Clarke and kubrick worked on the book together, but eventually only clarke ended up as the official author. A space odyssey ending explained by stanley kubrick. The one based on the book goes like this the black monolith you saw in the beginning of the film, and the one found buried on the moon, were placed there by a supremely advanced alien race as a way to nudge along the evolution of humanity. I always found this a pretty disappointing end to the film because it seemed to make no sense. Apr 07, 2018 the interactive transcript could not be loaded. A space odyssey by arthur c clarke and its three sequels 2010. New video and audio uploaded to youtube appears to offer kubrick explaining the ending as. A space odyssey is the sort of movie that frequently gets called difficult. In a newly unearthed interview, the ending of 2001. Serene velocity, available for viewing here, basically refines that idea to its essence. The hal heuristically programmed algorithmic computer 9000 computer is an artificial intelligence and the onboard computer on the spaceship discovery 1. I still found time to read, but other books, and not that one.
Bowman ends up in a room somewhere in one universe or another, and we have no idea where. A space odyssey, perhaps my favorite movie, is the way its ending uses film to show the evolution of humanity beyond the confines of our everyday understanding of space and time. A space odyssey 1968 in order to provide the basis for the brilliant film of the same name. What do you think about the cinematography in 2001. A panam space shuttle approaches a large spinning space station, its revolutions mirroring those of the apes spinning bone. A space odyssey 1968, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more.
A space odyssey is one of my favorite films and my favorite scifi of all time, i ve committed far too many hours of my life watching it and i m now here to share my thoughts on what the. One of the most enigmatic movie endings in history becomes a little. The film begins with a group of apes being exposed to the monolith yet the sequence is called the dawn of man the ape who learns to use the bone as a weapon first, to kill another animal so that his tribe can eat it, becoming carnivores, and. New video and audio uploaded to youtube appears to offer kubrick explaining the ending as he saw. The glass is broken, but the wine is still there container, content body. A kind of zoo of humans for aliens where they can see you, but you cant see them i remember that in the book, the decoration was similar to a hotel, but with low definition, you couldnt read the labels of the food neither the books, as everything. A space odysseys ending is famous among strange film endings, and when you consider that the competition includes magnolia, mulholland drive, and rockadoodle, thats sayin something. Bowman survives by escaping to an airlock and donning a spacesuit. Both the novel and the film are partially based on clarkes 1948 short story the sentinel, an entry in a bbc short story competition, and encounter in the dawn, published in 1953 in the magazine amazing stories.
I was asked by a friend why had i never read the iconic scifi book, 2001space odyssey. Once the message has been written into the block and any excess letter spaces have been filled up with random letters, the keyword is placed above the block so that each column has a corresponding key letter. For 50 years the films ambiguous ending has been the subject of debate among fans, with numerous theories providing a possible explanation. Jul 05, 2018 fifty years since it was first screened, 2001. A space odyssey 50th anniversary season 2001 suggested a existential shift for music in scifi and beyond. The earth people say, this ending sucks, and they shoot nuclear missiles at himor maybe theyre shooting missiles at each other.
The perfect collaboration between book and film originally posted at fantasy literature arthur c. A space odyssey is the 1968 science fiction novel written by arthur c. Clarke, wanted to leave the film open to philosophical and allegorical interpretation, purposely presenting the final sequences. In terms of its themes and symbolism, 2001 was con. Stay on top of the latest breaking film and tv news. Jul 02, 2015 this instalment is in two parts and is slightly different.
A space odyssey has been analysed and interpreted by numerous people, ranging from professional movie critics to amateur writers and science fiction fans. A space odyssey is a true classic in how films look on the screen and the artistic sensibility behind it. This is the most complete book on the film to datefrom stanley kubricks first meeting with screenwriter arthur c. A space odyssey, this amazing book was written by arthur c. Understanding the film 2001 is best done through the lens of homers the odyssey hal as the cyclops, nietzsches thus spoke zarathustra and the genealogy of morals, along with finally frueds civilization and its discontents. Summary of 2001 a space odyssey and personal response. A space odyssey seem to become more relevant as time marches on.
