6 Reasons Why 2001: A Space Odyssey is the Most Important Sci-Fi Movie of All-Time
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- Опубліковано 27 лис 2014
- In the week of its UK re-release, 2001: A Space Odyssey stars Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood explain the sci-fi classic's enduring appeal.
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I still remember in December 31st 2000, at 11:55pm. I was 14 years old traveling to a camping with my parents. There was no party for the new year, we were almost alone there. But there was a TV on the trailer we were staying.
And right when the new year came at 00:01 the TV start to broadcast 2001: A Space Odyssey. Uncut, no commercials.
I have never seen it before, in fact i haven't even heard of it. But i sit and watched it, from start to finish.
What a moment, what a movie... what a way to start the 21st century.
+1300l Cool experience, very awesome!
wow that sounds like the perfect scenario.
i love this.
This is one of the best stories ever.
One of the stories that almost brought tears to my eyes...
So that's what Dave actually looks like as an old guy.
Nice.
nah thats just makeup. he actually looks like a baby
Yes he finally aged, seeing him in 2010 looking exactly the same was bizarre
That is funny!
He's getting there. You just gotta send him back to the Monolith ;)
This movie was so ahead of its time
+obviously me 123 That's an understatement!
+madmarvin99 Clearly you have the mind & attention span of a child.
MrPete8680 dont you have any life other than a keyboard troll
+madmarvin99 And do you have any life besides overly negatively criticizing classic movies?
+obviously me 123 Is still ahead of the time !
This movie was made back in the late 60s and it still feels fresh. A true classic.
--Thats what Im saying. You made a movie SOOOO old but it still looks like an HD CGI added movie of today. Thats talent.
DJDeezy ThaTruth Well of course it's going to look real as CGI or better because it's actual models. CGI tries to mimic real life objects.
The only movie that can parallel,it is interstellar
How does it feel fresh? It moves extremely slow unlike movies these days. But the visuals are gr8
TheTrueBlueSonicFan visuals are great? seriously dude thats the best thing about the film according to you? what about the monolith? what about artificial intelligence plot in a movie back in 1968? what about evolution of human race?
cant believe its from1968.
Ikr the effects are incredible, the directing and everything. Not even new films make me go "Woah how did they do that"
+Freddy De La Torre ikr. Stanley is no rookie
For whatever reason I figured it came out in the 80s
i can't believe I'M from 1968.
Open the pod bay doors...HAL...grow up and quit being an immature computer!
It is the Mona Lisa of cinema.
+Lloyd Walpole
That is very well put.
+Lloyd Walpole That makes Citizen Kane the Las Meninas of cinema than.
+canonhead
... than what?
But the Mona Lisa is complete bullshit
couldn't agree more
7.8/10
"Too much space" - IGN
5/10 not enough action and explosions - IGN
are you serious???that sci fi for you????science fiction is about futuristic thoughts.....
Its just a IGN joke
Europa H2O Alien It's a joke man.😂
Digwater Findgold r/woosh
I was 4 years old when this was released, and my mother took me along to watch it (she being a big sci-fi buff) and I still remember toddling outside, looking up at her and asking what it was all about.
She smiled down at me and said: "Didn't you understand it?"
And it took me years to figure out that she had enough confidence in me that she expected my tiny, pre-school brain to wrap itself around it all.
The following year came the Apollo 11 landing. She kept me home from school and told me "watch this, this is important!"
I kept running in and out of the house to look at the Moon, thinking "there are men up there!"
Another year passed, and I bought Mr. Clarke's novel with my birthday money...and sat up the entire night, and read it cover to cover.
This story has had a greater impact on my life than almost everything else.
One of the finest things ever created by human beings.
I understand it, Mum.
Your comment is priceless. I saw it first as a 12-year-old and haven't yet seen a better movie in my 60 years.
You have a great mother !
You read 2001 when you were 6?
I'll take Things that Didn't Happen for $1000, please, Alex.
2001 is not the most important sci fi movie ever made.....
It is the most important movie ever made !
Greetings from Brasil
My dad watched this movie more than 30 times since its release and still finds hidden meanings, some kind of "easter eggs" everywhere in the movie. I think this is a what you can call a true masterpiece ...
Tim C
Kubrick- what a director, a man of few films, yet no one could master his films, although many directors have made more money, they are mere children compared to Kubrick. I like David Lean as well- a great storyteller who worked on a vast screen canvass.
I was talking to a guy in school and someone overheated me talking about it and we are now great friends due to this movie. Someone asked us what it was about and it's a movie in which you can't explain. It must be watched
And your dad’s an actual legend
i think thisis what you call a paranoia
I think I would put a bullet in my head if I had to watch this movie 30 times
This film is a masterpiece, like most of Kubrick's films. He predicted some crazy stuff, like the tablet on the table, and having flat screen TV's in a time of rounded and fat TV's! This film was soooo ahead of its time!
