The great perfectionist Kubrick (actually his special effects team, but Kubrick must have approved the scene) made a BIG mistake in this film. When the shuttle approaches the spinning space station, and we see the station from the shuttle pilots point of view, (about 5:00 to 5:10) the shadows from the sun don't move over the spinning station. To get that effect, the sun must orbit the station in a synchronous orbit...
I wish that were true ERRATICCHEESE but I've studied it closely, I've taken into account the front and the back (remember the back has the incomplete sections) there'se no getting away from it my favourite piece of film has a mistake,the greatest mistake in the history of cinema.
I was 9 when I saw this some 41 years ago. The film that has had the most impact on my life.Imagine how disappointed I am now to realize that Space Station 5 rotates clockwise when first seen then anticlockwise in the rest of the sequence.I suppose it's like a fundamental christian believing that God is perfect then realizing He created Satan.
Funny how they had less inspiration back then and less ways to access certain knowledge, YET they still had better movies than people who spend hours "researching" notice in Alien and moves set in the future the ship doesnt have any rock music from the 60's on it that it plays, instead masterpieces from the 1800's. So no one will remember most movies we make, but people even a thousand years from will remember this movie.
@cfroi08 Is there something wrong with '60s "rock" music (which was actually technically rock 'n' roll)? I love classical music, I love this film, this film's my favorite film of all time, and Kubrick's my favorite filmmaker of all time, but I still like music from the '60s. There's music from all generations that are good. Classical music is just more operatic--whereas the music from the mid-20th Century was more cultural and personal.
why haven't any other film makers aspired to create a film that's even a little bit close to being as riveting and moving as this? Is there something wrong? Quite frankly I'm just happy that this movie exists...it proves that good films are timeless and are few and far between
Kubrick relied heavily on Arthur C. Clark and his contacts at NASA for this movie. Being able to study actual space craft design and physics through the ongoing Apollo program is a degree of attention to detail that few, if any, modern directors could hope to match. Stanley Kubrick was truly a master of his craft.
@doublecrosspenguin what the fuk is wrong with you honestly. stanley kubrick passed away in 1999 after completing eyes wide shut in his sleep. do you research fukwit. now you get all these thumbs up and people get the wrong info. he did die. wow w GTFO youtube you brainless fgit fuk
So I love this clip (2001 is my all time favorite movie). It embodies elegance in human endeavor. In no way would I alter "The Blue Danube" as the track associated with it...BUT...I was listening to Nacthelle by Schubert and it synch's up pretty well with this, and is a beautiful piece. I d/l from Amazon (Nachthelle, Op. 134, D. 892 by Schubert Hoch Vier Mannerquartett on album Franz Schubert Song Recital -- amazon song ID: 222524521). If you try it, let me know what you think!
the writer of this said that the money poured into Vietnam War could have paid for every single thing on screen in 2001....tenfold.Fu%$in elites and their war games.
Dudes! Freeze frame the nuke that comes into view, looks like a giant lego block...Look at its side, about 1/3 the way up its hull...Holy sh$#!!! There´s a fu%$in German swastika on it!
This scene continues to amaze me. Both in its execution and attention to accuracy. It's not something I've seen ever until watching 2001 for the first time, and rarely afterwards.
That they pulled this off, and have it age so well, without the age of computers is an amazing thought for this 21st century mind. When anything pulls off something so well done, it's well worth the respect.
And the accuracy, certainly raises the bar for me. 2001/2010 are one of those rare films that pays attention.
Yes indeed, this version of 'The Blue Danube Waltz' (composed by Strauss) is conducted by Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. I am reading this from the liner notes of the vinyl (33 RPM Stereo!) record released containing the soundtrack of '2001'. It was also made in association with Deutsche Grammophon.
@RemixedVoice Lot of work with huge scale models (the Space Station V), painfully carefull work with background matte, life size interior scenes, a lot of work, a lot of skilled artist and a lot of money invested...
@RemixedVoice Lots of things were possible in 1968, and even before, if you had the budget. Large scale models, special lighting and long exposures at small apertures (seconds per frame or beyond), held takes and multiple mattes, and things like building an actual centrifuge full size and putting the camera and actors inside as it turns.
