2001: a Space Odyssey
In 1964 film director Stanley Kubrick approached science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke seeking a plot for "the proverbial good
science fiction movie." They worked...
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Although he first won acclaim for films he made during the 1950s such as Spartacus and Lolita, director Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) is best known for his later work, including Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A...
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In a career spanning nearly half a century, a director might be expected to create one or perhaps two memorable films. However, by the time of his death in 1999, screenwriter-director Stanley Kubrick ...
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Stanley Kubrick is an exceptional filmmaker whose control over his films is so complete that it extends from the supervision of every production detail to the planning of elaborate advertising and dis...
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Critical Essay by Stanley Kauffmann
Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey took five years and $10 million to make, and it's easy to see where the time and the money have gone. It�...
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Critical Essay by Tim Hunter, with Stephen Kaplan and Peter Jaszi
As a film about progress—physical, social, and technological—Stanley Kubrick's huge and provocative 2001: A Spac...
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Critical Essay by Elie Flatto
Essentially, the space-odyssey described in 2001 represents, I believe, Man's eternal quest for spiritual meaning and self-renewal. Man, as such, seems to have co...
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In the following essay, Strick traces the origins and development of Kubrick's 2001.
In March 1964, Arthur C. Clarke was contacted at his home in Sri Lanka by Stanley Kubrick, who wanted to ...
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In the following essay, Shelton maintains that Arthur C. Clarke's sequel to 2001—2010: Odyssey Two—is integral to understanding Kubrick's film as well as Peter Hyams'...
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In the following essay, DeBellis asserts that John Updike's references to 2001 in Rabbit Redux underlines the major thematic concerns in the novel.
“The power of the cinema, the awful...
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In the following essay, Miller surveys the major themes of 2001.
2001: a Space Odyssey Synopsis
The prehistoric past. A small tribe of apemen lives on a rocky hillside, in constant terror of neighb...
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In the following essay, Pielke surveys the defining characters of science fiction films by comparing the popular movies Star Wars and 2001.
Those with even the barest knowledge about the “mo...
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Space Odyssey 2001 fits the definition of an epic. An epic can be defined as "a long narrative in elevated style presenting characters of high position in adventures important to the history and ident...
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2001: A Space Odyssey is just that: a long wandering voyage of the body and mind. Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clark collaborated brilliantly. In examining both works, the film and the novel, there a...
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The international Cassini spacecraft went into safe mode this week after successfully passing over a Saturn moon that was the mysterious destination of a deep-space faring astronaut in Arthur C. Cl...
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Frank Rosenfelt, who as chairman and CEO of MGM Studios helped green-light such classic movies as "Network" and "Doctor Zhivago," has died. He was 85.Rosenfelt died Thursday at his Los Angeles home...
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Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke listed three wishes on his 90th birthday: for the world to embrace cleaner energy resources, for a lasting peace in his adopted home of Sri Lanka, and for ev...
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The American Film Institute's original 1998 list of the top-100 American movies:1. "Citizen Kane," 1941.2. "Casablanca," 1942.3. "The Godfather," 1972.4. "Gone With the Wind," 1939.5. "Lawrence of ...
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The American Film Institute's 2007 list of the top-100 American movies:1. "Citizen Kane," 1941.2. "The Godfather," 1972.3. "Casablanca," 1942.4. "Raging Bull," 1980.5. "Singin' in the Rain," 1952.6...
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COLOMBO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Turning 90 on Sunday, British
science fiction writer and visionary Sir Arthur C. Clarke has
three birthday wishes: For E.T. to call, for man to kick his
oil habit and f...
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Berlin (dpa) - The story of Fritz Lang's Metropolis is "as timely
as ever," in the words of German film producer Thomas Schuhly who has
acquired the rights for a remake of t...
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NEW DELHI, Jan 10 (Reuters) - For the world's cheapest car,
it was one luxury arrival. More than 1,000 people -- journalists, VIPS and
industrialists -- packed an auditorium on Thursday as Tata
Mo...
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High gas prices, the need for alternate-energy sources, even global warming are tiny blips next to the problem encountered in the intriguing but ultimately unsatisfying sci-fi tale "Sunshine," in w...
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High gas prices, the need for alternate-energy sources, even global warming are tiny blips next to the problem encountered in the intriguing but ultimately unsatisfying sci-fi tale "Sunshine," in w...
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2001: a Space Odyssey
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Critical Essay by Stanley Kauffmann
Space Odyssey 2001
Cassini in safe mode after Saturn flight