2001 is not the most important sci fi movie ever made.....
It is the most important movie ever made !
Greetings from Brasil
credits to arthur c clarke to be precise
Watching these stupid comments makes me smile. This is not the type of film you should watch without thinking, because then you don't understand the fantastic symbolic art what Stanley Kubrick gave us in this beautiful film. This film is not like the blockbuster science fictions coming from Hollywood these days. This is the real 10/10 sci-fi movie.
Doesn't mean it's the most important
No problem, friendo
Agree , great movie and great book. When i was watching interstellar i could not stop thinking in my head closely related it is to 2001.
Alex Guy 4
Alex Guy yes it does, friendo
I love how Kubrick has decided to use classical music in this movie, rather than having an original soundtrack, because the music in this masterpiece is timeless, no matter how old this film is, it still has a very new atmosphere to it. Whereas if he decided to have an original soundtrack, 30 years later it would probably sound outdated, just like how we think movies from the 1980s have horrible soundtracks.
Ahem, Star Wars.
I see your point but the 80's had the best soundtracks, it was after that it went downhill and became unmemorable. Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner. All the Alien or Star Trek scores.
Even the cheesier movies were good. Robocop, Terminator, Predator still sound amazing.
i love the john hughes movies soundtracks. they are awesome. and also indiana jones. come on.
Ummmm how about john carpenters scores...
Well, 80's had my most favorite music. So.
Unless you were alive in 1968 and saw 2001 in Cinerama, then there is no way describe how far advanced and fantastic 2001 was compared to anything pior or many years to come after. Mind blowing experience!
I have something to admit. At first I thought that 2001: A Space Odyssey, was a bad film. However, I now realize that I just did not get it. I was fairly young when I first saw it and got bored at the very beginning. But, now I realize that while I may not get it, it is a cinematic masterpiece.
+John Myers -Young kids won't have the attention span for it. I didn't as a young kid either.
+Eric Sierra-Franco I'm 14 and this is my favorite SF movie.
The Sixth Sense Then you're an exception. Most 14 year olds have the attention span of a fly.
cool
stischer47 Wow! When I was that age I was finding out new names for an erection.
2001 A Space Odyssey is my all time favorite film.
same
Mine too. have it on DVD and BluRay.
Ditto this and Bladerunner
Nexus of Life open the gate hall
Nexus of Life
Same!
What I love about this movie is it doesn't really hold your hand and explain things to you. People think it's overrated and that's fine, but it resonates with a lot of people. I wouldn't say this is my favorite film either, but it's a movie that isn't afraid to be itself, and by that I mean an experience
I agree. I love movies that require the audience to think, to figure things out. It's why I love Terrence Malick's films, as well. Movies that assume I'm an adult are a breath of fresh air in this time of comic book movies and FAST LOUD FAST LOUD FAST LOUD.
Overrated
the first time I watched this movie I was home alone and it was night, I immediately fell in love with it. So eerie and suspenseful at times.
Hollywood is lacking genius these days
Sadly people won't invest in projects that don't spell every tiny detail out.
Hollywood is entertainment. No art form in any of hollywood movies since the Twilight Zone.
O Que since twilight ??
What ?
You don't get to pick and choose
Apparently you didn't understand the message. What, Twilight! You must be a young generation and don't know what Twilight Zone is.
O Que oh i didn't see zone.my bad. *strange*.you sure you didn't edit that part.i could have sworn..... i know twilight zone, my bad
This is the best movie of all time, period.
Yup!
nope this gets the num.3 spot in my book, godfather and citizen kane is better
This is my favorite movie
Kevin Polucha Behold the power of 70mm film.
***** well... other people, other opinion
greatest motion picture in cinematic history.
That's debatable, It probably is the greatest greatest achievment, but overall I think Abel Gance's 'Napoléon', 'Citizen Kane' and 'La Règle du jeu' are a little better. Still it is my fourth favorite movie of all time
@DanielC No.
@@Art-sq2nj Fantasic choices.
@@Art-sq2nj The Godfather
2001 is not the most important sci fi movie ever made.....
It is the most important movie ever made !
Greetings from Brasil
Gary Lockwood’s closing comment on how the individual’s analysis of the movie is unique depending on all these different factors like age, socio economic status, etc. really hits the nail on the head.
The Mona Lisa, The Eiffel Tower, The Golden Gate Bridge, The Taj Mahal, The Statue of David, Rhapsody In Blue, The Raven (poem), War And Peace (novel) The Chrysler Building...........THIS MOVIE.
High praise for a 5 min UA-cam vid
That's quite a reach lol.
The golden gate bridge shouldn't be on here but ok.
Ok
Not even a mention of Arthur C Clarke :(
Indeed - He came up with the storyline (The Sentinel which later was rewritten as the 2001 novel) and co-wrote the screenplay of the film. FWIW and slightly off topic, he is also credited with coming up with the idea of communications satellites.