@malows1234 Spielberg? Okay, its been a while since his last great movie. Lucas and Michael Bay I agree. But Christopher Nolan? He is brilliant. Memento, the Prestige, The Dark Knight and Inception are all masterpieces. Chris Nolan is perhaps the only outstanding, mainstream director alive.
anybody ever listened to this song on the end credits for 2001 a space oddysey? beginning to end? they play beautiful blue dqnube in the form i love and i cant find it so far. somebody should record that
No wonder this is considered to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, film ever made! 2001 is to film what Beethoven and Mozart were to music...Sublime....and never to be repeated......A classic....A beauty
One of the pleasures of being older is being able to recall films like this one, which left a deep impression. The scene that precedes has one of the film world's great transition shots,when the bone hurled into the air by the 'man-ape' becomes the initial spacecraft, when Karajan's version of 'The Blue Danube' quietly begins......Kubrick created a true masterpiece here. It was, yes, over 40 years ago, and yet it seemed how the future just might be to a 10-year old. Alas.......
@XieYali AYMEN to that. its a marvel stanley kubrick had to freedom to make such ballsy films. there is no way that even if there were another stanley kubrick, warner brothers won't let a filmmaker make films like stanley kubrick.
@masterandmargharita he actually collaborated with kubick to write it they did it together for 2001 but the original idea is from "the sentinel" by Clarke , kubrick was interested and wrote 2001 with Clarke
@solidsnake2234 spielberg, lucas, michael bay, nolan, well........ basically any summer blockbuster director are what happen. its sad, i am glad kubrick came back in the day. no way would kubrick be able to make films in our day and age. he existed in the right era.
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It brings tears to my eyes because this pure art, pure film. The attention to detail, the music, the special effects. This was way ahead of its time, and jeez, if we would have kept this vision we would have been on Mars 20 or so years ago. A travesty that we have not done that yet, and now we have to rely on the Russians for a ride to space? It's sickening. Kubrick was genius. The Blue Danube is as classic as a waltz as one can get. Pure genius!
Just think the Space Shuttle program has come and gone since this movie came out in 1968. And the space station is in the process of being built. Let us not forget about Skyp...... Talking about life imitating art.
When I saw this decades ago I was convinced that we would be on Mars by now besides the Moon being a launch base and used for mining. When this movie came out we had a balanced budget, were fighting in Indochina, maintaining a huge defense establishment and had spent $40 billion to get to the Moon. Now I figure a combined Chinese/Russian/European effort will get astronauts on Mars by 2030 at the latest....
Check out the windows in the Space Clipper shuttle scene, at around 1:30. There are people moving around inside the ship. That would require travelling matte film projection at considerable expense and effort....Only Kubrick would insist on that obsessive attention to detail.
I`m from Austria and I am in Australia right now to study; Recently 2001 was shown at a cinema here (I had to see it, of course) and when the Blue Danube came on I immediately got homesick! It reminds me of New Year`s Eve when I was young, at midnight this song was always played on the radio (this is customary in Austria, it`s like an unofficial anthem) and me and my brother used to watch my parents waltz through the living room. Ahh, good times.
Saw this movie at the Drive in in Oceanside CA when I was nine years old. I had already read the book. Couldnt read it at school, my teacher couldnt stomach the idea of the only hispanic kid in the class to be reading at that level made me take it back home forbade me to read it in class. Never heard of Strauss until then. I was in tears sitting outside on a lawn chair with my own speaker. Still brings me to tears when I see this. Thanks for sharing.
I saw this film back in 2002 and i was 16 at the time. I really must say that this movie is the most thought provoking viewing experiences i have ever had. Star wars are good entertainment, but 2001 really gets your brain going and the whole thing just feels like something bigger. It seems though, that this is a case where you either got it, or you didn't. But if this film hits you, man you won't forget about it.For me, this is the most important movie i have ever seen. Amazing special effects
This is the best space film I have ever seen. why star trek and star wars can't get space ships right. all cgi but this not one bit of animation, apart from the models
Kubrick is the director of the Centry. The Best Music and 1966, in is first ever interview on tape, 7/27/1966, cheers for that, playing CHESS, winning Money. Mate that is GOLD not matter, how look at it & CROATIA for ever. ?
Ever since I first saw this in the 6th grade (me being a late gen Yer) the Blue Danube went from being a fluffy piece of classical music to a beautiful track that always brings back images of the delicate, orbital sonata and zero-g dance played out by these beautiful craft. If only such beautiful things were reality in our time...
most films made today that sell out theaters are for teenagers. most adult films sell not as much these days. we are too busy paying off their cell phone bills.
