bar none), Córdoba, Argentina, 1969. Was mesmerized, thought the movie could not have been conceived by just one person, that a huge team was behind it. Remember the complete almost religious silence of the audience. In those days-there- people didn’t go to the movies to eat junk food and make all kind of noises in the process. Thank you Stanley Kubrick!
I think it’s interesting that the film equates sentience, whether with the ape or HAL, with their discovery of their ability to kill, their sense of self preservation. Perhaps HAL truly became human when he decided to murder his shipmates, just as the ape did when he picked up the first weapon.
this is really the most Kubrick-y part of the film to me, that pessimistic view of evolution. If you asked scientists about it now they'd talk way more about symbiosis, cooperation between species being essential for development, and how the original interpretations of evolution were majorly influenced by capitalistic views of humanity at the time. I love this movie but sometimes it's frustrating how much people idealize it, because there's so much room for sci-fi to treat the same ideas very differently now.
I saw 2001 when I was 8 years old... It was a shock for me, the perfect film, in which the dialogues are essentially superfluous and in which images, sounds and music accompany humanity's journey through the universe and through the ages. And the comparison with something profoundly immense and aware, which puts us in touch with our obtuseness and makes us understand how little we really understood about our life.
I'm reading your Comment, now in 2024 .... I saw "2001" when I was 22 years old at it's 1968 Premier run in a huge theatre in London. I'm still wondering and breathless.
Its almost impossible to make a movie like this anymore it's a shame the art and magic of film is outweighed by profit these days. A classic piece of cinema watched it as a kid blew my mind
I'm really surprised Paglia said that. She is often on target on a lot of things, but in this case she was off. But then, I don't expect to agree with everything she says, although I do like her books.
She wanted to condem men as whole. It's self evident she decided to throw away any genuine or intuitive idea about the scene for the shock of trash talking. Kind of like hearing an NFL player, who makes 4.3 mill a year, compare his contract with the owner to slavery..
@@andrewlabat9963 That surprises me. There is a two hour interview she did with Jordan Peterson where she comes across as quite sympathetic to the plight of modern Western men.
@@haitolawrence5986 I've found her to be smart on a lot things. I'll have to check out the Prof. Peterson interview. A link would be much appreciated. Cheers for that to happen.
The Daisy Daisy song is clearly a throwback to one of the first things that HAL learned whilst developing his AI. It has nothing to do with HAL's emotions. He was just being wiped back to nothing.
26:00 HAL does go psychotic and that is, IMHO, the crux of the movie: when Moonwatcher learns to kill so his group could have access to the water, the apparently paradoxal Freudian impulsed of Eros and Thanatos (life and death) are made explicit - and also the ability humans have to live with these kinds of paradoxes. Another example happens when Dr. Floyd lies to his Russian friend at the Space Station about the nature of the epidemic in the US Lunar base - he lies to an old time friend with no problem. HAL, on the other hand, cannot deal with the paradox and know the whole mission is a lie so he starts to have Freudian slips - mistakes - that lead him to find a way out of the lie: kill everybody he's been lying to. Camile Paglia missed a huge point there. Roy Coutinho and Ron Brachman (AT&T Bell Labs) got it right - which is interesting since they're "technicians" and Paglia is a "humanist".
Saw it when it first came out, at age 12 and have never watched it again. At the time, I remember thinking it was pretty cool, but too long, somewhat boring, and that the ending didn't make sense. Fairly recently, I took a screenwriting course in LA. The instructor was discussing how writers strive to give their audience a particular experience. I don't know how true it is, but he said Kubrick screened 2001 for executives, and they found the ending clear and satisfying in the traditional Hollywood sense. But that wasn't the experience Kubrick was after. Since his contract gave him final cut, Kubrick edited the final version by removing enough context to make the ending ambiguous, which was the experience he wanted his audience to have. If this story is true, it would be fascinating to see the "lost footage" and experience the ending as it had originally been produced. But I think it's nearly impossible this could be true. If it were, someone would have discovered the footage or publicly spilled the beans by now.
I read the Marvel comics adaptation of the film before seeing it on TV. It explained the concepts behind the scene, so fortunately I had no trouble following the plot, even though I was very young.
I saw this movie when it first came out. I was about 9 yrs old. I walked out of the theatre confused. I wondered "what did I just see?" the rest of my family seemed to have the same experience. It wasn't until many years later, and read the book that it all made sense. I was convinced as a young man that HAL had been influenced by the "aliens" but in fact the paradox HAL was confronted with was from his creators.
Camille Paglia made some interesting observations. I developed an understanding that the movie also deals with conciousness and the Freudian Eros vs Thanatos concept and how we humans can deal with these paradoxes with such normality. Dr. Floyd lies to his russian friends at the space station withou hesitation but HAL develops a psychosis and start doing his Freudian slips - all triggered by a news piece. At the end, HAL's sick mind decides to end his internal conflict by killing all those to whom he was lying. As all Kubric movies, complexity of meanings and interpretations are a result of his creativity. A man who knew how to deal with symbols and who used the complexity of those symbols very well.
I watched this with my father in 1968 - he drove us 150km to see it in Cinerama. What I always remember, after the film was over, was that he had as LITTLE an idea as I did as to what the film was all about! It made me feel so grown up.