Yep. Could be why Mr. Clarke has resided in Sri Lanka for so long.
He wrote 2001 while it was being filmed. Kubrick and Clarke worked together.
Nao and Cozmo Adventures quite frankly pal,the novel was written at the same time as the movie was being made,in my humble opinion the movie is better and those visuals back in 1968 !!!! Kubrick was waaaaaaay ahead of his time
Likely an editing decision by IGN. These two came to Denver in 2001 and during their panel they did go on and on about Clarke. So they definitely did give him a great deal of credit.
The author of the book, that the film was based on, Arthur C. Clarke, said in an interview a few years before he died: he was worried...because he thought he was being overly conservative when he wrote it. Certainly humanity will have all of that and more by 2001. The joke was on him, none of that stuff has come to pass yet. I myself was personally convinced in the late '60s that by now (or earlier) a normal person would be able to go into space. Well, it was a nice dream anyway.
Well, we have tablets & video chat, lol.
Well, the author of the short story that the movie was based on, and the books written at the time and after, having mostly nothing to do with the movie or the directors intent or ideas, etc.
Clarke wrote the book while the movie was in production, and practical limitations prevented the movie from using Saturn as a setting, which is a shame, seeing the amazing effects of not only Jupiter (in the story they do a flyby), but also the beauty of Saturn and its rings would've been truly amazing.
The film was not based on the book. The book and the film were written at the same time from the same story, and the creators worked together to craft it.
HAL is the reason why I would NEVER have an Alexa in my home.
It's not just the most important sci-fi movie of all time, but possibly also one of the most important movies in general. Just layers upon layers of stuff to feed your mind.
I remember this film when I first saw it at the cinema when it came out in 1968 and I have been a fan of this momentous movie ever since. Since then, living in Somerset, England, I have had the amazing privilege of being in contact with Arthur C Clarke as I knew his late brother Fred (what a lovely man) quite well as he still lived in the area near where the Coarkes were born, in Minehead, England. Fred was a Burma Star veteran, an author himself (he wrote a good deal about his war exploits) and one day in conversation let slip in quote a matter-of-fact way that he once sorted out the heating in "Stan's house" (he was a heating engineer by trade) - the name by which he referred to Stanley Kubrick! One of my prized possessions is a small collection of personal slides, letters and books Arthur gave me - the books were first edition, _ex libris_ (from his own personal library) and signed.
What is so interesting is how both Arthur and Fred were so _ordinary_ and so approachable. They are both sadly missed, but what a legacy they leave.
Thanks for sharing!
i watched Arthur Clark lecturing on space travel at my college many years ago, followed by playing 2001:A Space Odyssey. It was a great experience.
Gregory Youngr Sadly I never actually met him in person as I live in the UK and he was in Sri Lanka by then and unable to travel far because of his post-polio syndrome. The nearest I got was video-conference, email and snail mail, and, of course, the occasional phone call when I was with his brother Fred.
What amazed me about Clarke was his technological predictions that have come true, from geostationary satellites to carbon nano-tubes (that may one day help construct he first space lift) based on buckminsterfullerene all of which were simply part of his fictional novels. I have a nice slide photo (both Arthur and Fred were into their 'slide' presentations long before Powerpoint!) of Arthur holding a 'bucky-ball' molecular model, which he sent me along with a copy of the book The Fountains of Paradise, that he wrote some years earlier, the same novel that mentioned the space-lift principle, Amazing guy.
Interesting stuff. BTW, Clark and 2001 helped inspire me to later obtain my BSEE and I became a communications GEO satellite engineer.
Gregory Youngr Wow.... I'm afraid that he didn't go that specific with me, a;though I ended up in education for nearly 30 years ending up as head of department and teaching astronomy and cosmology.
Fred, his brother, who ran the Clarke Foundation in the UK was so supporting of us and the students.
There is no doubt that he inspired many people.
MrJayguess
That? Is luck, I am envious of you.
My favorite movie of all time. Saw it when it came out in Philly at a Cinerama theater. Blew my mind then & still does after 50+ watchings.
I saw it in the original format ( Cinerama) in 1968 in Glasgow. Cinerama was an ultra wide wrap round like an early imax type screen with sound to match. I remember you didnt so much hear the rumble building from nothing at the opening.. you felt it..!! In the dark of the theater and up on the balcony kinda looking slightly down at the screen we felt like we were right there in space.. You really had to be there..!! Awesome!!
I saw it in April 1968 at the Cinerama theater in Chicago. Awsome!! There are only two Cinerama theaters left in the world - one in Seattle, Washington, and one in Lawrence, Kansas. The Seattle Cinerama theater occasionally shows 2001 - I have traveled the 1,300 km from the San Francisco area to see it when it screens there. Well worth the trip!
