2001 A Space Odyssey

[MrMelgibstein]

Things looked more real back then when they used models instead of computer graphics.As much as I love Star Wars it's not the same anymore .

[Blackcatholman]

For any '2001' fans who want to really learn about the film, try "The Making Of Kubrick's 2001" edited by Jerome Agel. An in-depth, behind-the-scenes view of how the masterpiece was created. To capture Arthur C. Clarke's experience, try his book "The Lost Worlds of 2001".

[gabbysawhorse]

Camille Paglia you and your warriors, Smoked a lot dope. In the positive way.

[ligeti]

Thanks for the clip.

Any idea where I could watch the entire documentary?

Thanks again!

[ricardaomala2000]

This scene with a monkey's arm and a bone is very similar to mel gibson movie , Passion, when a soldier arm hit the nail with a hammer

[carmaj156]

That movie is absolutelly perfect in each and every aspect possible. It's like falling into a dream. True art and my favorite movie since I was 18.

[joedenmark99]

Great Films? There's a list with 'Citizen Kane, Godfather, Rules of the Game, Seven Samurai, Wild Strawberries, Tokyo Story, Battleship Potemkin, City Lights, Casablanca, Vertigo, and so on and so on forever'. Then there's another list with '2001'.

[joedenmark99]

2001 is not science fiction. it's not religion. It's not even a movie. It goes BEYOND film. It becomes an EXPERIENCE. I cannot even classify this film or rank it. It is the greatest achievement in cinema hisstory, actually Becoming art in every sense of the word.

[bdicksonb]

In Western cinema there's a straight line leading from Welles' "Citizen Kane" to Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey". Each took the extant tools of the trade and fashioned with them what were quantum leaps beyond all that had gone before, meteorically setting entirely new standards for all that must follow . After each, there was no going back. It's overdue for re-mastering and re-release on today's big screens. Can we not get the studios to see the solid potential in that? Ideas, anyone??

[TK42138]

I saw a special showing of it at the Halstead Empire cinema about 18 years ago. (when Halstead still had a cinema)

An awesome film both in concept and visually. When the Orion space-plane docks with the station has got to be the best visual set piece of any movie then and now. That bit where it rotates to synchronise with the station's rotation gives me goosebumps. Perfect and all done without CG.

[crmfghtr]

People dont' want thoughtful brilliant pieces anymore. They want in your face action, blood, young hot stars who have no serious acting training, and mindless scripts, its a sign of the times.

[SirPwn4lot]

Music is this way too. I was bored out of my mind the first time I watched 2001 (Mostly because back then I was an action lover), but now I absolutely love it, I find something new every time.

[theivory1]

@crmfghtr I reallize the young culture embodies your description. However, All people do not feel this way. I would purport that the majority are starving for some real entertainment from something magnificent.

[Sabbathfan09]

anybody know where i can buy 2001 on dvd?

[fdirector23]

amazon thats where i got mine :)

[guitarspring]

i think we got it on amazon. i dont think they have it in any stores

[FalconKPD]

ebay.

[AblePumper]

2001 is still and will always be the ONLY science fiction film that looks like it was actually filmed in Space. Every American, Russian, European and Asian who has ever flown in Space has said that.

VIVA CLARKE & KUBRICK'S GENIUS!!!!!!!!

[luno44]

The new Star Trek movie sometimes remembers that there's no sound in space, but then they say "Oh wait, we need lots of sounds to fit in everyone's wrong expectations about sound to sell tickets."

[pupplesan]

The most amazing aspect of this film is that a major studio would finance it at all. It is so anti-commercial and experimental that to this day it stands very much alone among major films. Only Stanley Kubrick could have created this singular masterpiece. He is surely the greatest director ever to live.

[Yoetah]

Stanley Kubrick is an unsung hero. He was "telling too much truth in fiction!"

He was causing the "SEE" too much friction!

[cap2006Al]

perhaps the only true sophisticated and adult sci-fi movie of all times...