Interrupted early on by yet another assault on human intelligence by GRAMMARLY. No one wishes misfortune on anyone else, but, honestly, hearing that company went paws up would be welcome: their adverts and their whole concept are anathema.
I saw this at the cinema when I was 15 in 1968. Absolutely blown away, not only by the incredible story but by the effects which were so clean and realistic compared to other films of the time. The final segment in the hotel room is so clever as it steps through time and never looks back. Also the 'lighting from underneath' in the same scene, which gives a very unsettling feeling. One question - could you not have used a genuine orchestral soundtrack rather than the toy-sounding keyboard one?
A monumental piece of movie making and work of art from one of the great film masters. I wish they would make 2068 and 3001 movie versions or the continuation stories from the books.
When this movie was released I was 13 years old. I saw it in theater with my best friend. It played for over a year and we saw it 16 times. He became an astronomer, worked for NASA, taught astronomy at university. It is still one of the greatest film experiences of all time - one that has literally shaped lives.
I agree completely. My mom took me to see it when I was 10 years old. It completely shaped my perception of the world. I can't think of another movie that's had an impact on me that's even close.
I saw it when I was 22 in Cinerama theatre (and a dozen time in its first run) and decided then and there that I wanted to run a movie theatre so I could show this kind of inspiring art to thousands of people. I finally became director of a 2500 seat art house cinema in a Performing Arts Center. Our inaugural film, the movie with which we opened and the one which we have played every year since, is Mr. Kubrick's masterpiece. When I designed the cinema, I insisted on a curved screen and massive sub-woofers and total surround sound. And curtains, just like all movie theatres used to have in the Golden Age of the Movie Palaces, before there were ugly, soul-less, utilitarian black holes they call mutiplexes. I have had the privilege of making cinema art real to thousands upon thousands of audiences since. My life more than likely would have turned out differently if that Monolith hadn't reached out and touched that a kid in a darkened movie theatre nearly 50 years ago.
@@captaincinema5066 That's a great story. Where is your theatre? I saw it at the Cinerama theatre in Seattle. Just the lights going down ever so slowly as those massive red curtains opened sent chills down my spine!
and what did you go on to do?
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Played for 127 weeks at The Glendale Cinerama in Toronto (world record) Huge screen and huge sound. Best movie ever!
Agreed.
The opening sequence, the Moon, the Earth and the Sun, with the overture to Strauss's Zarathustra, was incredible and captivated me from 1969 forever. Simply the best of the best movie ever made. Impossible to remake. Let no one think of desecrating this masterful work of art.
There are groups, or individuals, whose goal is to desecrate this film??
ze Germans, perhaps?
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You know exactly what's going to happen the nanosecond when we get to planetary travel, film cameras in space and functionally intelligent robots...
Some director or space travel company will do a short recreation of a few 2001 scenes, then it'll cut to "Stay at Starlink, rates starting at 1,999,999 per night."
my great grandmother loved this movie and gave me her vhs tape from the late 70's of 2001, i loved it too, and i also found out early vhs tapes had no re write protection and i ended up recording over the movie with Saturday morning cartoons
There has never been a movie made that was that far ahead of its time. A masterpiece!
Agreed!
Is it not telling that, while people attempt to put the case that 2001 is some kind of great art event, no one can give any (convining) evidence or reasons why?
One of the greatest films of all time! Blew my mind as a 10 year old in the theatre. Stanley Kubrick and Ed Bishop R.I.P.
1000 years from now, when digital technology has advanced beyond any current understanding, this movie was still be regarded as a masterpiece and Stanley as a consummate genius. 2001 is the greatest achievement in cinema in the optics and models era. Only Metropolis rivals it. I saw it as a 9 year old in 1968 and have seen it any number of times since. One of the great works of creativity in the history of mankind. And it always will be.
You said it, Kenton. Kubrick threw away all of Clarke's tired old meanings and made a film that every viewer can interpret for themselves.
1000 years from now!!! Ha you're lucky if we see 20 at the rate we're going!!!!!
Have you seen it on acid?
@@mitchcornacchia968 ha! your an optimist
@@spactick you just did his joke but worse
I was one of the first people to see this movie when it originally came to my town and when we walked out of the theater, people were silent, in a daze, trying to figure out what they had just seen. It was a very moving experience.
Yes, you didn't watch 2001... you Experienced 2001 ! It was a most profound impact upon my life.
I'm kind of jealous, I would have loved to have been there seeing it on a big screen! Hope I get a chance to see it in a movie theatre one day.
My dad took me & a friend to Cinerama when it came out. We were around 13 or 14.
I remember my friend saying, "I wish my big brother was with us. He's good at analyzing things".
As a boy, I saw 2001 in its initial run. It was the first movie (and possibly the only movie) I attended alone. My father dropped me off at the theater on a rainy Saturday afternoon. The book had already been published, and I had read it, so I understood what I was seeing. But at the end of the movie, there was nothing but stunned silence. This struck me, because at the time it was still common for an audience to applaud a movie at the end. I wondered if they were stunned as I was (with some understanding), or if they were stunned because they didn't understand it at all.
I have never seen a similar reaction to any other movie in a theater.
@@davegrenier1160 that's a cool experience! Thanks for sharing it.
I remember leaving the theater perplexed.
40 years later I read the trilogy, and some things fell into place.