@ViveLRoi Its ironic because kubrick could have sold models from what is considered the greatest sci film of all time for a ton of money, but he chose not to. which is pretty much proof that he is an artist, not a filmmaker.
@ViveLRoi Irony is when something is the opposite of what is expected or supposed to be.
It's been over 40 years. People have better ways of learning, there are easier ways to communicate, there's technological advancement, etc. No excuse at all for a film from the 60s like this masterpiece to be more accurate than films released decades later. Once there was a time when directors only yearned to make masterpieces (Kubrick, Hitchcock). Now it's not like that.
@minamu8 Yes, cinema was real art earlier, and great art and my favourite (I am director myself). Earlier most of directors created films with real philoshophical stories and supstance like: Vertigo, Psycho, 2001, Paths of Glory, Dr. Strangelove, Andrey Rublov, Ivan the Terrible, Persona, Autumn Sonata...., and today most of directores create nonsense, cinema as art gone down with standards with time and for that I blame stupid American newage films and moronic audience.
@minamu8 If George Lucas does not feel shame about the visual effects results regarding his 3 last SW movies, he became really crazy. 2001 shold be watched by these directors/producers every week.
@0onirvanao0 This statement is by no means true in a general sense, but I'm sorry to say that the answer to your question my friend is a combination of A)Already being smart and educated from a healthy background and family with class and culture B)Social charisma and artistic determination and finally C) Access to a seemingly infinite line of credit or better yet liquid cash and/or assets accompanied by not only access to, but total freedom to use drugs, of your choice, dosed by you.
@0onirvanao0 I think that as well and i was just so amazed the first time i saw this movie....it's definently takes a genius to conjure up something like this in the 60's!
@0onirvanao0 they ACTUALLY TOOK THEIR TIME back then, and made it Juuuuuust right. today, you have people who want to get as many productions out as they can. let me help you:
sniper rifle(this epic movie); lot of work, but great results
AK47 (today's crap): not much work, poor results in terms of kills
Never mind the special effects, this is simply beautiful film-making at its very very cinematic best. It is a long time since we have since anything like this. The comparisons the other commentators are making to Avatar and Star Wars is mainly technical. I can not imagine those films including a 5 minute choreographed musical dance-like sequence with no dialogue or 'action'.
in a sense, what cameron did with avatar mirrors what lucas did with star wars. they 'dumbed' down revolutionary graphics by putting it through conventional storylines. unfortunately they continue to set an example which has led to more $ spent of graphics with decreasing bang for buck
@galactus1111 Actually Star Wars didn't rely on existing graphical effects. The idea that the camera moves around the spaceship models and not the other way round was first used in Star Wars. Therefore SW was a leap forward when it comes to special effects and not just putting them to conventional use. Much unlike Avatar which is just tons of the same old crappy looking cgi that has been around for two decades piled on top of each other with really no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
@wommer354 im sure star wars was a leap forward in terms of graphics, just as im sure avatar "has a little something extra' that has yet to be duplcated by anyone else. I agree that SW was prob. more revolutionary for its time then avatar. My point was that both movies for all their graphics wizardry, really are just very ordinary narratives under the varnish. 2001's visual impact comes from not only well executed technical details, but from its unqiue presentation: giving it timeless quality
what cameron did with avatar was take ground breaking tech and put it to conventional uses. kubrick (with others) dreamed and then made something which allowed the viewer to dream too.
Wouldn't or shouldn't the pilots (astronauts) be wearing space suits? Actually everyone should they are in outer space. A depressurized cabin would mean certain death if you were not protected.
incredible...!
chowdy64 1 hour ago
TV screens in the backs of the seat headrests - Inspired...and several decades before airlines actually did it for real.
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The great perfectionist Kubrick (actually his special effects team, but Kubrick must have approved the scene) made a BIG mistake in this film. When the shuttle approaches the spinning space station, and we see the station from the shuttle pilots point of view, (about 5:00 to 5:10) the shadows from the sun don't move over the spinning station. To get that effect, the sun must orbit the station in a synchronous orbit...
