2001: A Space Odyssey, Mission to Jupiter, Gayane Ballet Suite
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- The single finest scene in science fiction history. Kubrick and Clarke, the finest minds possible, the exquisite Gayane Ballet Suite to reinforce the loneliness and vastness of space, perfect models, astounding camera and lighting, flawless and sublime.
This one scene changed my life, when I was only 16.
This is indeed the most atmospheric music in the movie. It conveys the slow passage of time, the isolation and huge distances involved, completely cut off from earthly distractions.
This particular interpretation of a part of the Gayane Ballet Suite is also used in the opening of Cameron's "Aliens" to accompany the drifting "Narcissus" lifeboat
I'm reading the book. I like the book better. But this scene in the film is definitely the exception.
Never has monotony been so menacing.
And the gravity of contemplation of one's place in the vastness of the cosmos.
Well said. Precisely.
Yes this is what ive always felt from this, like they've gone that far away from Earth its like on the brink, completely dispersed from human civilisation, they're out there. In the unknown.
Its insane how great the Special Effects still look, even over 50 years later. I mean, look at that slow flyby. Looks absolutely convincing to me.
Modern Sci-Fi movies try to capture how vast and desolate space is with special effects. Kubrick did it with the soundtrack, and models. Fascinating.
And perhaps most importantly, no sound in space.
When I'm down on humanity, I watch this and realize human beings created such a stellar work of art.
That’s a brilliant statement.
Best movie ever made, bar none. Why? Because even 50 years on it is still held up as the standard in Sci-fi. There is no equivalent in other genres. That this didn't get the Oscar is a travesty
Sorry, meant to yell at someone else
What makes it great is that it's more than just a movie. Like Ulysses is more than a book by an Irish author, the only limit to its depth is the curiosity of the audience. In most cases, both works go far beyond the media of paper or film. Kubrick is to film as what Joyce was to the novel, a 20th century alchemist.
“2001” won an Oscar for best visual effects. In 1968 this film was not fully appreciated otherwise because the genre was new and had no basis for comparison. Most people simply could not relate to this film that was really from a future century, let alone “out of this world.”
The film challenged the viewer to contemplate and to think in the abstract. Most people lack the skills to do so. “2001” was indeed the “ultimate trip.”
In terms of the film being a “harbinger” of things to come, it might have been more accurately renamed “2201: A Space Odyssey.” Most of the technology and missions that the film predicts simply do not exist, even in 2020. Following the Apollo Moon missions, the public will to pursue lunar colonization was abandoned and is unlikely to resume on a scale predicted by the film even in the 22nd century (2101 - 2200). Now we’re really looking at a “Star Trek” time frame in the 23rd century at the earliest, which seems quite ironic.
Totally.
@@MikeEye44 I like the comparison you make, considering Ulysses' (Odysseus') vivid "Odyssey" of legend. Supercool how both Joyce and Kubrick/Clarke used Homeric devices in shaping and naming their works.
This way ahead of it's time. I have not seen any film, yet to surpass it. Doubt I ever will.
The greatest scene in movie history. Kubrick batted the ball out of the park and into orbit.
I'm sorry Dave, but this part of the movie is just wonderfull
"I cannot allow you to turn off this music." -- HAL9000
No kiddin, I could watch Frank jogging around the space ship in short shorts for hours😉.
This film is awesome, a childhood favorite but.what really make this film to be during this time it's a."Prelude To A Classic" is its 50 percent a SyFy action, 40 percent musical, & 10 percent silent film elements. I love it....👽👽👽👽👽👽👽
I just realized, this is the exact same music score they used in aliens when Ripley is found in the beginning
Is not the same but very inspired in this
I should remind myself more often how important is this movie !!! Everything about it.. Every detail.. So effortlessly hypnotizing. They tried many many times (Interstellar,Gravity etc..) and I'm really not trying to put anyone down but this is unmatched masterpiece !
The scene provokes a sense of isolation and loneliness.