[EpoBot]

Cameron is a 2001 fan. Now i'm forced to love it too because he is one of my heroes. ;-)

[RideMyBMW]

Dudes, you heard of Homer`s Odyssey , right ? That`s the reasoning behind the title of this movie : The Monolith is percieved by NASA (or the powers that be)as a Trojan Horse sent to destroy human civilization. Heywood Floyd (protector of the kingdom) knows this. NASA wants the astronauts killed in space exactly BECAUSE nobody wants contact in the first place.

[Beamshipcaptain]

They only told HAL of the existence of the Monolith, and did'nt tell the Astronauts because of National Security. In otherwords, the Story is true-to-life. Art imitates life exactly, in 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Hal became the first artificial intelligence to go insane because of the paradox in his basic programming not to tell an untruth or distort information. Kubrick was a genius.

[beertjespoes]

thanks so much for this........ oehhhhhhh I want to see the rest......!

[babebutz]

At 6:28 and onward, the woman mentions how HAL is killed in such a ruthless manner "at the edge of extinction". I have often viewed the "killing" of HAL as the competition between man and machine as to who would prevail through the evolutionary process. Did HAL want to prevail and, as such, try to kill his human competitors? Was this the final "evolutionary battle" between man and his ultimate creation. Did HAL's "murder" reasert mans position at the top of the evolutionary ladder? Star Child

[babebutz]

I have watched 2001 numerous times... and always find something new... At 5:28 of this video the woman states... "his umbilical is severed". Another reference to birth/death? In this case the severing of the umbilical results in the death of Frank Poole. A separation... finite human life to the eternity of an uncertain death. However, David Bowan (perhaps more "evolved" or alpha male than Poole)effectively uses human inginuity and determination to "kill" the ultimate human creation... HAL.

[babebutz]

2001: Pure and utter genius. One of the greatest artistic statements of all time. It works on SO many different levels, opens so many doors to mysteries and questions that likely may never be answered.... Thank you Arthur and Stanely.... The world is a better place thanks to your combined genius... RIP both of you.

[rhetoricalparadox]

i love this film like it is a part of me although its a shame that the apes are less than convincing as this has hindered in my attempt at introducing it to others

[wn8955]

"We may be seeing the first woman president. As a Democrat, I am reeling . . . That was the best political speech I have ever seen delivered by an American woman politician. [Sarah] Palin is as tough as nails... Good Lord, we had barely 12 hours of Democrat optimism... It was a stunningly timed piece of PR by the Republicans." — Camille Paglia Liberal Feminist

[CRAPCANNONS]

Why do these these 'critics' insist on ascribing HAL with human traits? That's exactly what dooms Frank Poole. Dave Bowman always treats HAL like what he is: a machine. HAL is merely pushing his machine logic to the extreme of its calculations, which is what he programmed to do.

[at1212b]

If you're one of the fortunate who actually appreciate and understand this film, and feel it both emotionally and mentally, it is one of the great aspects of life that is undescribable, and only to remind that to even feel a bit 'pity' for those who don't appreciate this movie.

[silentgnome]

This movie must be saved to be watched FOREVER and never be lost by time... it's the best movie ever made

[prisonson]

best movie ever created

[sgtmcguckin2]

This movie freaked me out a bit with it's dark atmosphere and the pyschotic computer etc. But it get 5 stars from me because it made me EXCITED

[LZalex]

at the end David Bowman gets transformed into a essence of pure energy. His thoughts and all his memories get downloaded into the monoliths or whatever is controlling its data banks. Read the books they explain a lot more of what happens.

[djomegapig]

I wish my PS3 could do that. Perhaps the Monoliths are PS3s!

[reck101101]

That was a great fucking GOOD movie, I watched like a dozen of times, but I dont understand the scene of the INTERMISSION. its like black screen of 5 minutes

[dAvrilthebear]

I wonder, if there is a word play in here: JUPITER MISSION - INTER MISSION. Maybe during this five minutes we, the audience, are on a mission to contemplate on the movie and think what it means and what it gives us.

Besides, one of the vids on you tube suggested that when we see blackness on the screen in this film, we are in fact staring at the monolith.

[Privatejoker88]

Brilliant little documentary, thanks for posting it. :)

[Horezzor]

J ai vu pour la premier foie 2001 et 2010Space Odyssey en 2005 , c est un exellent film .