YDDES 2 days ago
thx. i was 9 when my dad let me c it. thx my dear dad
MrAnidealhusband 2 days ago
44 years old and better than any CGI of today
conortalbot 2 days ago
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crap movie
ItaloRino10 6 days ago
I wish that were true ERRATICCHEESE but I've studied it closely, I've taken into account the front and the back (remember the back has the incomplete sections) there'se no getting away from it my favourite piece of film has a mistake,the greatest mistake in the history of cinema.
lwalpole 6 days ago
I was 9 when I saw this some 41 years ago. The film that has had the most impact on my life.Imagine how disappointed I am now to realize that Space Station 5 rotates clockwise when first seen then anticlockwise in the rest of the sequence.I suppose it's like a fundamental christian believing that God is perfect then realizing He created Satan.
lwalpole 1 week ago
@lwalpole It doesnt change rotation. The fronts and backs of the station are identical, creating the illusion that the spin direction has changed.
ERRATICCHEESE2 1 week ago
Boobies in the recommended videos!
Derkman96 1 week ago
Looking back at this now, I never realized how much developers of Orbiter 2010 were inspired by this.
superotherguy1 1 week ago
LOL how did they do special effects? The planets look like paintings, but how did they do the ships and other objects?
superotherguy1 1 week ago
@superotherguy1 Models.
ryanrule2 1 week ago
Funny how they had less inspiration back then and less ways to access certain knowledge, YET they still had better movies than people who spend hours "researching" notice in Alien and moves set in the future the ship doesnt have any rock music from the 60's on it that it plays, instead masterpieces from the 1800's. So no one will remember most movies we make, but people even a thousand years from will remember this movie.
cfroi08 1 week ago
@cfroi08 Is there something wrong with '60s "rock" music (which was actually technically rock 'n' roll)? I love classical music, I love this film, this film's my favorite film of all time, and Kubrick's my favorite filmmaker of all time, but I still like music from the '60s. There's music from all generations that are good. Classical music is just more operatic--whereas the music from the mid-20th Century was more cultural and personal.
Transformers2themax 1 week ago
Is it just me, or are the effects from this movie better than any modern CGI films?
pvedros 1 week ago 2
@pvedros No, it's not you, It's Stanley Kubrick and his reluctance to show anything that wasn't PERFECT!
faithbirthedGATC 1 day ago
"The stillness in stillness is not the real stillness; only when there is stillness in movement does the universal rhythm manifest."
MultiGemini666 2 weeks ago
Breathtaking - Beautiful! Blue Danube♥
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MultiGemini666 2 weeks ago
why haven't any other film makers aspired to create a film that's even a little bit close to being as riveting and moving as this? Is there something wrong? Quite frankly I'm just happy that this movie exists...it proves that good films are timeless and are few and far between
kriteon 2 weeks ago
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Because they'd be trying to be Stanley Kubrick, and he barely managed to pull of being Stanley Kubrick.
No other director could make this movie.
OutsetFilms 1 week ago
Kubrick relied heavily on Arthur C. Clark and his contacts at NASA for this movie. Being able to study actual space craft design and physics through the ongoing Apollo program is a degree of attention to detail that few, if any, modern directors could hope to match. Stanley Kubrick was truly a master of his craft.
AnimeFanatic5602 2 weeks ago
Thanks for allowing me the opportunity to view this in Full 1080 HD, it has ALWAYS been awe-inducing, but in 1080, it was TRULY BREATHTAKING!
faithbirthedGATC 3 weeks ago
best music video ever.
faenrir11 4 weeks ago
this is where STEVE JOBS GOT HIS INSPIRATION
kojakbangbang7 1 month ago
You feel sad ? Just watch it !
Fireheadseptember 1 month ago
Kubrick didn't die, he was reborn as the star child...
doublecrosspenguin 1 month ago 13
@doublecrosspenguin O yeah, Kubirck discover the secret of imortality
Lipi929084 3 weeks ago
@doublecrosspenguin So does this mean Ridly Scott will turn into an Alien? :(
cfroi08 1 week ago
@doublecrosspenguin what the fuk is wrong with you honestly. stanley kubrick passed away in 1999 after completing eyes wide shut in his sleep. do you research fukwit. now you get all these thumbs up and people get the wrong info. he did die. wow w GTFO youtube you brainless fgit fuk
malows1234 4 hours ago
need moooooooooooooooar SPL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i had to max out all volume sliders just to hear it
jhellier 1 month ago
Bliss...