I saw this in Memphis Tn with my twin brother and my Dad. We were both 13, I became a TV editor and he became a mechanical engineer. When we left the theater all we could think of was how in the world did they make this movie. I truly believe it had such an effect on us that we became who we are today because of this crazy movie. My brother looked at how could mankind build such advanced machines and I thought how did they make that movie... who we are today, an editor and an engineer, amazing!
The Film acted as your Monolith. 😉
I saw it age 10 when it first came out and I was utterly blown away. Even though I understood little of it, I knew that this was something magical, and that it was deliberately pitched at a level that could not be immediately understood, yet was explicable. Apart from the mystery, there was also an incredible sadness and isolation communicated in this movie, which gets stronger and stronger as the movie develops. It's incredibly haunting and sad even today. The scene where Bowman goes through hyper-space was the most boggling sight my little 10 year-old eyes had ever seen and for me. I just loved it, my favourite movie ever
This pretty much sums up my feelings too.
I first saw this in 1968 in Hawaii. The cinema theatre had an excellent sound system and the opening music was a mind altering experience for me. I went on to see the movie many times after that and it never failed to amaze me. If it was to be shown at my local cinema now I'd be first in line for a ticket.
The opening sequence, the Moon, the Earth and the Sun, with the overture to Strauss's Zarathustra, was incredible and captivated me from 1969 forever. Simply the best of the best movie ever made. Impossible to remake. Let no one think of desecrating this masterful work of art.
Such a beautiful movie. Ground breaking special effects, score, and just one of Kubricks many master pieces. I love cranking up the surround sound and turning off the lights and watching this gem of a film. Truly amazing. No wonder he was accused of faking the moon landing based upon this. All that worked on this film are true artists
Masterpiece must be seen on a huge screen at least once
I first saw it on a Cinerama screen in Hollywood in 1977. I could not stop picking up my jaw from the floor. I was stunned!!!
Got to do that at the Cremorne Orpheum in Sydney in the late 1990s from memory. I can't stress that enough. The big screen is a must for anyone interested in the film. Unbelievable.
Kier Dulllea and Gary Lockwood paid a visit there to do Q&A several years ago!
Saw it twice on the big screen. Once when it first came out (I was only 7 but my parents took me), and the second time was 6 years ago. Both were wonderful experiences. Check your local theaters - occasionally they will play it.
Absolutely correct.
Would a huge screen in a VR headset count?
I think most people, even those who loves this movie, don't see it is a fundamental piece of ALL the art of the whole XX century.
Not a science-fiction movie, but something that is beyond cinema.
Re the comments, MANY are deeply/profoundly touched/inspired.
Agreed. Way beyond cinema. Kubrick had experts all over this film.
So is 2001 an emotionally-driven event this is beyond all logic or reasoning?
I've got mad respect for Mr. Cameron. He is a Master Craftsman in his own right, yet gives kudos to those before him. Long live the works of the interminable Mr. Kubrick!
It's so nice to see the author of the book in this . Sir Arthur Clark.
2001: A Space Odyssey inspired me to eventually, after graduating from Art Center college of design, to be a special effects stop-motion animator and later a Special Effects Photo Illustrator. Love you Stanley(rip) 🤩 If He had only lived 2 more yrs to see 2001. 😫
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Saw this in 1968, 11 years old and a perfect accompaniment to the Apollo program that was everywhere including in our classrooms almost every day.
Astonished, transported, completely absorbed, it changed me forever.
I "got it".
Never understood why many people to this day don't.
I have to say.. when i first saw 2001.. i could NOT , i repeat NOT BELIEVE that this movie was MADE in 1968, to me it looked visually, like it was made in the mid 80´s that how GOOD it looked to me, i wonder now if i am the only one who felt like this.
You're not the only one.
Now think how those of us who saw it back in the late 60s/early 70s felt.
this was him out doing nasa by a long shot and I am pretty sure that is exactly what he set out to prove. How easily an odyssey could be staged in a studio here in our realm, maybe??
DieHardjagged You’re certainly not the only one, Kubrick was so ahead of his time it’s unreal. I’ve seen a few RUclips videos where they even suggest he had a hand in the ‘moon landing’ footage.
"to me it looked visually, like it was made in the mid 80´s that how GOOD it looked to me, i wonder now if i am the only one who felt like this."
we had seen nothing like it - the opening, the scoring, the seemingly perplexing narrative that subtly brought us into a sense of contact with alien intelligences, the segue from the falling bone to a satellite, which seemed to cause your breath to exhale from your lungs while concurrently placing you in a no gravity environment, the long silences of space juxtaposed with Kubrick's visual wit about how strange the new "normal" in space will be - complete with instructions for space toilets
the strange sense of human evolution from crude, raw aggression first arising in the man-apes ( the first instance of evil ? ) - using aggression not just to kill and get food to survive but to sublimate aggression into more evolved political conflict - seen with the non-denials from the US agencies when the Russians are politely trying to push back at the deceptions they are dealing with
the public bafflement with the Stargate ending that had everyone talking about it - the fact that it was released a year before we actually landed on the moon and only recently had humans seen pictures of earth taken from the moon - which was absolutely and totally unprecedented in human history
the years of work that went into creating the effects were written about and discussed - before 2001 almost all sci-fi was "B" movie material - Saturday afternoon stuff for nerdy kids - long before video games got big in the mid to late 70's - we didn't even have personal computers yet - the only people who had access to computers worked at large companies that could afford the hardware or large universities doing research - we didn't even have computer science majors at colleges and biotech was a long way off - no cell phones, VCR's, even auto tellers at banks
The scene of the old David eating his dinner and slowly turning to look at young David. Chilling scene. Always reminds me of the movie the shining when Jack walks in room 237 and finds the lady in the bathtub. I got the same chilling effect.