@@rashidpatch582 Which theater was Cinerama? The Chicago? The State-Lake?
It wasn't shot in the Cinerama process which uses three distinct cameras. When it was first released it was shown in both Cinerama theaters and regular movie theaters.
It IS the best movie of all time, and better than movies like the Godfather, etc, for many reasons. It revolutionized movie making. The greatest use of silence in a movie ever. The greatest use of music (can anyone who has seen 2001 not think of it when now hearing the Blue Danube Waltz?). The greatest non-CGI effects of all time. Camera techniques so innovative, they are still a major part of cinematography studies. Almost supernatural realism of future technology, such as the Discovery, flexible computer tablets, the space station, and HAL, which WILL eventually exist, but is still maybe 100 years or even more distant in OUR future.
Even complaints about "wooden" acting of Lockwood and Dullea. What people don't realize is that real astronauts trained for a long isolated voyage like this would be picked specifically for a rock steady, unflappable, almost computer like personality. The kind of personality where you could point a gun at their head, and they would just coolly stare at you. Which makes the whole HAL episode almost a battle between an electronic and human computers.
Innovatively? Yes its up there. Visually? Absolutely the best. It is one of the most mesmerizing movies ever. It's more of an actual relative experience than a film and so I wouldn't say it is the greatest film ever but it is in the top 10.
Overrated
@@User-ge7niOverrated my a**
Hey, 2016 guy, HAL wasn't 100 years in the future, it's today, just seven years since your comment!
@@arthowardatnight No it's not. No computer has yet passed the Turing test, or won the Loebner Prize.
this movie is probably the most important movie of all time
@@bill775 Yes...really.
When i watched this movie i couldnt believe it was from the 60's with how great the film looked its almost comparable to todays cameras and it just blows my mind. and the whole movie is brilliant i couldnt believe it took me this long to finally watch that movie but im glad i did
Can't give Kubrick credit for all the predictions. He had many advisors and researchers, not to mention Clarke.
No, he can't get credit for all of them, and we have to remember Clarke's central role in the film made out of his book. At the same time Kubrick had a grand vision and he made countless choices of what to emphasize, what to prioritize, what to leave in and out. The texture, the composition and context for the predictions are all genius.
No doubting his huge contribution of course.
The book and the film were made at the same time. It was inspired by an older Clarke story...
But, you can thank him for the deeper meaning. And the Easter eggs.
@@badbeardbill9956 yup " The Sentinel"
If you've ever heard Woody Allen's views on 2001: A Space Odyssey, then that explains my experience exactly. It took me three or four times to really like this movie, but it is truly a work of art that I am still trying to understand.
Did Woody fork the Monolith while it was under-age?
Can you provide a link to where his experiences were posted?
used to have the Hal app on my phone but it began to freak me out so had to delete it
Wow I want that app! XD
Had it too it was so clear and nice interface
''...strange rumbling sound that goes on for minutes, to somehow put the audience into a state of expectation...''
Gyorgy Ligeti would be delighted to hear such description of his Overture: Atmospheres :) 2001 Space Odyssey score is truly remarkable.
I just finished watching this film. Not gonna lie, I gave it a standing ovation alone in my bedroom. A brilliant masterpiece!
Stanley Kubric was ahead of his time. First time I saw this movie I was in 2007, I was 24 and it changed the way I thought about space, AI, time travel, and anthropology, and basically made me conceive of all the endless possibilities out there. All thanks to this movie.
Best film ever
+Elvin Khudiyev Yes?
+Elvin Khudiyev What could you possibly equate to a better film?
Best film as a visual medium; absolutely.
Yes
It's the most overrated film of all time
2001 is not the most important sci fi movie ever made.....
It is the most important movie ever made !
Greetings from Brasil
I was a very young man when I saw this movie in a small Norwegian city. I saw it three time -- during one week -- and it just blow my mind off!
It discusses the Origins of Intelligence and extraterrestrial life and Artificial Intelligence which is awesome.
There is no mention of extraterrestrial life in 2001. It's just that the audience puts this spin on it.
@@EscapeMCP You're right. The film discusses extra-terrestrials as a cover story but the film is fundamentally about the qabalah and qabalistic tree of life.
I found out that in the part where Hal sings "Daisy", when in the real life, the first computer singing sang the same song.
Richard Strauss composed the tone poem " Also Sprach Zarathustra " in Munich. He was 28 years old and conducted its first performance in 1896. The opening fanfare, (titled ' Sunrise ' by Strauss, ) lasts 1 minute & 48 seconds. The opening low C note is played on a 32 foot organ pipe, more felt than audible.
I love how Kubrick decided to tell the film in four distinct acts, as opposed to the traditional three-act structure.