mechanicalapple 1 month ago
So I love this clip (2001 is my all time favorite movie). It embodies elegance in human endeavor. In no way would I alter "The Blue Danube" as the track associated with it...BUT...I was listening to Nacthelle by Schubert and it synch's up pretty well with this, and is a beautiful piece. I d/l from Amazon (Nachthelle, Op. 134, D. 892 by Schubert Hoch Vier Mannerquartett on album Franz Schubert Song Recital -- amazon song ID: 222524521). If you try it, let me know what you think!
piceras 1 month ago
Kubrick invented the ipad. 'nuff said.
cfnapoli 1 month ago
the writer of this said that the money poured into Vietnam War could have paid for every single thing on screen in 2001....tenfold.Fu%$in elites and their war games.
RideMyGMC 1 month ago 2
this is fu%$in amazing dudes...Fu%$ Pan Am! Its all bout Virgin Galactic now!
RideMyGMC 1 month ago
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Dudes! Freeze frame the nuke that comes into view, looks like a giant lego block...Look at its side, about 1/3 the way up its hull...Holy sh$#!!! There´s a fu%$in German swastika on it!
RideMyGMC 1 month ago
@RideMyGMC
nah, it's not a swastika, it's an iron cross. Check Wikipedia if you don't know the difference!
Kalkfelsen 1 month ago
Cette scène est tout simplement fabuleuse, surtout vue sur grand écran§ Mais ici déjà c'est rès beau! Thank you, Schmolck!
jmj4879 1 month ago
This scene continues to amaze me. Both in its execution and attention to accuracy. It's not something I've seen ever until watching 2001 for the first time, and rarely afterwards.
That they pulled this off, and have it age so well, without the age of computers is an amazing thought for this 21st century mind. When anything pulls off something so well done, it's well worth the respect.
And the accuracy, certainly raises the bar for me. 2001/2010 are one of those rare films that pays attention.
AaronMk91 1 month ago
El hombre es mortal pero puede crear obras de arte eternas....
cacranb 1 month ago
Yes indeed, this version of 'The Blue Danube Waltz' (composed by Strauss) is conducted by Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. I am reading this from the liner notes of the vinyl (33 RPM Stereo!) record released containing the soundtrack of '2001'. It was also made in association with Deutsche Grammophon.
petrusprimusmaximus 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
What is the name of this piece if music?
MegaYeahbro 1 month ago
@MegaYeahbro the Blue Danube by Johann Strauss Junior
iPodiPhoneApple 1 month ago
When I saw this as a kid:
*Takes of Sunglasses*
"MOTHER OF GOD..."
lopez3486 1 month ago
....and to think I actually had a reservation for a Pan Am flight to the moon. Brilliant film. And I miss Pan Am. Two great achievements.
rickster100100 1 month ago
Serious question. How the FUCK were these effects possible in 1968?
RemixedVoice 1 month ago
@RemixedVoice
Serious answer: Google it.
Kubrick was a genius. All things are possible when you are a genius. There may even be a DVD, "The making of...."
hold2file 1 month ago
@RemixedVoice Lot of work with huge scale models (the Space Station V), painfully carefull work with background matte, life size interior scenes, a lot of work, a lot of skilled artist and a lot of money invested...
signorellil 1 month ago
@RemixedVoice Lots of things were possible in 1968, and even before, if you had the budget. Large scale models, special lighting and long exposures at small apertures (seconds per frame or beyond), held takes and multiple mattes, and things like building an actual centrifuge full size and putting the camera and actors inside as it turns.
Mxsmanic 1 month ago
@Mxsmanic I still can't imagine it, look how real the Earth looks, and how the models rotate perfectly in space... it's rediculous
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mackinl 1 month ago
HAL was a hijacker who got shorted out like bin laden
vitoduval 1 month ago
@malows1234 Spielberg? Okay, its been a while since his last great movie. Lucas and Michael Bay I agree. But Christopher Nolan? He is brilliant. Memento, the Prestige, The Dark Knight and Inception are all masterpieces. Chris Nolan is perhaps the only outstanding, mainstream director alive.
evilhomer266 1 month ago
If I were to describe "beauty" - in its core - I would definitely show this piece of art
Matte1207 1 month ago
anybody ever listened to this song on the end credits for 2001 a space oddysey? beginning to end? they play beautiful blue dqnube in the form i love and i cant find it so far. somebody should record that
MetalMonarchy 1 month ago
@MetalMonarchy Yes I'm sure the credit holics sat through this as their dates were thinking c'mon lets go home
vitoduval 1 month ago
@MetalMonarchy The Blue Danube in the movie was recorded by Herbert von Karajan and you can find it on Deutsche Grammophon CDs.