Of course Kubrick directed Shining as well.
*still a masterpiece* its 2020 now. And Stanely is hotcake in cinema and will always. ❤️
He was quite simply amazing.stew fmj crew.
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Go Stanely 😂 but get some soap powder dude!
I saw the movie in 76 before the Star Wars era. Blew my mind completely. A great film. I want the BluRay.
StormBringer1966 Star Wars visuals looks shit compared to this, even though it's newer.
+MadOrange644 The one thing that the first Star Wars did though, is up until then, spaceships were like in 2001, pristeen. Star Wars introduced broken down junkers with bent fenders and half-working equipment. That was the only "new" thing Star Wars brought to the table. The plot was really old and tired though, it recycled bad movie plots from decades before. Swords? Swords went out of style 200 years ago. Adding laser or plasma or whatever technology to a sword doesn't suddenly make it viable. Lucas had no interest in imagining what might be realistic, and his plot devices are stuck in the dark ages. His most imaginative movie was THX-1138
@@Syncopator looks like you missed the point entirely
Watched this movie a few months ago. Even though I found it boring at times, there's something about it that makes me not want to take my eyes off of it. It is truly great for a movie to do that, and it is one of the only times where I think a film truly captures you, and it's terrific. As Steven Spielberg once said, "Kubrick films tend to grow on you." And let me tell you, that is exactly right. Stanley Kubrick, sir, your work will be watched, analyzed, and enjoyed for many years to come. Amen
Greg Hartman-Souder using boring as a word to describe 2001, is a sin.
starkingbiker I apologize, what I meant was slow-moving, all though great! :D
Greg Hartman-Souder I think it's because of the effort that they have made on each scene of the movie. I have felt the same. It makes you realized almost instantly that it's more than a movie but more than it.
Greg Hartman-Souder concerning the first post: you nailed it! I recently became aware of Kubrick's work because all the "hype" and decided to start from the beginning watching "Killer's Kiss" and "The Killing" (50's, black and white). Talk about immersion! "The Killing" was the first movie that made me feel anxiety like I was a member of the robbery team. And the unexpected story turn on "killer's kiss", jaw dropping. Now I understand Kubrick's greatness and I will watch his entire collection.
Greg Hartman-Souder I often find that I fall asleep during this movie, even though I love it. It puts me in a trance-like state in certain parts. The first time I saw it I was too young to appreciate it ( Star Wars was the thing at the time - I was 10 years old) but now it ranks among my favorite sci fi movies. A brilliant piece of film making.
The music did elevate this masterpiece of a movie
Hollywood would never make a film like this now they aren't interested unless something is blowing up every five seconds & they get their fucking Comedy elements & love interest boxes ticked!. Thank god for Kubrick.
The Hollywood factory formula, requires no originality anymore.
Also the "shaky camera syndrome", rack focus, & fast cutting which tv shows use, 'make it appear' as a big budget movie when in fact it's some guy off camera range with a vibrator sticking it next to the camera lense...lol.
Hollywood didn't make 2001: A Space Odyssey. Kubrick was already working from England, and produced the film himself with MGM acting as a distributor. But nonetheless, I can see your point. I believe if a person can act as his own producer, then a film like 2001 could be made today. The problem is getting a producer to see the project as a potential profit, because although film can be art, it is supported by an industry. If Kubrick never set himself up to produce his own films, It's unlikely that most of his films would ever be made. Lolita in 1962? forget about it. A cold war comedy in 1964? you're kidding aren't you? A Clockwork Orange in '71. Tarantino hadn't made violence acceptable yet (it's a comedic reference). Eyes Wide Shut? Lets assume the Illuminati is real...
Yes great film I saw it when I was 10 in 1968 and was totally transfixed although I had to read the book and go and see it again to understand it. This film is so far above the new Transformers film in every department yet people are flocking to see the latter. Hollywood is successfully brainwashing cinema goers. I've seen plenty of reviews of the film describing as dull - boring - no action and incomprehensible from no doubt the Transformer's generation. 2001 makes you think - seeing Transformers is akin to masturbating in the context of instant gratification.
ewaf88 HEHE, that's so true. There is no mysterie or suspense anymore.
ThunderZandor Film are getting so low I expect Transformers 4 to get many Oscars. Best screenplay - Best actor - best actress - best director - best mindfuck - oh sorry Total recall won that in 1990 (that was how a popcorn movie should be made)
It's difficult for people today to understand the impact this movie had on its first audiences. Although it is now internationally well-known, not many people had ever heard Also Spake Zarathustra by Strauss. In fact, the first minute and a half, called Sunrise, is only an introduction of a half-hour tone poem. In 1968, I vividly recall the lights dimming in the theater and a low rumble being heard. Then came the most astonishing introduction of any movie, ever. And that was just the beginning! Highly influential and most debated film of all time.
The most brilliant, profound movie ever made. It's about the ultimate questions of origins, evolution, existence and death. Most SF is simple minded, shallow soap operas in space.