I don't want to nitpick but they mentioned "Star Wars" being a sci-fi film... it is not. It's a fantasy film. It takes place in a different galaxy in a past time period. The focus of the film features mystical elements like the "force" and a universal life force, unexplained spiritual powers... it doesn't primarily comment on the effect of technology on humanity
Yue Wang Yeah, yeah. Been there, done that. Everyone (should) know that, by now.
+Yue Wang It also uses advanced armors, space flight, clones, lasers. It IS sci-fi but like I was saying to a friend the other day 2001 is SCI-fi where Star Wars is sci-FI.
Yeah no, your finger couldn't be further from the pulse.
Star Wars has a science fiction like setting, but ultimately science is portrayed as the bad guy (Ewoks vs. Empire = Nature vs. Technology), thus it's more like anti-scifi, which I would say sci-fi should portray science in a neutral light...
The setting may have advanced armors, space flight, clones, lasers, and so on and so on, but you could easily take the story and plop it into a fantasy setting and no one would bat an eye. Advanced armor becomes enchanted armor, space flight becomes magic fairy dust, clones become armies made using magic, lasers become magic beams (a la Harry Potter). It's a fantasy story in a sci-fi setting, which is cool in its own right, but that doesn't make it sci-fi.
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
The reason why i think both Interstellar and 2001 are great films:
2001: This movie has one theme, that no matter how great our technology will get, it will not save us from our last moments, as seen in the last 30 minutes of the movie. The movie is timeless, having both great visuals and great cinematography. Definitely the Godfather of all Sci-fi movies.
Interstellar: A film that tells you any human can become the villain simply by following his own ideals. (Dr.Mann) It illustrates perfectly that no matter how desperate we get, there will still be conflicts between us. The scene where Mann and Cooper were fighting proves my point. The film was shot perfectly, and definitely deserves to be called "Modern day 2001" As both films were scientifically, physically mostly accurate. No green screen, no CGI. Nolan definitely gave us a movie worth watching million times
Thanks!!!!!!
You took your time to reply with a essay? Damn man
Captain Possible Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" stunk and stunk bad compared to 2001.. remember Kubrick did 2001 way back in 1968 way before digital computer graphic technology.. Nolan should be totally and completely embarrassed for ripping off Kubrick's ideas and Nolan no way would of even dared making Interstellar if Stanley Kubrick was still alive today "no way".. Interstellar Stunk Stunk Stunk and Christopher Nolan should be ashamed. Interstellar is just a conundrum of rip offs from many films.-.Signs, Field of Dreams, 2001, Star Wars... ect ect ect
PRE CBS STRATOCASTER'S Ripping Kubrick's ideas? Do you even know what you're talking about?! How do you even live
Captain Possible Eat shit Captain Dumbass! Blocked.....
This movie, along with Alien (1979), Blade Runner, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Terminator (1 & 2 are a tie for me), and Jurassic Park will always remain the greatest Sci-Fi movies of all time. They are all timeless and still stand up extremely well to this day. 2001, Alien, and Blade Runner all likely making a case to be among the top 10 greatest movies of all time period.
2001 is best described as an experience of philosophical ambition. It's not perfect but this is a film that that questions man's relation to the god he creates and the god that created him. You can't get more ambitious than that. One of the truly great achievements in American cinema.
Weren't the actors and the director British? As well as the rest of the team?
Andy Montanez I don't know but it's always in the AFI list so perhaps the producers were American.
Hmmm I guess
Actually it is perfect.
End of Evangelion, although that's japanese cinema, and requires you to watch the 26 episode show Neon Genesis Evangelion ;P
I have watched this movie over 20 times in my life and each time it reinforces just how good it is. The ending had me in tears the first time I watched it. The idea of being reborn as a star child seemed so perfect to me. It still does in an odd way.
I realized one thing in this movie.. Dave was such a hottie...
He still looks great, for his age.
I just watched it for the first time, and I have to say that it's an absolute masterpiece! One piece of advice though if you haven't seen it, wait til you're old enough to sit through it and appreciate it. If I'd have watched it as a kid I would've been very bored, but as a 22 year old it stunned me and I was hooked even through those long silent set-pieces. The final fifteen minutes were very confusing, but art in it's finest form. Thank you Mr Kubrick, you blew me away with this one. 47 years on and it still has the ability to really impress...now one of my favourite ever movies.
People that don't like this would be much better off watching Transformers.
+Ted ThePilot or they're just not into sci-fi at all.
+Ted ThePilot The complexity, the ambiguity, make it unique.
personally I thought the film was trying too hard to be convoluted - to look "smart" (when I first saw it in 1999)... Just recently saw it again on netflix, and I felt the same way as it did when I was younger. Granted, there are some great scenes in the movie, way ahead of its time. But I think Kubrick was "dropping acid" when he was making this movie... I got a real "Hippie vibe" on both viewings.
Transformers is a good movie, but 2001: A Space Odyssey is way overrated, it was great for it's time but it's overrated now. The annoying sounds, and prolonged scenes killed it for me, and the robot HAL was a joke too.