Best movie ever made and the first movie i ever saw in theatre in NYC with my father when it came out ..timeless will never forget
Same here, but different city. I was 5 years old.
Movie is a damn masterpiece. The way Kubrick shoots this scene just blows my head off.
the best scene in the entire movie.
This sequence is just so astonishing. The use of Gayane - perfect. It captures both the wonder and tedium of space travel, in a way which had never been presented on a movie or TV screen before in 1968.
Could not agree more! The choice of Gayane Ballet Suite to accompany this scene was absolutely perfect. Kubrick's passion for detail was incredible. Every time I watch this masterpiece I appreciate the accomplishment of Kubrick and Clark that much more.
I read that in Hall's voice
Love this music
I saw 2001 at movies when I was 9 in '68 and how spell bound I was and not understanding much at all. But I didn't care. I just loved the unforgettable flick and still like catching it.
I was 9 as well - And even at that age I thought to myself - "wow this is an amazing film"!
I wish Kubrick lived for another 20 years so we could enjoy more movies like this.
Did you know this movie has an official sequel?
2010 the year we make contact
If only he did the 2010 instead of Peter Hyams.
It would be impossible. Douglas Trumbul, Kubrick, well, those guys were the best in the history of realist cinema but 2001 was a master piece. Master piece, magnum opus... They are unique. 2010 was a very well done movie but even if it were made by SK and DT with a better cast (2001 had a better cast) well, the result probably would be inferior. But maybe you are still roughly right because if they were alive we could get less horrible Hollywood CG Netflix sci-fi movies like today.
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Well he wouldn't of gotten killed if he didn't try to fully publish Eyes Wide Shut with the cut scenes
My dad took me to see this when I was very young. I had no idea what it was really about, but I sat there mesmerised by it's visual splendour. It also fired in my young mind a deep love of classical music I have to this day.
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Kubrick amazes me on how the hell they were able to flim the running shot in 1968! Like wtf!
They built that entire set as a huge, rotating wheel. When the camera is following the running actor, they are both at the "down" direction of the wheel and they're both running along just fast enough to keep up with the set's rotation. When the camera is still and panning around to follow the actor, the cameraman is strapped to one of the chairs (which are all firmly bolted to the set), and he's going around and around, while the actor is (again) running along the "bottom."
1966
This scene is sublime, in a film filled with cinematic beauty.
Best scene (and there are many) in the movie. My favorite movie of all time.
One of the amazing things about this scene is that knowing how the centrifuge was done (basically a giant hamster wheel set that rotated with the actors) makes it even more impressive. The shots of the camera following Frank - where the hell is the seam that the camera is attached to?! It's so smooth! And the shot of Dave entering the centrifuge and walking to Frank is amazing because at the beginning of the shot, Gary Lockwood is almost upside down at the little dinner table relative to Keir Dullea.
I read that it was just a ferris wheel they slapped some paneling on
@@gr6e all custom, one of the largest kinetic sets ever built
On the dolly shot, the cameraman is following/leading Frank, while staying close enough to him so that they are both at the "down" position of the rotating set.
On the shot where the camera stays in place: The cameraman is bolted to the set and he's going around and around while he pans the camera around to follow Frank as he jogs along at the "down" position of the set. :)
On the shot where Dave enters the centrifuge, I think that's a split-screen shot, with the dividing line somewhere in the middle of the screen. We're seeing the same set, but it was shot at two different times and the set was rotated differently to allow for two different "down" positions at once.
@@KneelB4BaconNegative! The actor (forgive me) who is eating his meal is actually upside-down in the set, and was secured to his seat - even the food he is eating had to be specially-made so it wouldn’t fall off the plate across the centrifuge! The other actor who emerges from the ladder went down the ladder normally, then a similar technique was used for the first “jogging” shot as he walks down towards the meal table; the set began rotating as soon as he began making his way towards the table. So, in a way, he wasn’t really moving at all, but the guy eating was moving with the rotating set! I hope this makes sense.