...death, AND rebirth!
For years and decades 2001 was my favorite film. In 1983, it was the 25th anniversary of the movie. I flew to San Diego to see the movie being shown at Fleet Science Center. Weird seeing it on the planetarium ceiling.
I have just watched the 4K version and all I can say is thank you G-d for giving us Stanley Kubrick
One of my favourite movies, just because of phenomenal photography, it was a step for humanity
" I never thought Stanley could die..."
Beautiful documentary! Thank you for sharing with us, the "2001" fans! The editing, and mostly the ending with Doug Trumbull saying that's a big pity St Kubrick wasn't with them in the real year 2001 is very emotional!
That transition from bone to orbiting spacecraft is surely the most famous edit in cinema history.
THE Greatest director of all time stanley kubrick.
love all his moves
Me too! I like the way Kubrick uses wide shots and long takes such as in The Shining, instead of quick takes or with that annoying steady cam scenes. The only reason I became a fan of his movies was after seeing 2001 A Space Odyssey in the 1970s. I had to wait over twenty years to see A Clockwork Orange at the cinemas. I would have liked to have seen his version of 'AI' instead of Spielberg's final work.
The master of movies Stanley Kubrick.
+Mike Landrau
I'm fucking tired of people saying Speilberg ruined AI. The last scene was in Kubrick's writeup. He never meant the film to end with the boy stuck in the ship.
he was missunderstod.
I was teaching in a Kenyan school near Kitale (Kamusinga) and I took my 6th form Physics class to see 2001. They were impressed, amazed and I think that some of them thought it was real..a documentary maybe ..still a space movie which has yet to be surpassed…
I saw Kubrick's 2001 film at the Cinerama Dome on a very rainy mid week daytime screening. Nobody was there but myself and maybe 10-12 others. Projected in Super wide angle on this 180deg screen....it was Amazing! I was often confused yet couldn't wait to see the next scene. Never forget it. WOW😍😀
"Nobody was there but myself and maybe 10-12 others"?
Cinerama Dome in Hollywood - saw it there age 11? on overcast drizzly day - no idea who took me but it was a fantastic experience. Human embryo the size of Godzilla made quite the spectacular ending!
Something in this film that always made me chuckle is the two computer panels that light up with "LIFE FUNCTIONS CRITICAL" and "LIFE FUNCTIONS TERMINATED". I always imagined Dave and Frank touring the ship before launch and asking, " So...when do these panels light up"?
The irony of James Cameron coming out and saying what matters most are the ideas behind the spectacle.
No kidding. That's like Kubrick saying the important thing is to keep a film short and simple so people can understand it. 😸
This masterpiece will go down in history as one of the greatest works of art of all time.
Feel honored to share a birthday with Stanley. Genius and a massive inspiration in my life.
Rusty Nailz congrats
This film took my breath away as a twelve year old boy when I saw it in 1968. It takes my breath away still.
One of my favorite movies. I saw it back in 1969 in a theater on Connecticut Ave in 1969. It had a huge screen and we sat in the first row on the floor, and was stoned out of our minds!
I did the exact same thing in 1969 in a Toronto theater in Cinerama...front row center lying on the floor on acid and pot
8 miles high seems to come in mind..ahem.
"hey kittymom, how ya doin?" "I was that weird guy sitting next to you in the theater that day" "You got that $20.00 I lent you to get
a hot dog and coke?" "I could really use the money" "huh?" "I'll wait for a response"
I just noticed that HAL is IBM with one letter less. Mind Blown.
I saw this movie when I was young now i am 65.
I don't get what you are trying to say. Itz an old movie, no doubt.
@@FormulaVase-kp3dc He's saying he can't believe he's 65 already. I know the feeling!
Hello! I'm 65 now and about to turn 66 on Jan.13. I first saw this brilliant movie at age 22 in Hollywood, California in 1977 on a Cinerama screen. It was a transformative moment for me. I was speechless. I've seen it several times since and still get tongue tied describing my sheer joy upon seeing it.
Every time i watch this movie, I feel like I'm getting a glimpse of something otherworldly. It's both beautiful and terrifying at the same time for me. One of my all time favorite movies. Between the script, themes ,the soundtrack, camera angles, and things left unsaid, this movie is an epic masterpiece.
Thank you Stanley for making this most wonderful movie with the most exquisite details.
Stanley created this film and then put a clockwork orange on the big screen 3 years later. That just goes to show the range of film making and story telling this man had. The difference between the two movies is basically the north and south poles, opposite ends of the spectrum but yet they worked so well as separate film.
I think _A Clockwork Orange_ is the sequel to _2001_
A masterpiece.
It's So ironic that Keir Dullea almost looks in this documentary, almost exactly as he did when he was made to look older near the end of the film when we see him eating his supper in the bed room!
Ah, 2001, the greatest film. The prestigious Majestic theatre house would not play it until they had the new Dolby five part sound equipment functioning. We waited. And waited. Finally we were allowed. Increasingly, this epic demands the courage to face its implications. It remains an incredible journey through the mind of Kubrick.
2024 only now reading the novel
My favorite movie since it came out 1969
Simply amazing to see JC himself paying this hommage to our master.
Kubrick and Leone. Ask any good director for their favourite movie directors and or idols. Kubrick and Leone.