+Michael Carranza fair enough its your opinion, but HAL was excellent I don't see how he can be considered a joke
Released 1 year before the internet. Think about it. And the moon landings of course. It is still the greatest Near Science Fact movie ever made.
Beyond The Infinite 3061 Yes it did. It was called ARPAnet then.
MrPete8680
The ARPANET back then was not even a harbinger of the present day Internet, instead it was merely a text communications means using X.25 packet-switched instead of store & forward switching (dedicated circuit switching).
Edmund Charles It was a harbinger of what was 2 come.
Edmund Charles Whoa, ARPANET!! Talk about back-in-the-day!!!! That was even before Commodore-64!
well basically it was like a super Telex system.
It is still unbelievable to me that this movie was filmed and released in the 1960s. Way ahead of it's time. It blows my mind.
Watching his movie on the huge Cinerama screen still beats anything today and we're talking 50 years ago! Remarkable.
this is a great commentary on a masterpiece, given by guys who were involved in making it. I stand in awe
2001 is an amazing movie no doubt. But it's not for everybody though and it may take a couple viewings to understand it or you might have to be a little older to understand it.
But once you do, the rest pales in comparison. I was fortunate enough to meet Sir Arthur C Clarke in real life once for a brief moment on my graduation, he said to us:
"Exploit the inevitable".
@NintendoFanboy07 I didn't get 2001 at first but now I do. Would you like to know?
Im 15 and its great 👍
My dad told me its in his top 5 films of all time
6 Reasons Why 2001: A Space Odyssey is the Most Important Sci-Fi Movie of All-Time
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Thank you "Dave" and "Frank" for appearing in this video. I would not have believed any insights could be added to the more than 50 years of thoughts people have shared about 2001: A Space Odyssey, but Keir and Gary give some fresh observations. You are obviously the movie's biggest and most informed fans, as well as its cast members.
Not only are these guys still alive but IGN actually managed to get them for an interview. Wonderful stuff!
"Hello, I'm Keir Dullea, and I played Dave Bowman in 2001: A Space Odyssey."
"Hello... I'm Gary Lockwood and I'd rather have my fingernails ripped out with pliers than to be here talking about this thing I did five decades ago that I clearly can't stand."
Hello I'm Gary Lockwood and I was murdered by a computer.
+Bill Milligan yes, maybe it's because he was left floating about in space, although he does get found & brought back to life in a later novel.
Guess what? Chicken butt.
One of the best films ever created period.
Lies
Funny story: I remember '2001' was doing a rerun in the early 80's, including the ABC cinema, Liverpool. After a few minutes of no picture and music, (which is how the pic begins, of course), the lights came on and the manager got the small stage to announce that they had sent out for a new projector light bulb. Things were eventually sorted out, and in 15-20 minutes we finally got to see the film.
This film is certainly one of the all time greats. It is visually stunning, and the choice of classical music couldn't be any better. It certainly stays in your mind long after you've watched it. Very profound.
Every time I read someone comparing this film to Interstellar shit - I want to puke
You guys got old. But I agree totally with you. It is a very forward thinking film but the first great big budgeted science fiction space film is Forbidden Planet made 10 years prior to 2001. A film that too had deep psychological and human evolution overtones.
+Marc Parella Yes, I agree Forbidden Planet is another sci fi classic.
+Marc Parella Forbidden Planet is Grade B, if not C or D
+Marc Parella Forbidden Planet is great old sci fi, and I'm sorry to say but I like it more than this film. I don't remember much of it now, but I watched it a few years ago and was mostly bored. It had lot of great establishing shots and ideas, but then the establishing shots went on and on and on. I watch movies to escape, mostly, not to think. It just wasn't my kind of film, but it definitely had some great moments and ideas.
+Marc Parella Marc I agree, Forbidden Planet was wonderful. And it was NOT a grade B film. It was very well made and had fantastic effects.
That said, it was very much 50s effects, just extremely good ones. What is shocking is that less than a decade later 2001 was being planned and shot. In less than a decade, we went from flying saucers to believable space craft and space stations. We went from Robbie the Robot to HAL. We went from a mad scientist to technology that has gone mad. The special effects were so good, they hold up TODAY.
A few years ago, I went to see this at the Hollywood Cinerama Dome. Its effects hold up today. They are not "good for their time", they are good period. And the story is great, it's timeless.
Actually, I'd say that the first big budgeted SF film is Metropolis, from way back in the silent era.
This movie has been stuck in my mind ever since my Aunt took me to see the original release when I was 13. I gained a new appreciation for it several years later when I read the "Behind the Scenes" book. The set was massive.
Their voices are featured on the commentary track for the Blu-ray edition of the film, but it is invaluable to have these two gentlemen on film, sharing their memories and impressions.