@@RotorSpotter_You did a great job explaining it. No split screen, indeed - just incredible attention to detail and mastery of the tools at hand. Gary Lockwood was literally dangling upside down with a forty foot drop for most of this shot.
Completely hypnotic! A masterpiece of engineering to create this rotating set.
The adagio from Gayne by Khachaturian; one of the loveliest pieces ever composed.
It's sublime.
Foreboding
I totally agree with your introduction to this video. This is what I use to illustrate how to make a film and pay attention to detail.
For instance, the slowness of the stars moving in the background. But, in particular, if you look very closely into the front window of Discovery, it looks as if you can see motion as if one of the astronauts is moving.
Kubrick, You magnificent genious.
Few scenes are as dark and lonely as this, a lone spaceship over a year from Earth. No other scene brings to mind the vast distances in outer space, even in the Solar System.
Did you even bothered trying? Interstellar Saturn scene easily beats this one...
"Saturn"....? ....Yeah ..ok....can imagine each has a favourite scene.......the whole movie and some of the 2010 sequel Jupiter scenes are just unprecedented totally amazing....
ReichLife you are probably in hypersleep
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@@ReichLife It doesn't *beat* this (well, save in the advantages of the CGI), but it rivals it, and is pretty obviously a callback to it, in a way in which Kubrick would have admired.
Perfect. The way it's shot, the lighting, the sets and everything it feels so real. And the wonderful music over it all conveying being in the vast infinity of deep space.
This was released around mid 1968, at that time no human being had ever flown beyond low earth orbit. What an optimistic vision for what should have come.
What gives this movie such an otherworldly overtone is the crawling pace. Stanley Kubrick so easily conveys space travel as a floating orchestra. Then once the movie has hit its peak, it finally hits it's ultimate mark and flies through the colorful passages of time. Softly landing at a moment in time when the next Human Race is born.
Whenever i see this part of the film I feel like I’m going to cry, its just a beautifully shot sequence, like watching a phenomenon for the first time.
I totally agree. It's as if the modern day juxtaposition of instant accessibility and the increased isolation in modern life is poignantly showed by the birthday message to Frank Poole with thevacingly beautiful score of the Rayne Ballet Suite.
At the very beginning as it has the front shot of the Discovery you can see Dave on the bridge through the window. It's subtle, but no detail escaped Kubricks eye.
Cinerama made this scene simply stunning even now I can remember my jaw dropping at the immense reality vison - a career in IT followed as a result - it was a railway point switch life decision -after this future scenario was shown I didn't want to do anything else .
I remember agerly awaiting this movie to come out on blue ray. I was blown away by how good the video and audio was for such an old movie.
It is a brilliant establishing shot and every way. Real subtlety too like the background stars moving and, if you look closely during the frontal shot, you will see movement through the windows of Discovery. That circular set piece was real BTW. Amazing how well done this is and without CGI effects at all.
Yes, Young Marvin Minsky from MIT was on-set consulting about AI and nearly got hit by a wrench falling from the top of the centrifuge installation.
This kind of filmmaking will never be replicated. You're watching a time capsule.
@@farrellrose4230 yes it does in barry lyndon
You just feel the isolation. It’s stunning and breathtaking.
Best sci-fi movie of all time!
I am watching the Brad Pitt sci fi movie "Ad Astra" , and it reminded me of my favorite Sci Fi movie and this wonderful piece by Aram Khachaturian. Kubrick was a genius in his film making and in his juxtaposition of incredible classical music with his films. (Gorgeous).
Good chi with great classical music, greatest space movie of all times
One sound at a time brilliant!
there's so many movies that got inspired by this masterpiece
The best match ever between images and music _ thanks stanley
yes this is my fav scene in the film. to me this is all the film needed to be
Perfect Junction of music and images. A sense of limitless loneliness... Just beautiful.
Transcends the genre.