J ai chercher sur le net pour voir si il y avait un suite , et vu qu il y a "2061" et "3001: L'Odyssée finale" en livre . j aurais bien aimé les voir en film .

[matthewmcgeehan]

Don't suppose there's any chance of uploading the whole documentary is there? I'd love to see it.

[Esperfilms]

Fraid not. However its included in the extras of the recently released Special Edition of 2001 ;-)

[IngaMarr]

For similar aesthetic perfection, see "Barry Lyndon": it's evocation of the 18th century is so beautiful it still puts films like "Amadeus","Dangerous Liasons", and "Marie Antoinette" to shame. Some scenes were even shot by candlelight for which K. had to have special lenses ground (they were virtually orbs)! Now that's clout!

[berighteous]

I watched 2001 today (for the 10th time I guess) and I still don't have a freaking clue what the heck the movie is about. It's an amazing trip, but my head hurts.

[vegyrex]

RIP Sir Arthur.

[P33N0]

I only seen 2001, The clockwork orange and the shinning, I will look all of his films in the world, because he's fucking perfect.

[Orionsaint]

The Stargate effects look almost CGI and its 68!

[Orionsaint]

Many think it was Star Wars that had the first believable spaceship in space effects, nope it was this movie that first took us away from cheesy flying saucers and men in red and blue spacesuits with antennas. This film took science seriously and forever changed motion pictures.

[marksman55]

:D agreed!!!!!!!!!

[HARMONICO101]

The greatest science fiction film ever. Without a doubt.

[Mnteiro]

The greatest film ever made. Without a doubt.

[P33N0]

The greatest director ever born. Without a doubt.

[rlinnenbur]

Don't forget the writer, Arthur C. Clarke. This was his baby too. Also one of the best science fiction writers of the 20th century who recently passed. Bless his soul.

Also, I agree, greatest film ever. No doubt.

Also greatest director as well. No Doubt.

Anyone seeing Full Metal Jacket knows EXACTLY what I mean when I say Kubrick can nail a humurous point perfectly yet keep it dark. The Shining as well...does this with jokes like the red men's bathroom scene, "I corrected them".

[babebutz]

Is it a "science fiction" film?

[zoltai9]

2001 is really about 2 giant leaps for mankind

1st. prehistoric man is bestowed the seeds of intelligence and utilizes the bone (which becomes spaceship-1st leap)

2nd. David bowman journeys in a womb-like pod through the vastness of space and returns reborn without the need for a ship (baby in womb 2nd leap)

[do5e]

thanks for posting this

[wayne763]

Paglia speaks as if 2001 digresses on the evolution of culture from primitive life to a cicilized future when it tells us that violence is static and inherent whether in the form of a fossil-tool or computer. Basic dichotomies like this abound in Kubrick: the reppression of sex and violence is as evil as its expression in Clockwork Orange, Modine's helmet with the peace sign and "born to kill" in Full Metal Jacket.

[jacobk2]

Then, the replicants fly off to other moons until they are 3-D-ly expanding at near speed of light. Then there they wait until a TYPE 0 civilization(Us)makes a safe transition to a type I civilization (without destroying ourselves through hate/war i.e. Islam) and then make contact.

[neothomist1275]

REAL esoteric info on this movie can be had from Alan Watt by pasting "space odyssey 2001 as told by alan watt" into your YouTube search window.

[jacobk2]

The first 5 min.s if interviews with scientists in the begining was cut turning it into a mystical experience. The idea is that a type III civilization has sent out robots(monoliths) to moons throughout galaxy which then build factory from raw materials and replicate themselves...

[do5e]

i've heard of this.. i would really like to see the cut scenes

[xxeebbk]

Someone mentioned that they found this movie frightening and scary. I can understand that. It's the way nothing is known and the Uber eerie Ligeti soundtrack. When I watched it i thought wow, I can't believe something so eerie is rated G. Makes me want to make a movie that is scary but still rated G, all it would take are some crazy sets and mega scary music.

[zoltai9]

it is scary. Hal is the most ingenius creation for a movie villain. Much better than Dr. Hannibal

[sitemountain]

Did you know that Anthony Hopkins based the Hannibal Lecter character on the portrayal of HAL in 2001?!

