Stanley Kubrick explains the plot of 2001

[david_b]

Brazoo..

Excellent synopses on each phase, pulling out some details I hadn't given thought to (being 'at war' with man's creation, the white room representation..).

The white room explanation makes good sense, that the alien intelligence would provide Bowman with 'the next level of understanding', mulling about his consciousness (his physical body is most likely dead and this non-corpuscular, lumbering being is actually his consciousness..).

First primal (apes), then rational (spacemen with ability to reason & create tools to reach the aliens), then cerebral consciousness (the next level)..

Very well thought out.

david_b

[Meule]

I can't watch Full Metal after basic.

Basically after basic training I change channels

I can watch the entire movie, but basic training is the best part

[megoscott]

Great posts, guys, thanks. Be nice to see this in HD at home...

[jds1911a1]

Part 1 - Early Man

- Two tribes are at war
- A mysterious alien force leaves a monolith which grants one tribe the intelligence to use tools and beat the other tribe
- The all-important first tool is tossed into the air... and here's the famous match-cut of the bone to the spaceship...

The opening squence is really what makes the film so memorable but it's as much the score as the shots. Auch Sprach Zeta is a masterpeice in it's won right

[david_b]

I can watch the entire movie, but basic training is the best part

Watch it..?? I went through it..., Army Basic Training, that is

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[Brazoo]

Brazoo..

Excellent synopses on each phase, pulling out some details I hadn't given thought to (being 'at war' with man's creation, the white room representation..).

The white room explanation makes good sense, that the alien intelligence would provide Bowman with 'the next level of understanding', mulling about his consciousness (his physical body is most likely dead and this non-corpuscular, lumbering being is actually his consciousness..).

First primal (apes), then rational (spacemen with ability to reason & create tools to reach the aliens), then cerebral consciousness (the next level)..

Very well thought out.

david_b

Cheers man - thanks!

[Bruce Banner]

I've read all of Clarke's Odyssey books, and I certainly recommend them to anyone who loves SF literature. Great works.

[jds1911a1]

I've read all of Clarke's Odyssey books, and I certainly recommend them to anyone who loves SF literature. Great works.

Me too (of course Clarke is an icon in sci fi lit) but for me once I read the books it makes Kubrick's interpretation even more convoluted