This movie will always draw viewers, it was believeable and a feast for the eye. OMG is it ever! Kubrick was a genious, why did you leave us? I saw this film on a cinerama screen 10 times and still didn't get enough. The sound alone knocked your sox off. Stanley, we will love you forever. Thank You for what you have given us. This includes 'A Clockwork orange'
i first saw this as a teenager in 1973 and it still looks just as fresh as ever. PS For those who don't know his work, Brian Johnson learnt his special effects/modelmaking skills from Derek Meddings in Gerry Anderson productions
No he didn’t. He started out like so many of his notable colleagues working for Les Bowie.
the special effects can, of course be surpassed today, just take Avatar as an example. but the reason why 2001 will never be equalled is the fact that it was written by a true scientist and one of the worlds greatest science fiction writers and it was directed by a magician of the cinema art. it is and will always remain the gold standard, by which all subsequent sci fi films are made. many have tried but in terms of awe and wonder, none have ever come close.
For sure, the special effects could be redone in CGI with full 3D flyby technology. But how could you really surpass the subtly of the docking manoeuvre of the shuttle and the space station. Any modern retake would add a system fault, with flashing lights, sirens... ratcheting up unnecessary tension... requiring some unlikely engineered human intervention to save the day. Totally missing the point.
This movie set so many of the ideas of space travel that are still being used to this day, predictive programing at its best.
Thank you Vivian Kubrick for coming onto the Alex Jones Show and recommending The making of 2001 for info-warriors who watched your recent interview with Alex Jones. :)
The warnings in the film of being so comfortable with technology is sadly being ignored. Our lives are being controlled by what our smartphones are telling us and prompting us to do. Sadly we all have a HAL in our pockets
lol ignorance is bliss. Nothing we have or own today is even close to HAL. Humans backstab each other enough as it is.
I don't.
@@tykjenffsCan't "superiority" be a very thin membrane over the abyss?
@@jpkatz1435 real superiority would be totally Alien to us ^
To suggest that smartphones owners are carrying a portable “HAL” ?
I’am afraid your quite mistaken, our current smart phones are merely an advanced “A.I.” tool that for me accompanies and enhances my lifelong study, yet I still visit my local library and borrow a book then proceed to “READ, STUDY and take NOTES” this is my personal learning process.
With that said, when the technological scale advances to the “Quantum Mobility” format, and to what this level of technology morphs into has yet to be demonstrated and for that matter will not be seen for the next several decades…
"With movies getting day after day more spectacular, 2001 reminds us the it's the idea behind the effects that makes the movie espetacular"
I found ironic this first quote coming from the director of Avatar.
great Documentary btw
a movie about ipads, skype and alien van neumann probes, featuring space suits that are more realistic that most modern sci-fi movies and a talking AI... and it was made in 1964-68, when people were skeptical going on the moon was possible.
you should read the book.. it puts the movie to shame.
@@bartacomuskidd775 I don't agree.I love the novel but the movie approached the material from a more ambiqous(sic) angle.Apparently Doug Trumbull was so pissed off when Kubrick changed his mind about using Saturn (Trumbull did a lot of the special fx) and chose Jupiter instead.Trumbull made Silent Running using that Saturn footage-a movie that makes no sense whatsoever storywise but has some nice moments.
Shane hill You didn’t understand the story in ”Silent Running”???
@@bartacomuskidd775 The book is probably one of the most underrated science fiction novels ever written. Plus it makes it a lot clearer what's going on.
@@newpapyrus the book? is brilliant. The movie.. is blown out of proportion. 2nd act is gorgeous.
Brilliant- the line in Daisy Daisy- I’m half crazy goes right by the first time ya see it-at first it’s the fact that this complex machine is singing and singing a simple old song as it’s dying, then 2nd time you put together Hal is crazy ergo the lyric
Every scene is like that, new realizations-
Stanley is the best-
Ty
Pure Genius.. I was on the set at Pinewood in 1982.. where they shot all the deep space blackness..
This movie is now more relevant than ever before....It was so ahead of its time. probably the best and most intelligent movie ever made....
This and Barry Lyndon are Kubick's best movies, IMO.
This Documentary was made in the year 2001! Tragically Stanly passed away in 1999 it would have been great to see him live to see 2001.
The answer to the ending, is there is no ending, it's a representation of eternal imagination.
As Einstein said, imagination is more powerful than knowledge.
The simple fact is, the film continues to interest and prick everyone's imagination into the infinite.
That space between now and forever.
It's very Tao very Zen and possibly the answer to everything.
The "Dawn of Man" sequence from this movie is THE most beautiful thing ever shot in motion picture history, in my opinion. And then the jump scene from the tumbling bone to the orbiting space station...pure magic. The only thing that comes even remotely close to this is the opening scene of the movie "Contact."
Humanity's first tool - a bone. Humanity's last tool - a space ship.
A cameo role by the great Ed Bishop! As a kid I worshipped his appearances in UFO. ....RIP
This movie STILL looks fantastic today, it was way ahead of its time visually. And set the standard for filmmaking extremely high.
Stanley Kubrick didn't have digital computer image technology in1968 but Kubrick he did have his incredible parallax imagination and for that reason alone makes "2001 A Space Odyssey" the best space Sci-Fi movie of all times bar none.. Thanks Mr. Kubrick and we'll see you on the other side of this Stellar universe infinite..