Y los años
Thank you, Mr. Kubrick, for the relative centripetal gravity scenes.
Just watched this and was blown away by the special effects! I can't watch sci-fi movies the same anymore. This is the standard
Why is this better than anything in 2022
I am going to sleep to this. And I'm SO grateful it was made.
The music score is just so insanely great in this entire film-
Probably my favorite scene from the movie. It conveys so much just through the combination of image and music, a great achievement. I know comparisons are not always appropiate but to really understand how good of a job Kubrick did, let's just compare it with Nolan's Interstellar where they have to explain everything to you through corny dialogue as if you were a five year old child.
Yes! Dialogue in Interstellar was insipid
Late sixties-early seventies was absolute hight of cinema. People actually cared to make good movies.
Finest single scene in science fiction--or maybe movie--history
I was spellbound whwn I saw it almost a half century ago.
Thank you for identifying the music!!!
I watched this the other day and got goosebumps from this scene.. although im familiar with most of the soundtrack I recognised this piece so much and didnt know why. It was teasing me until it hit a certain part then a huge smile lit up on my face!
It took me a few minutes to think, but I am sure it was also used in the end credits of the game 'Aliens' for the Commodore Amiga 500. Sending me back to when I was around 11 year old. A double whammy of excellence!!
This movie is art history, as Monet's sunrise impression is to painting
this really would be the best design for a ship to explore the planets in our solar system
Start at 0:08 to avoid the noise of the monolith before
It’s tuned on purpose
Awe inspiring. Fantastic introduction to the this part of the film, the mission and crew are quickly introduced as is HAL (computer). This is film making on another level, every aspect of this short sequence has been thoroughly researched to make this look like the future and they succeeded.
That passion build at 2:20 is tear jerking and perfect
This is the greatest film of all time. Its brilliance is unmatched.
As a kid, to put stress out of my mind, I would visualize Discovery.
I still think about that damn awesome ship! It's so realistic.
Looks pretty amazing for being 50 years old!
This is technological badass. A perfect depiction of not only what it would look like, but what it HAS to look like.
If we are really going to do this, we are going to need artificial gravity to do it. Our bodies are just too frail after short periods of being weightless to get away with long space journeys if we don't do exactly this.
I wouldn't say perfect. There's way too much material in the Discovery, and the increased mass would have increased the fuel requirements. It should have been more barebones, with exposed conduits, wiring, piping, etc., instead of putting up all those panels to make it pretty. Look at the interiors of the space shuttle, Skylab or the ISS. Also, the Leonov in the sequel also had a rotating section, just not a circular one. In point of fact, in technological terms, 2010 was at least an order of magnitude more plausible than 2001.
Absolutely! Probably the most exquisite scene ever filmed. And from my favorite movie, which is, I insist, the quintessential expression of the human condition.
This is maybe the best cinematography that has ever been done. The fact that this was made in 1968 with no CGI and it still is more impressive then most modern films is wild! When you really concentrate when you watch it, it literally makes you a bit nauseous. Kubrick was a true artist.
Cool spaceship, very realistic.
And now listen the opening of aliens by James Horner... Surprise!
Cool. 😎👍 I read that James Horner wasn’t given a lot of time to prepare the score for Aliens and had to adapt a rendition of this theme as part of his score.
3:31 Frank Poole, seated left, is suspended upside down as the giant hamster wheel revolves. Kubrick.
I thought they splitscreened two scenes through the big axle. Camera motion seems unnatural when it momentary stops.
1968 and the Special effects of this movie look 1000000 times better than 2024 awful CGI. Just look at the Discovery or the Space Station. Absolute perfection.
One of the great iconic scenes from the movie when you see Frank Pool jogging and pulling punches while passing the body warmers in the centrifuge of Discovery. Excellently executed.
Humanity trapped in a sterile cage of it's own design, prisoners to the machines build to serve them.
Hautingly prophetic.