I'm afraid I can't let you do that Dave.
There are a lot of interesting things here and I did enjoy watching but I think ultimately, this video tends toward the superficial. What makes 2001 such an incredible work of art is the combination of flawless aesthetics with the profundity of the questions it raises about what it means to be human, and what's at the frontier of that experience.
I can't think of many films that do this to such a high level - maybe three or four others, that's it.
Out of curiosity, which would they be?
George Morley Ach! You called me on it! Now I gotta put my money where my mouth is.
Okay, I'll do as many as I can...
Aguirre the Wrath of God
Rashamon
The Seventh Seal
Solaris (original, Russian version)
Such a dark list! I've been trying to think of a comedy that would fit in and while there are lots of truly great ones out there, I can't recall one that takes quite the same sorts of questions as its theme.
Perhaps you can remind me of what I might be forgetting :)
George;
2010 the year we make contact... [ 116 mins ]
2001 a space odyssey ....................[ 148 mins ]
3001 prologue.
I haven't seen 3001 but 2010 struck me as just a pop, mainstream story that didn't come anywhere near the first in any category. Certainly it didn't aspire to the level of sophistication that Kubrick's film did.
Don't get me wrong, I like pop mainstream stories. I love Star Wars, for example. But without the collaboration of Kubrick and the input of real theoretical physicists (as the first one had), 2010 is a very different sort of product.
3001 the final odyssey prologue [ 5.08 mins ]
released by the A.c.Clark foundation after he pasted away....
Nice to see the comments this movie so deeply stirred my soul when it first came out and watching these clips still has that effect. Brilliant because it did not only rely on special effects like today’s features of this genre.
As an awarded and published astronomy science technical artist, and semi-professional astronomer for most of my life, more recently as a lecturer and teacher of this subject, this has always been my most favorite film of all time, since I first saw the movie on the big silver screen after its release in late 1968 as a 15 year old, and had just bought my first astronomy telescope about a year before. Ironically the new 70 millimeter Dolby stereo copies of 2001 were recently first screened again in my home town at the Hollywood Theater in Portland Oregon, where I first viewed the movie in the late summer of 1968.
the black monolith represents the movie screen right?
thats why most of the shots of space appear vertical instead of sideways. This is because the monolith screen is vertical...not horizontal..
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The monolith isn't symbolic at all. It's a device made by extremely advanced ancient species out in space to experiment with other life forms in the universe. It taught the apemen in the films start how to do all the things they'd need to in order to grow as an intelligent species, and then they put the monolith buried on the moon for the day humans would become advanced enough to find it there as a signal of humans advancement.
That's the conclusion, yes. It gets interesting when you take it further and think about what the screen represents for US symbolically..
MrAnimeopera agreed. its like a device that boosts intelligence and/or inspires technological advancement which some other form of life has set out to guide human advancement.
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....or it is a metaphore for evolution without having to specifically interject accelerated evolution per se.
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I saw the UA-cam video on that explanation and while it is joyfully interesting, it does not fulfll the meaning for me as such in the film. Maybe Stanley was having his Director's fun with the auidence as well. Clearly, the monolith is introduced each time in the film as a evolutionay advancement whether this be by actof God or alien, so it representing a movie screen is (pardon the pun), most one-dimensional.
My favorite movie of all time. Though I was haunted by one thought. When Bowman was blown into the emergency hatch, why didn't the pod move violently in the opposite direction according to the laws of physics? Wasn't the robot arm already detached? Even if it was, it should have reacted to the explosive bolts and the air pressure being released, not have stayed perfectly still. Any thoughts on this?
yes this happens a lot in the movie. It seems they all forgot about that concept
When I first watched this film I thought “ that’s the set of alien!” In some parts.(one of my all time favs). It’s amazing how much influence 2001 had over science fiction over the years. Still holds up too which is amazing.
Recently watched this crazy master piece, the monolith theme gives me horrible chills through my spine, simply beautiful
You don’t even need to put sci-fi in the title just greatest all together
My favorite movie of all time
Man, the vid quality is breathtaking!
Still stunning to this day. Culturally relevant. An experience to watch despite the age.
Masterpiece of the highest order.
i'm reading the book now, from Arthur C Clarke.
it was a great novel!
i'm currently reading the Foundation series, the trilogy of Isaac Asimov. i'm on Foundation and Empire now (the second one). great series!
is it any different compared to the movie? interested in getting it.
One nitpick - but 2001 is not the first big-budget sci fi film. Forbidden Planet was in the 50's and it has top notch (and budget) acting, writing and effects and all that. It was meant made to put a lot butt into seats. Actually, even to this day, many of its special effects hold up, some surprising well, some so well you won't notice them or will at first making the automatic assumption that it was computers, before you remember that those machines were not used for movie back them and where as big as football fields.
Anyway, 2001 as not the first big-budget Sci-Fi movie.