Mxsmanic 1 month ago
classic movie,,,,
MrGroovy888 1 month ago
Four people never got as far as picking up that bone and realizing what it could be used for.
animatetime 1 month ago 7
No wonder this is considered to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, film ever made! 2001 is to film what Beethoven and Mozart were to music...Sublime....and never to be repeated......A classic....A beauty
floresebu 1 month ago
Oh no, Pan Am stewardesses were notorious for their in-flight inebriation lol
petrusprimusmaximus 2 months ago
Intoxicating! Bravo! Perfect with Strauss. Thanks for HD. 3rd Grade Maypole dance music. Fell in love with Danube before I saw movie
beeweejr 2 months ago
One of the pleasures of being older is being able to recall films like this one, which left a deep impression. The scene that precedes has one of the film world's great transition shots,when the bone hurled into the air by the 'man-ape' becomes the initial spacecraft, when Karajan's version of 'The Blue Danube' quietly begins......Kubrick created a true masterpiece here. It was, yes, over 40 years ago, and yet it seemed how the future just might be to a 10-year old. Alas.......
petrusprimusmaximus 2 months ago 3
Why is the stewardess of that Pan American space-cruiser is drunk?
toxboxic 2 months ago
@toxboxic She's not drunk, she's walking in a weightless environment with the aid of velcro slippers.
rebmcr 2 months ago
@toxboxic She's not drunk. She is walking in a weightless environment (space), with the aid of self gripping shoes.
itsmegp46 1 month ago
My favourite scene
DvNezarto 2 months ago
There will never be another Stanely Kubrick.
XieYali 2 months ago
@XieYali AYMEN to that. its a marvel stanley kubrick had to freedom to make such ballsy films. there is no way that even if there were another stanley kubrick, warner brothers won't let a filmmaker make films like stanley kubrick.
malows1234 2 months ago
Thanks to Arthur C Clarke for writing this !!
masterandmargharita 2 months ago
@masterandmargharita he actually collaborated with kubick to write it they did it together for 2001 but the original idea is from "the sentinel" by Clarke , kubrick was interested and wrote 2001 with Clarke
DvNezarto 2 months ago
This movie was scary, but awesome too.
MrNorbert1994 2 months ago
That floating pen would be perfect in a 3D film
8UP1977 2 months ago
The movie screens on the the back of the seats .... so accurate .... and the space shuttle ..scary accurate.
appapo3 2 months ago
No matter what and no matter how many new movies you throw at me, this will forever be perfect in its simplicity and beauty.
frakusernames 2 months ago 3
Only thing missing is the small flashing red lights on the space ships.
Diamachaerus 3 months ago
This movie made you think more than any other I've ever seen.
fatkinson2011 3 months ago
The most beautiful movie scene I have ever seen.
MrHellboy2fan 3 months ago 2
GOD I HAVE ONE WISH!!!
Take Michael Bay and give us back our precious Stanley Kubrick. God knows Cinema needs him now more than ever.
malows1234 3 months ago 154
@malows1234 you are a genius!!!!
fiorinodoro 3 months ago
@malows1234 I agree, what the hell happened to the movie industry?
solidsnake2234 1 month ago
@solidsnake2234 spielberg, lucas, michael bay, nolan, well........ basically any summer blockbuster director are what happen. its sad, i am glad kubrick came back in the day. no way would kubrick be able to make films in our day and age. he existed in the right era.
malows1234 1 month ago
@malows1234 I totally agree, the World needs this Genius back into the Global Cinema
marcusbrooks1776 1 month ago
movies today are pure shit! we need films like these again!!!!
MrJoshsupra 3 months ago 2
It is also ironic Kubrick had ALL models used in the movie destroyed so they could never be used in another movie.
PrinceVogon 3 months ago 2
We used to think big back then and had so much hope. Well its 2011 and instead of moonbases we have nothing but crap and huge debts. who knew??
aldernagon3 3 months ago
First commercial passenger service into space - Pan Am.