Magnificent. I know it’s wrong to even suggest it, but I wonder if someone would stabilise the camera during Franks jog around the crew ring. We all know how this sequence was made, but I always wished that this sequence was vibration free.
You came in THAT? You're braver than I thought.
3:34 the actor is thinking "oh thank fucking god im not hanging upside down anymore" and kubrick shouts "cut! we gotta do it again"
That actually happened a few times due to his food flying out of the tray
seems pretty obvious that this is a split screen to me
@@thorjelly with the big column in the middle of the shot, you would think that's what they would do. Seems like a reasonable thing to do. But no, if you look at the behind the scenes they just made a rotating set and strapped him into his seat and gave him an extra sticky paste to eat
@@ZoniesCoasters I know about the centrifuge, but solving the shot by strapping the guy upside down as part of a practical effects shot and not doing a simple split screen seems a little bewildering
@@thorjelly Kubrick was kind of a mad man
Modern filmmakers should draw inspiration from this. The craftmanship is excellent. There are some minor scientific errors (that wheel is uncomfortably small for instance) but nothing too jarring.
Yes. You are right. Only genius could create something like this.
Way, way ahead of it's time. Love this scene, too. And Khachaturian for the scene is perfect. Agreed: Genius!
beauty of existence, and the final solitude
Love this movie
How did they film the running scene? Did they have the set rotating on a giant gimbal?
Yes
"...the roots of our thoughts and feelings are not here but in other worlds". ~Fyodor Dostoyevsky
I love Kubrick’s use of established music in this movie. Also Sprach Zarathustra evoked the excitement of space, Blue Danube its beauty, and this, its loneliness.
I've heard a recording of the proposed original soundtrack, written by Alex North, and it's meh at best. Kubrick did North a dirty (Kubrick didn't use North's soundtrack and didn't tell him; North found out while watching the movie at the premiere) but Kubrick made the absolute correct choice music-wise.
Finest space scene so far. Bless you Kubrick.
Oh and Big Wheel in the Overlook second. (not space)
Every other venue in the movie is fascinating, particularly the Orbiter Hilton. But, honestly, I'd rather sit in a doctor's office waiting room for a year than have to live in the Discovery. Windowless circular monotony. Pudding for breakfast, lunch and supper. Chess matches that always come out the same. Thank goodness for BBC 12.
I totally agree with you regarding the scene. 2001 is not just a movie, it's my religion.
I saw this movie at 12 years old, 2 years ago, and when I saw this scene I was staring at the screen. And in my lifetime I'd like to see some technologies of this movie. I want to do that thing at 1:37 !!!!!
That 17 foot model looks more real 55 years later and any computer generated spaceship, now.
1000%
There are one or two scenes in this amazing film that give the original date of production away, but perhaps none so blatant as those nut - crushing shorts
Hypnotic
Just a wonderfull movie
Il love you, Stanley
"2001 L'odyssée de l'espace" l'un des meilleurs films de science fiction jamais réalisé par le maître Stanley Kubrick.
Un recours génial aux effets spéciaux fusionnant avec une musique au pouvoir émotionnel intense!
Un chef d'œuvre inoubliable!
tu dois avoir 50 ans je pense ^^
i love this classic
Most movies portray space travel as something exciting and adventurous, akin to the cavalry in westerns. Only this movie shows space travel for what it is-boring and lonely. For all the Trekkies and Star Wars fanatics who dream of the day they can live in space, take note: It would take a very particular psychological type to be able to stand it, and they would probably find it intolerable.
I dos remember verte Well that1969 my mother who passed away in 1977 used to Work on Candy Post on Movie saloon that's whyshe Took me to see this wonderful movie
Anyone else thought this was Shostakovich music? So much desolation and beauty.
Love this scene.
Kubrick alludes to a hamster wheel. The entire movie is like this just amazing in every way visually.
It just occurred to me: How is the Discovery supposed to slow down when it gets to Jupiter?
Frank Poole is handsome man!
So cool.