Not a sci-fi movie. sci fantasy. And one of the worst.
sci fi "move".what a uneducated little dork..
@@garyoa1 Hey dumbass, go back to grammar school..
@@precbsfender Ok guys. Fixed the typo for the idiots who couldn't figure it out. You're welcome.
@@precbsfender - Gee, you must be the most superior person on earth.
Everyone else is stupid, eh? How unaware of you to display such idiocy!
Its a brilliant movie because....
It answers your questions ???.
What is life ?
Why am I here ?
Calm down Young traveller, and enjoy the ride.
All will be revealed!
In Good time.
Arthur Clarke and Stanley Kubrick were both genius.
Two geniuses collaborating together = 2001. Oh if something like that could happen again.
True. Clarke's original short story is a beautifully simple but mind-expanding concept: mankind reaches the moon and a device beams a signal out into space, alerting parties unknown that mankind has evolved to the point where we've taken our first steps into a bigger universe. Kubrick's film takes that notion and expands on it in all directions, thinking the concepts through to their ultimate conclusions. As you say, they're both geniuses. 2001 is one of those rare occasions where two great minds came together to create something that transcended them both :)
You confuse it with Ligeti and Karajan!
Douglas Trumbull did all of the special effects though lol.
how could the stewardess still be so lovely in 2013? I got a high D TV for Xmas, and 2001: was the 1st DVD I watched. incredible clarity!! like it was shot yesterday!
Just amazing, Kubrick’s gut feeling, never mind on general comprehensibility, money, box office success, even the story line. What a gut!
It's interesting to see Keir Dullea aging in real life and compare him to his fake-aged image in the film.
I know it is.
He aged gracefully. Still a beautiful man.
I presume you’re arguing that he aged better in real life than he did in the movie
@@knownpleasures I'm not arguing; I'm noting the differences is all. Which one you think looks better is up to you. He does appear to be in pretty good shape though.
Yes I thought that as soon as I saw him Stanley even got that right as well.
Richard Strauss composed THUS SPOKE SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA at the end of the 19th century and I think he would have loved how it was used as the theme of the movie among so many other classical masterpieces.Probably the most powerful music ever put to film.I think most viewers would agree it captures the imagination and awes you with a promise of something so astounding words cannot be found.When put to scenes of wonderouse visions,one is transfixed.I recall years later it was used to great effect in IRON MAN 2.As the armor comes out of a suitcase and incredibly attaches and covers TONY STARKS body,it enhances the scene with wonder and the beauty of the technology we are seeing !!
Actually, Arthur C. Clarke left the set of "2001" near the end of filming, citing artistic differences with Mr. Kubrick. More specifically, it was the lack of an ending, the interpretation of the monoliths, etc. After the success of the film, Mr. Clarke eagerly embraced it. I saw it the first day it was released in Atlanta in Cinerama. It had an intermission. Those were the days.
+the Sparrow -Yup...when movie theaters had ash trays in the arm rests....what happened to us ?
@@donaldbrown1100 ooo, how the "mighty"......
@@donaldbrown1100 We all got lung cancer and died.
One of the very few films that I can watch over and over without fully understand the whole meaning of every scene... Kubrick was a genius that left us so early with so many questions to answer... thanks for sharing!!
That synthesizer version of "Thus spoke..." is simply revolting.
It really screams _class_ doesn't it?
This doc is from 2001 when people were more forgiving of that kind of thing. But it does sound terrible.
Shounded like midi to me, so flat and boring
THANK YOU! It all sounds awful to me
Hahaha yeah. Sounds like a bunch of cheap keyboard presets. Life tip - don't make music with synthesizers if you don't know how to use them...
Saw this movie first time in the cinerama movie theater (best movie theater I’ve ever been bar none), Córdoba, Argentina, 1969. Was mesmerized, thought the movie could not have been conceived by just one person, that a huge team was behind it. Remember the complete almost religious silence of the audience. In those days-there- people didn’t go to the movies to eat junk food and make all kind of noises in the process. Thank you Stanley Kubrick!
I think it’s interesting that the film equates sentience, whether with the ape or HAL, with their discovery of their ability to kill, their sense of self preservation. Perhaps HAL truly became human when he decided to murder his shipmates, just as the ape did when he picked up the first weapon.
this is really the most Kubrick-y part of the film to me, that pessimistic view of evolution. If you asked scientists about it now they'd talk way more about symbiosis, cooperation between species being essential for development, and how the original interpretations of evolution were majorly influenced by capitalistic views of humanity at the time. I love this movie but sometimes it's frustrating how much people idealize it, because there's so much room for sci-fi to treat the same ideas very differently now.
I would argue HAL became human when he went psychotic due to conflicting motives.
I saw 2001 when I was 8 years old... It was a shock for me, the perfect film, in which the dialogues are essentially superfluous and in which images, sounds and music accompany humanity's journey through the universe and through the ages. And the comparison with something profoundly immense and aware, which puts us in touch with our obtuseness and makes us understand how little we really understood about our life.
I'm reading your Comment, now in 2024 .... I saw "2001" when I was 22 years old at it's 1968 Premier run in a huge theatre in London. I'm still wondering and breathless.
I really wish they would make the third book into a movie.
