2001: A Space Odyssey
(1968)The ultimate trip.
Stanley Kubrick's ambitious science-fiction epic, billed as "a countdown to tomorrow, a road map to human destiny, a quest for the infinite".... More
Kubrick starts with human's prehistoric ape-ancestry past, then leaps millenia (via one of the most mind-blowing jump cuts ever conceived) into colonized space, and ultimately whisks astronaut Bowman (Keir Dullea) into uncharted realms of spacey.Hide
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Best Special Visual Effects, Academy Awards 1969
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Directed by Stanley Kubrick ('Spartacus', 'Lolita', 'Dr Strangelove', 'A Clockwork Orange', 'The Shining')
Starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Leonard Rossiter, Margaret Tyzack, Robert Beatty, Douglas Rain
Written by Arthur C. Clarke, Stanley Kubrick
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2001: A Space Odyssey
BY yuefei superstar
The film takes the viewer through cinematography of indescribable beauty and brooding soundtracks which work hand in hand to create an atmospheric and surreal (I'll also add majestic and profound) journey through man's space, dealing with themes such as humanity, mystery, death, birth, and life along the way.
This film is... More pretty much asking to be rewatched, and hopefully from a second viewing I'll discover more about this (not lightly labelled) masterpiece.Hide
BY delarge101 superstar
2001: A Space Odyssey remains the best sci-fi film ever made, thanks to revolutionary special effects, meticulously crafted sound design, a passion for the intimidating beauty of the unknown and a keen sense of adventure; despite making you feel like you had to be around at the time to fully absorb its genius and impact.
BY munchkin superstar
Out of all his works this is the one I love the most a true scifi classic that has parts ripped of today in comedys and other sci fi films way ahead of his time
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With the release of Stanley Kubrick's enigmatic space spectacle in 1968, the science-fiction film finally came of age. Full Review
Like all good speculations, it leaves the spectator up in the air with a tantalising vision as food for thought. Full Review
Lingers on the mind like a tall, black riddle: Where are the new bones, the new tools, that will take us higher? Do we even deserve them? Full Review
Awesome, influential, mind-blowing, cool, obsessional, pretentious. Full Review
The film creates its effects essentially out of visuals and music. It is meditative. It does not cater to us, but wants to inspire us, enlarge us. Full Review
Somewhere between hypnotic and immensely boring. Full Review
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