[mythicky]

This movie not only sets standards for todays sci-fi, but still touches a prehistoric nerve in us. It makes us ponder on where we came from and where we are going.

[zoltai9]

which no other movie has ever achived

[topotopacio]

best movie ever.

[ringostarkey360]

even though ai wasnt a really bad movie i wish kubrick had made it!

[crofty1108]

This film was made only a year before I was born,and I first watched it when I was young lad only a short number of years later it amazed me,and nowdays in my adulthood it still amazes me.

[crofty1108]

It certainly is a remarkable film,and shows what a remarkable director Stanley Kubrick is.

[crofty1108]

The Monolith represents extraterrestrial intelligence.

[MiloDC]

Best. Movie. Ever.

[Eastman220]

I always thought that you weren't meant to understand the end. Because if everytime the monolith appears this heralds a new age in evolution, a geat advancement in humans, then those who haven't gone through the process can't hope to understand it. So the apes who haven't touched the monolit can't comprehend the apes who did and we the audience can't make sense of the later stage of human evolution at the end cus haven't gone through that process.

[Juliusaime]

you know, after seeing clips of the movie. It was amazingly intresting. the ending part did sorta scared me (but no like gave me nightmears).

There are shows and commercals that refrence this movie (the Cartoon Network Ape thing, Futurama episode were Fry is dead, Another Futurama episode were Bender falls in love with the ship)

Also, the graphics looked RELLY great.

[someotherguyyouknow]

The monolith never sees us. We only see it. We observe it, we touch it, we experience it and interperet it but we never get to know what it actually is, and it is totally indifferent to us.

Best. Metaphor. Ever.

[davif3]

damn!!!! what a trip!!

[cenasux12]

Kool!!!!!!!!

[mazureac]

THIS IS "THE" MOVIE

[creamofcardstv]

your video is great and I've given it five stars. Please check out my clip of Neil Armstrong and some space trading cards.

[treenster999]

outstanding movie. a modern/simple person as wachutalkinboutbitch said would be bored but this has to be the most dramatic and moving sci fi films of all time/

[PikemannUrge]

To moneyman638: there are many valid interpretations to that all many of the questions about this film. I totally agree with David Lynch where interpretation is concerned: each person has their own ways of looking at a film and there shouldn't be - and often can't be - an 'official' interpretation.

[duvtit]

I have never seen this documentary.  Thanks for uiploading it. Even though it is an "abridged version", I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[PC3900]

I saw 2001 at the age of 5 when it opened in 1968, and I can still remember how profoundly it affected me.

[moneyman638]

what does the monolith resemble in this movie,is it suppose to be god?

[SpaceIntruderDetecto]

No they represent the messengers of God or the Superior Entity. "Angels" "Prophets" automated evolutionary butt kickers.. your choice.

[neothomist1275]

It's the ben-ben/obelisk/phallus representing eternal regeneration through the ascent into godhood. The violent ape-man is "illumined" and, presumably, on his way to man-god. Its all masonic.

[Thedoctor19000]

Actually, the monolith is controlled by incorporeal, energy-based aliens, whom are never revealed in the movie nor the book.

[Spaceparanoid42]

Though they are never seen, the aliens are called "The Firstborn" and using the monoliths they cause different creatures all over the universe to evolve. when they turn Dave Bowman into the Star Child, they make him their messenger to Earth.

[dibzzz]

This film was made 6 years before I was born. I first watched it when I was around 10 years old, it blew my mind but I didn't know what the hell was going on. In my adulthood I have watched it many many times and I still don't fully get it, are we suppossed to? Deep, thought provoking, dazzling, mystfying, exciting, bold and humbling; and it will never be surpassed.

[swedanica]

I concur with you on all points!

Check out: kubrick2001(dot)com

Kubrick 2001 the space odyssey explained.

The site is just as dazzling and thought provoking as the movie. (*Your Tube won't let you post web or email addresses)

[zerodeout]

I think the movie is about our mission in life to rendevous with our Creator, the source of all Being, the Mystery behind everything which asks of nothing and gives everything. The Monolith is that Creator who doesn't know it has created until it sees us. We can't see It until we pass some tests.