Its almost impossible to make a movie like this anymore it's a shame the art and magic of film is outweighed by profit these days. A classic piece of cinema watched it as a kid blew my mind
2001 gave my life meaning. I love this film.
How?
How did it give your life meaning?
Saw it probably ten times in the theater when it came out. High as a kite for the light show.
Great video, but that lady comparing Dr. Bowman disassembling Hal's brain functions to psychotic rape is the *zenith* of asinine conclusions.
I'm really surprised Paglia said that. She is often on target on a lot of things, but in this case she was off. But then, I don't expect to agree with everything she says, although I do like her books.
She wanted to condem men as whole. It's self evident she decided to throw away any genuine or intuitive idea about the scene for the shock of trash talking. Kind of like hearing an NFL player, who makes 4.3 mill a year, compare his contract with the owner to slavery..
@@andrewlabat9963 That surprises me. There is a two hour interview she did with Jordan Peterson where she comes across as quite sympathetic to the plight of modern Western men.
@@haitolawrence5986 I've found her to be smart on a lot things. I'll have to check out the Prof. Peterson interview.
A link would be much appreciated. Cheers for that to happen.
The Daisy Daisy song is clearly a throwback to one of the first things that HAL learned whilst developing his AI. It has nothing to do with HAL's emotions. He was just being wiped back to nothing.
26:00 HAL does go psychotic and that is, IMHO, the crux of the movie: when Moonwatcher learns to kill so his group could have access to the water, the apparently paradoxal Freudian impulsed of Eros and Thanatos (life and death) are made explicit - and also the ability humans have to live with these kinds of paradoxes. Another example happens when Dr. Floyd lies to his Russian friend at the Space Station about the nature of the epidemic in the US Lunar base - he lies to an old time friend with no problem. HAL, on the other hand, cannot deal with the paradox and know the whole mission is a lie so he starts to have Freudian slips - mistakes - that lead him to find a way out of the lie: kill everybody he's been lying to. Camile Paglia missed a huge point there. Roy Coutinho and Ron Brachman (AT&T Bell Labs) got it right - which is interesting since they're "technicians" and Paglia is a "humanist".
Saw it when it first came out, at age 12 and have never watched it again. At the time, I remember thinking it was pretty cool, but too long, somewhat boring, and that the ending didn't make sense. Fairly recently, I took a screenwriting course in LA. The instructor was discussing how writers strive to give their audience a particular experience. I don't know how true it is, but he said Kubrick screened 2001 for executives, and they found the ending clear and satisfying in the traditional Hollywood sense. But that wasn't the experience Kubrick was after. Since his contract gave him final cut, Kubrick edited the final version by removing enough context to make the ending ambiguous, which was the experience he wanted his audience to have. If this story is true, it would be fascinating to see the "lost footage" and experience the ending as it had originally been produced. But I think it's nearly impossible this could be true. If it were, someone would have discovered the footage or publicly spilled the beans by now.
Visual storytelling at its best!
I read the Marvel comics adaptation of the film before seeing it on TV. It explained the concepts behind the scene, so fortunately I had no trouble following the plot, even though I was very young.
2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner and Metropolis are the Holy Trinity of SF-cinema game-changers. Happy 50th! 🌎🌏🌍🌌🖖🏻
your forgetting about "Zardoz"....
I saw this movie when it first came out. I was about 9 yrs old. I walked out of the theatre confused. I wondered "what did I just see?" the rest of my family seemed to have the same experience. It wasn't until many years later, and read the book that it all made sense. I was convinced as a young man that HAL had been influenced by the "aliens" but in fact the paradox HAL was confronted with was from his creators.
Interplanetary Flight: An Introduction to Astronautics - Arthur C. Clarke 1950
Get it starting at under $40.00 on used book web sites. A masterpiece.
Very interesting.
Thank you to all of the people that made this movie (and this video) possible , it has inspired generations.
Camille Paglia made some interesting observations. I developed an understanding that the movie also deals with conciousness and the Freudian Eros vs Thanatos concept and how we humans can deal with these paradoxes with such normality. Dr. Floyd lies to his russian friends at the space station withou hesitation but HAL develops a psychosis and start doing his Freudian slips - all triggered by a news piece. At the end, HAL's sick mind decides to end his internal conflict by killing all those to whom he was lying.
As all Kubric movies, complexity of meanings and interpretations are a result of his creativity. A man who knew how to deal with symbols and who used the complexity of those symbols very well.
I watched this with my father in 1968 - he drove us 150km to see it in Cinerama. What I always remember, after the film was over, was that he had as LITTLE an idea as I did as to what the film was all about! It made me feel so grown up.
Interrupted early on by yet another assault on human intelligence by GRAMMARLY. No one wishes misfortune on anyone else, but, honestly, hearing that company went paws up would be welcome: their adverts and their whole concept are anathema.
I saw this at the cinema when I was 15 in 1968. Absolutely blown away, not only by the incredible story but by the effects which were so clean and realistic compared to other films of the time. The final segment in the hotel room is so clever as it steps through time and never looks back. Also the 'lighting from underneath' in the same scene, which gives a very unsettling feeling. One question - could you not have used a genuine orchestral soundtrack rather than the toy-sounding keyboard one?
A monumental piece of movie making and work of art from one of the great film masters. I wish they would make 2068 and 3001 movie versions or the continuation stories from the books.