2001:
A
SPACE
ODYSSEY
With
Keir
Dullea,
Gary
Lockwood
Directed
by
Stanley
Kubrick
It
is
no
surprise
that
one
of
the
world's
most
accomplished
directors
would
be
the
creator
of
one
of
the
best
sci-fi
movies
of
all
time.
This
is
not
the
kind
of
film
post
Alien
/
Terminator
/
Independence
Day viewers
would
have
much
patience
for.
While
I
can
enjoy
at
least
two
of
the
above
mentioned,
many
other
cinefans
will
have
the
capacity
to
get
engrossed
by
both
an
action
packed
romp,
as
well
as
a
more
intellectual
excursion
beyond
our
orbit.
This
brilliant
quest
expands
across
time,
inner-
and
outer
space,
from
creation
to
the
future,
with
evolution,
technology,
religion,
and
metaphysics
all
playing
a
role.
Made
before
the
first
man
walked
on
the
moon,
this
visionary
classic
is
not
only
scientifically
meticulous,
but
as
perfectionist
in
its
visual
delivery.
Our
protagonist
Dave
Bowman
is
confronted
with
an
intense
predicament
near
the
planet
Jupiter
on
the
spaceship
Discovery
after
an
incredible
find
calls
him
into
space where
mortality,
logic,
humanity
and
artificial
intelligence
clash
-
all
against
a
galactic
backdrop
of
wonderfully
selected
classical
pieces.
While
the
story
dissolves
amid
the
amazing
visual
narrative,
set
design,
music,
FX
and
sparse
dialogue,
you
find
yourself
sucked
into
this
sensory
experience,
instead
of
trying
to
figure
out
the
who,
where
and
what
of
normal
cinema
to
which
we'd
become
so
conditioned.
Watching
this
in
anything
but
widescreen
format
is
pointless.
PS.
I'll
never
forget
a
friend's
younger
sister
exclaiming
her
disdain
with
this
"boring"
movie
when
she
saw
it
on
TV
in
the
mid-'90s,
disappointed
that
no
alien
showed
up!
A
masterpiece
like
this
doesn't
need
an
alien
to
blow
your
mind.
6
/ A - PB
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A - B -C
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