[Thedoctor19000]

I used to consider it scary...frightening.

[SH1TGOOSE]

interesting, thx for posting!

[GoblinGirl]

I've seen this film at least 15 times, and I still love it. I saw it in a a restored 70mm print a few years back, and it was even better seeing it in a theater. The crowd was extremely well behaved. No cell phones, no talking. There were even teenagers in the audience, and they kept quiet. I'd like to think it was out of respect for a great filmmaker, and a great film.

[wachutalkinboutbitch]

The simpler mind would be bored by this movies lack of dialog, but kubrick's vision was to use amazing visuals and music to create the dramatic feeling of how vast and empty the universe is. I also love how scientifically accurate the technology is in this film, especially for its time. This is definitely one of the most influential movies of all time and im ashamed that no one has come close to topping this movie considering the capabilities of CGI.

[Thedoctor19000]

I agree with you.

[babebutz]

The lack of dialogue is pure genius. There are a few very important lines that take place in the film. I feel the most important dialogue takes plac in the "POD" when Frank and Dave think HAL can't hear them. That is where they discuss HAL's "sanity" and "whether or not he can be TRUSTED". Wow, is that thought provoking on dozens of levels or what? Of course we all know HAL is reading their lips... Did HAL suffer the ravages of "imperfect" human programing or was there something deeper?

[YGGDRASlL]

'2001' is everything a sci fi movie should be. it has some of the most spectacular special fx ever seen on film (despite the advent of cgi), an original and thought provoking storyline, and the way it depicts the vastness and mysterious nature of space is wondrous and frightening at the same time. i'm rambling, but i just love this movie so much. definitely #2 on my all time favs.

[wachutalkinboutbitch]

whats number one? i think mine would be the empire strikes back.

[SKrizal]

Kubrick's best work. I went to Belgium last year to see a exposition about Kubricks life and his movies. I didn't really know what to expect there but when I finally got to the '2001' section I almost got emotional. The original helmets, space crafts, posters, Oscar, AND a copy of HAL 9000 were there...It was truly amazing to be so close to something that was made almost 20 years before I was born.

[Euripides27]

I love Camille Paglia! Which other feminist in American culture would do a scholarly reading of a cult classic film? Gloria Steinem is too busy lunching with her other upper-class white ladies in New York.

[cairnswendy39]

I can't believe it! I thought someone was joking when they said that they wish that the Channel 4 Documentary of 2001 should have included in the movie's dvd. Have you got the entire documentary? If so, PLEASE UPLOAD!

Still, thanks for uploading.

[Angelati]

I agree. 2001 is beyond anything... nothing to date that I have seen compares to 2001...it's so brilliant, a movie that doesn't answer but gives more questions... a great film by a great filmmaker... The other movies that come a bit close to it, in my opinion are the matrix trilogy..animatrix and the recent The Fountain.. which is desperately trying to follow in 2001's footsteps.

[DoxyMusic]

It makes me very happy to see intelligent people here who feel the same way like me. The greatest motion artwork in cinematography...

It still has such power of expression and storytelling.

Seeing it at first scared me a lot,it creates sense of ultimate loneliness and mystery...

[terrythegeek]

Amazing film! I think I'll always be in awe at how quiet it is at some points. Very visual.

[WrappedInPlastic]

Everything about this film is amazing.I would hate to think how many times i have seen it,yet it still never fails to inspire me and fill me with awe.

[cobaltjones]

yes, this film is endless in its fund of inspiration...it remains inexhaustible and superior to all other space movies. There is no ONE meaning to it, and that is the mark of great art.

[neothomist1275]

cobaltjones, there is but one meaning to it provided one understands it (see monolith comment/my response)

[ElectricBat]

Great! I really wish I had seen this doc.

The greatest film EVER made by far. In terms of sheer scale and atmosphere and the sense of humbling you experience when watching it, there is, and imo, will NEVER be a greater film.

It influences me in a different way every time I watch it. I reccomend that ALL people who think their hollywood mass-produced bullshit films starring Adam Sandler are great, watch this film. It will change you.

[adi1971]

Thanks for this posting. 2001 is a very difficult film to understand and this certainly sheds light on the masterpiece. What a ground-breaking film!