Finally, i put it on my ereader and began the journey. After the first encounter with the monolith, we see the leader of the apes have a quick flashback to the monolith after which he picks up a bone and uses it to smash other bones. In lost interview, stanley kubrick explains the ending of. A space odyssey and you loved it but you kinda dont know. A space odyssey as one of the astronauts on the mission to track the source of an alien artifact found on the moon. The end of 2001 has david bowman as space baby starchild whooshing through hyperawesomewhateverspace back to earth. The number of letter columns in the block is determined by a prechosen keyword, which in this case is the word paste, equalling a total of five columns. Hal kills poole by using the eva pod to cut his spacesuit air line while outside of the ship. A space odyssey has finally been explained by the 1968 scifi movies director, stanley kubrick, himself. Much of the dialogue exists only to show people talking to one another, without much regard to content this is true of the conference on the space station. Stanley kubricks epic film reimagined what cinematic science fiction could be, but it also went into esoteric areas, most notably with an ending that the director famously refused to discuss. A space odyssey is a 1968 science fiction novel by british writer arthur c. A space odyssey is based on the final version of the script for the 1968 motion picture, but, even so, in some regards they differ due to late changes made by director stanley kubrick to that picture after the novel had largely been completed.
Few directors allowed their movies to speak for themselves more than stanley kubrick. Kubrick liked to work from books, and since a suitable one did not yet exist. All right, now that ive explained the monolith and what its purpose serves i can explain the ending in detail. He looks over at the bed and sees himself, only older to the point of mummification. The director of the film, stanley kubrick, and the writer, arthur c. This collection comprises the science fiction novels 2001. Actually the byproduct of a collaboration between clarke and stanley kubrick. A space odyssey has finally been explained by the 1968 scifi movies director, stanley. Hal kills the crew in suspended animation by venting the ship to space. A space odyssey, the great work on film by jay weidner.
These instructions are interrupted as the signal is broken, and hal. So then he is reincarnated in advanced spirit and new. A space odyssey, as compared to those you answered on for first men on the moon, given the year of production of the film 1964, the book upon which the film was based 1901 and the existence of space travel however limited in the early 1960s. A space odyssey, david bowman enters in a room decorated as a hotel. Learn about the different symbols such as moon in 2001. It seems to explain the ending of the film more clearly. As we see in the beginning of the movie a bunch of apes the early men come across the monolith and they have no idea what it is. Clarke, wanted to leave the film open to philosophical and allegorical interpretation, purposely presenting the final sequences of the film without the underlying thread being apparent. Clarke and the 1968 film directed by stanley kubrick. As a fan of stanley kubrick and cinema in general, i find that the cinematography of 2001. A space odyssey is based on the final version of the script for the 1968 motion picture, but, even so, in some regards they differ due to late changes made by director stanley. Hal 9000, more commonly called hal, became operational in the hal plant in urbana, illinois, on january 12, 1992. Both the novel and the film are partially based on clarkes 1948 short story the sentinel, an entry in a bbc short story competition, and encounter in the dawn. The odyssey is a long greek poem by homer about a dude named odysseus who goes on a long voyage.
To begin his voyage into the future, kubrick visits our. The ending is largely symbolic, and reading the book helps with its interpretation. A space odyssey and its mysterious ending, he did attempt to let viewers know what his intention was. The book disposes of several mysteries that the film intentionally withholds from the audience, and in my opinion it made for a much more cohesive story. A space odyssey instead follows a completely different path, taking advantage of groundbreaking technology to create visual masterpieces with a classic score to match, as well as silence at times. The apemen use their tools to kill animals and eat meat, ending their starvation. One of its most enduring qualities is how open to interpretation it isover the years, the enigmatic film has. Clarkes novel explicitly identifies the monolith as a tool created by extraterrestrials that have been through. The main idea of the movie, in my opinion, is the last scene of a movie that was about being at the same place at different time lapse.
A space odyssey consists of testimony from kubricks collaborators and commentary from critics and historians. Just finished reading the book, 2001 space odyssey. A space odyssey explores technological advancement. I think the summary in the second video from about 9. The shuttle pilots carefully match rotation and steer the shuttle into the stations central docking bay. The hal 9000 computer puts forward the troubles that can crop up when man builds machines, the inner workings of which he does not fully comprehend and therefore cannot fully control. It was developed concurrently with stanley kubricks film version and published after the release of the film. What is the significance of the star child in 2001. The space odyssey series is a series of novels written by arthur c. He is the hidden main antagonist of 2001 and a major protagonist in 2010. Ironically, the dialogue containing the most feeling comes from hal, as it pleads for its life and.
