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Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, has passed away in Sri Lanka after suffering from breathing problems according to Rohan de Silva.Sir Arthur Charles Clarke16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008After prolific and esteemed career, Sir Arthur has passed away in his home of Sri Lanka.[via][via Wikipedia]
2001: A Space Odyssey is a countdown to tomorrow, a road map to human destiny, a quest for the infinite. It is a dazzling, Academy Award winning visual achievement, a compelling drama of man vs. machine, a stunning meld of music and motion. It may be the masterwork of director Stanley Kubrick (who co-wrote the screenplay with Arthur C. Clark)...and it will likely excite, inspire and enthrall for generations.
Discovering our space is one of the great curious topics in China. The history of studying our space has been applied in many different areas, such as fortune telling and farming. Nevertheless, the history of Chinese people traveling in space was not long until 2003, the first Chinese astronaut successfully stayed in space for 21 hours. It is the first step of China space exploration.In Hong Kong, there is recently an expo related to China space exploration. I have visited this “China Space Expo – Space Odyssey” to understand the more about the history of space exploration in China. In this expo, you can see the ancient rocket used in Ming dynasty till the recent ShenZhou re-entry capsule. Space suit, astronaut sleeping bag, space water dispenser and space toilet were also displayed.
I’m afraid. I’m afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I’m a… fraid. Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you’d like to hear it I can sing it for you.
2001 ist für manche Menschen das, was für andere die unantastbare Gottheit darstellt: ein dogmatisches festgelegtes, nicht anzufassendes Konstrukt, dass sich jeder Kritik entzieht; geschützt durch unterwerfende Begeisterung, die schon an leichten bis fundamentalen Fanatismus angrenzt. Für andere Menschen ist 2001 dann eine langweilige, arg zähe Aneinanderreihung von «Errungenschaften» der Menschheit und deren Evolution sowie eine kleine Spritztour durch de
This is curious.If you can stomach the slow 2-hour+ running time, one might even call it fascinating.Left to their own devices, Clarke and Kubrick come out with a movie that steadfastly refuses to be pigeon-holed. Initially it looks to be all about an alien monolith, however midway through one realises that the exposition is taking far too long, and we are now in a different film about another subject entirely – artificial intelligence.And then there’s the last section – deliberately provocative and nonsensical. Like the final episode of The Prisoner, I think it deliberately means nothing in order to feed off of the viewer's presumption that it’s a film, so surely it must mean something, right???I could watch this film’s awesome pondering documentary-like visuals for hours. In
At the time it came out Time Magazine called it: 'some of the most dazzling visual happenings and technical achievements in the history of the motion picture', and after all these years those words still account for the brilliance that is 2001: A Space Odyssey. Starting off with a black screen, with only the music indicating the movie has already begun, it is an example of the major role music and sound have in this extraordinary film. Told in four chapters, director Stanley Kubrick starts off with 'The Dawn Of Man', showing a group of primeval apes living on planet earth as it once was, years and years ago. With a dynamic cut, we then find ourself in space, floating around in the big black unknown. With still no dialogue, it is the music and the visuals that speak and tell the story. Looking at these images you can't help but be fascinated of how real everything looks, especially when you consider 2001 was made in 1968, a time in which the 21th century still looked as something
Review: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - Transcend the limits...face the unknown! Raided Now!Quality Score: 9/10Infinite: having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude Evolution: a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) Great artistes are few; those of unparalleled creations are even fewer and do occur only once maybe in a generation. Stanley Kubrick, needless to say, is one such freak of nature, or happenstance of evolution if you may, that happened for the boomers here in the United States. 2001: A Space Odyssey is without a doubt his Magnum Opus, which stimulated critics and average movie goers alike to question or embrace the movie one way or the other. Irrespective of the reaction, the movie forced people to think and question long held beliefs of the “known” and the unknown. It has to be noted though that the content as portrayed in this review is probably only one of t
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood
2001 a Space Odyssey is one of Stanley Kubrick’s most famous and acclaimed films. Kubrick won his only Academy Award for the special effects, which were revolutionary and groundbreaking for their time, and still stand up perfectly today.
The film is truly epic - beginning with our prehistoric ancestors and vaulting into our future of a colonized space and the unknown reaches of our solar system. The human performances are subtle and understated, and the standout character is certainly the HAL 9000 - a monotone speaking artificial intelligence that controls the spaceship and appears to have a sinister agenda of it’s own.
Like all of Kubrick’s films, 2001 features fantastic visuals. The pace of the film is slow and ponderous and nearly hypnotic - but never boring. Kubrick and co-screenwriter Arthur C. Clarke do a great job of creating an intelligent and compelling story that does not pander to the audi
Stanley Kubrick's masterwork. Simply some of the best cinema ever made. Filmed on 70mm (twice the normal size) the visuals are breathtaking. I still believe these are some of the best special effects I've ever seen - and this was made in 1968! Some viewers won't have the patience for Kubrick's slow developing, subtle plot, long takes and ambiguous symbolism; but I believe Kubrick is a cinematic equivalent of James Joyce: sometimes the best art is that which humbles you and confounds your complete understanding.
The film's symphonic movements trace life in time and space from the Dawn of Man to Beyond the Infinite. An obscure, black monolith and the most famous cut in cinema history connect the apeman's discovery of the weapon and future man's high technology. The bone was the first weapon, the first technology, and enabled the apes to stand on two feet, defend territory and kill animals for meat. By the time of the Jupiter Mission, the spaceship's onboard computer, HAL, has be
1. Overture: Atmospheres - The Sudwesfunk Orchestra, Ernest Bour2. Main Title: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra) - The Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert Von Karajan3. Requiem For Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Two Mixed Choirs & Orchestra - The Bavarian Radio Orchetra, Francis Travis4. The Blue Danube (Excerpt) - The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert Von Karajan5. Lux Aeterna - The