BINARYGOD What about Metropolis (1928)?
Miguel Pereira just more proof that the claim about 2001 I was disagreeing with is not accurate. Although, if someone wanted to focus on Hollywood post WW2, then I could see them no included your excellent example.
BINARYGOD Metropolis is a really interesting movie. I think it actually is more cyberpunk than Sci-Fi
Miguel Pereira In what way?
"Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a future setting, noted for its focus on "high tech and low life". It features advanced technology and science, such as information technology and cybernetics, coupled with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order" (net search gave this definition in the search results - I used Bing, but google probably would show the same or similar).
I guess I would see it has partially Cyberpunk in some way.
BINARYGOD Maybe it's not more cyberpunk than Sci-Fi, but it has some elements like a strugling lower class and tensions between those lower and upper classes.
I saw 2001 ASO at the theater in its first run in 1968. I was 12, I had no idea what was going on but fascinated. Thankfully Mad Magazine explained it all. Never miss a chance to see it again.
I love the collaboration and connection of music and cinematic art and there some films with that collaboration at its best and 2001:Space Odyssey is definitely one of them ! 🎥+🎵=❤️ I also love the cinematography of the film.
Is a film that makes us think a bad one? Is a film that drives us to the point of researching about it so we can interpret it a bad one? I see that many in the comments think so.... Alas we have failed the black monolith! Enjoy avengers and avatar!
Ratul Majumder We all have different tastes in film. You can berate people for their preferences in cinema but that won't change anything at all.
Yeah! You're probably right!
Ethan Reuben Alas, this is what will ultimately destroy humanity. We're rather close to dividing in two distinct groups, our social organization the only thing keeping us connected.
Ratul Majumder And Ant-Man, don't forget Ant-man...
+Ratul Majumder Whoa buddy, theres no reason to bash Avengers.
No matter you like this film or not.
This is the masterpiece that will be remembered for 1000 years.
Perfect in every possible ways !
Man, I just became obsessed with this film and here it is, the first video on my recommendation, wow
This movie was so good, upon my first viewing, there was nothing else I could think about, I was paralyzed by the beauty and horror of the movie, that's when I knew that this was the greatest movie ever made.
I agree. 2001: A Space Odyssey is the Most Important Sci-Fi Movie of All-Time!!!
Like it or not Christopher Nolan's Interstellar is our generation's 2001. Sure its a COMPLETELY different film. 2001 was about larger than life themes while Nolan's Interstellar was about warmer and more human themes such as how love drives us to do impossible and great things. The only similarity between 2001 and Interstellar is both films utilizes awe-inspiring practical VFX.
40 years from now when all VFX in movies are full-CGI people will appreciate Interstellar as a masterpiece.
+Johnny Tey I totally agree. A lot of my friends told me the movie was extremely boring and it was so long that I decided to watch it on a long flight back home to fall asleep but I found myself completely intrigued and immersed in the events of the movie instead. My only regret is that I wasn't able to watch the last 30-45 mins+ of the movie due to the plane landing but no movie has captivated me as much as Interstellar did.
ArsenalBowler
Dude.. GO BUY THE DVD OR BLURAY AND ENJOY IT!
+ArsenalBowler Buy it on Blu-ray NAO!! Its just beautiful, and I say Blu-ray because while no format comes close to film quality the Blu-ray show cases Chris Nolan's use of real live celluloid film really well.
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+Johnny Tey Lol CGI will never replace real cinema
I love it. This movie blew my mind. Although, I didn't appreciate it the first time I saw it as much as I do now because I didn't fully understand. Its one of those movies where you really need to open your mind to. Years later, I have so much praise for it and see its brilliance. This movie is an incredible work of art and true genius. Definitely among my top 5 favorite movies of all times.
I just wonder how they created like the vortex and stargate fxs since no cgi was used at all.
To this day I can watch the movie and see something different each time. And it still holds up well past it's expiration date... it is one phenomenal film. To quote from ERB, "Genius is a powerful word. Unless you are talking about the Kubrick" But then he had AC Clarke to work with. It's no wonder this film makes many top lists.
This Film IS NOT the greatest Sci-Fi Film ever made. Its the GREATEST FILM EVER MADE in any genre.
lotr? ):
This compared to Gravity is a complete piss-take.. I honestly don't understand how such a great film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, was made in 68', yet movies after that date are worse.. surely they can learn from such a masterpiece.
I saw this at the Egyptian in Los Angeles on Black Friday 2014. It was the third time I'd seen it on the big screen, and it was as GREAT as ever.
Great seeing both the main actors talk about 2001 and Keir Dullea is such a fantastic name. How is he not better known?
the must perfect movie ever made.
Most boring movie ever made
Keir is still cool as a cucumber!!
My favorite movie of all time. Amazing video
This movie was my dad's favourite movie and now it is one of my faves too