Understanding the film 2001 is best done through the lens of homers the odyssey hal as the cyclops, nietzsches thus spoke zarathustra and the genealogy of morals, along with finally frueds civilization and its discontents the film is structured around the odyssey, while it contrasts neitzschian transhumanism on the one hand against frueds thesis that civilization. A space odyssey wasnt so much a movie based upon a book as much as it was a collaboration between kubrick and clarke. Jul 05, 2018 movie endings dont get any more iconic or enigmatic than the final 15 minutes of stanley kubricks 2001. It shows us a welldefined space, a hallway, that it then completely breaks apart simply by. A space odyssey 1968 is a landmark, science fiction classic and probably the best sciencefiction film of all time about exploration of the unknown. Just as nuclear weapons are mentioned as a potential danger toward the end of the first part of the book, they are presented as a. Clarke collaborated with stanley kubrick to produce the novel version of 2001. Rating is available when the video has been rented. A space odyssey and how they contribute to the plot of the book.
A space odyssey s ending is famous among strange film endings, and when you consider that the competition includes magnolia, mulholland drive, and rockadoodle, thats sayin something. The outlines of a simple plot were already in place. A space odyssey symbolically describes the story of mankinds life. As the film lurched into existencewithout a set plot line, much less a finished. This instalment is in two parts and is slightly different. A space odyssey continues to cause confusion and debate. The ending of director stanley kubricks dawn of man sequence, the apes have become carnivorous and homicidal, and a bone thrown in the air leads to one of the most famous edits in film history, in 2001. The monolith is somekind of step to a higher evolution level made by aliens. Get a full month of mubi, a handpicked selection of cult, classic and awardwinning films, for free. The book shows one such monolith appearing in prehistoric.
Clarkes most famous works, due in part to the film versions popularity, he was a prolific and influential science fiction writer. Clarke, which takes a philosophical look at many speculative fiction tropes, such as precursors, intelligent computers, space travel and humankinds place in the universe the novels are in chronological order. Clarke has also written a lot of books, like the space odyssey series, childhoods end, and many more. I was asked by a friend why had i never read the iconic scifi book, 2001 space odyssey. The extreme horizontal format of this copy is a reflection on the films original cinerama format and its 24 pages are a mixture of glossy paper and translucent vellum. Update, the new penguin galaxy edition is beautiful. So whats up with the title is that clarke is saying, that old greek dude went on a long voyage and had adventures way back when, and so heres a story about the future of 2001, when some other dude is going to go on an awesome voyage also. I had wanted to read it for a long time, and kept trying to find time, but things got in the way.
Clarke has many degrees that allow him to give depth to the plot. Clarke to kubricks exhaustive research to the actual shooting and release of the movie. He forgot the mission until accidentally breaking a crystal glass, which makes him wake up out of the trance for a second. Movie endings dont get any more iconic or enigmatic than the final 15 minutes of stanley kubricks 2001. To encourage new species throughout the universe to develop. Whereas most films rely on witty banter and emotional peaches to carry the movie, 2001. A space odyssey and the novel were produced simultaneously and both released in 1968, which makes the book the novelization of the film clarke himself said the book should have been credited to clarke and kubrick, just. According to same range movies, hal as an artificial intelligent computer should not be a big deal at these tens. Which is, ultimately, never true of a film that costs that much money laid out by a major studio mgm, in this case, though ill concede that if by difficult one means the ending is a deliberately obscurantist explosion of borderline nonsense, then i can see why youd think that. Clarkes novel 2001 a space odyssey, his short story the sentinel. The meaning of the ending of 2001 according to stanley kubrick. It was released, coincidentally, at the height of the space race between the ussr and the us. A space odyssey instead follows a completely different path, taking advantage of ground breaking technology to create visual masterpieces with a classic score to match, as well as silence at times. A space odyssey is a countdown to tomorrow, a road map to human destiny, a quest for the infinite.
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