Er...maybe not.
carlsetzer 3 months ago
I remember being a child trying to drawing with colored pencils that escene of the ship docking.
aperezNWO 3 months ago
This film stinks
xDarkPrince 3 months ago
@xDarkPrince Yes, just go back to your WoW and Doom or whatever already.
OroborusFMA 3 months ago
I get all emotional when I watch this scene for some reason.
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It brings tears to my eyes because this pure art, pure film. The attention to detail, the music, the special effects. This was way ahead of its time, and jeez, if we would have kept this vision we would have been on Mars 20 or so years ago. A travesty that we have not done that yet, and now we have to rely on the Russians for a ride to space? It's sickening. Kubrick was genius. The Blue Danube is as classic as a waltz as one can get. Pure genius!
derecaujay 3 months ago
Just think the Space Shuttle program has come and gone since this movie came out in 1968. And the space station is in the process of being built. Let us not forget about Skyp...... Talking about life imitating art.
marellamofo 3 months ago
When I saw this decades ago I was convinced that we would be on Mars by now besides the Moon being a launch base and used for mining. When this movie came out we had a balanced budget, were fighting in Indochina, maintaining a huge defense establishment and had spent $40 billion to get to the Moon. Now I figure a combined Chinese/Russian/European effort will get astronauts on Mars by 2030 at the latest....
MBDmediaman 3 months ago
Check out the windows in the Space Clipper shuttle scene, at around 1:30. There are people moving around inside the ship. That would require travelling matte film projection at considerable expense and effort....Only Kubrick would insist on that obsessive attention to detail.
rangjungyeshe 4 months ago 3
Art: What we wish life was like.
DCdabest 4 months ago
I`m from Austria and I am in Australia right now to study; Recently 2001 was shown at a cinema here (I had to see it, of course) and when the Blue Danube came on I immediately got homesick! It reminds me of New Year`s Eve when I was young, at midnight this song was always played on the radio (this is customary in Austria, it`s like an unofficial anthem) and me and my brother used to watch my parents waltz through the living room. Ahh, good times.
nakiwarai1 4 months ago
If you speed up the audio you will hear, "I'm gonna cap yo ass mofo.." Kubrick was truly ahead of his time.
fernfeyes 4 months ago
Wow! I put it in full screen, and spent the last 5 minutes dreaming of going on that station! I completly forgot what I had to do today LOL!
lestef23 4 months ago
The only thing I remember from 2001 is 9-11 and the twin towers collapsing. None of this shit happened. haha
leafyutube 4 months ago
Fucking amazing scene.
theofficialfilmyguy 4 months ago
It is in a class all it's own. It is a masterpiece and it is magical.
roylewis 4 months ago
The one movie that made me want to be an astronomer.
Lexyvil 4 months ago in playlist Lexyvil's favorites
you are correct OonivaaoO however, also, kubrick left vaclav hamel indegent, and to die.
basedball1951 4 months ago
you are correct OonivaaoO
basedball1951 4 months ago
Saw this movie at the Drive in in Oceanside CA when I was nine years old. I had already read the book. Couldnt read it at school, my teacher couldnt stomach the idea of the only hispanic kid in the class to be reading at that level made me take it back home forbade me to read it in class. Never heard of Strauss until then. I was in tears sitting outside on a lawn chair with my own speaker. Still brings me to tears when I see this. Thanks for sharing.
iggy58 4 months ago
Amazing, widescreen seat-entertainment back in '68!
aigg 4 months ago
I saw this film back in 2002 and i was 16 at the time. I really must say that this movie is the most thought provoking viewing experiences i have ever had. Star wars are good entertainment, but 2001 really gets your brain going and the whole thing just feels like something bigger. It seems though, that this is a case where you either got it, or you didn't. But if this film hits you, man you won't forget about it.For me, this is the most important movie i have ever seen. Amazing special effects
aigg 4 months ago
my fav scene
MrBluntNose 4 months ago
For anyone who doesn't understand the point of this scene, look up the video titled "Everything is Amazing and Nobodys Happy"
Dukeobelding 4 months ago
This film was soooooooo ahead of its time.
Enerbias 4 months ago
CAPOLAVORO.
KoFrei12 4 months ago 2
I wonder what this movie would have been like if Uwe Boll had directed it?
rodahnlol 5 months ago 2
@rodahnlol No one would remember it.
delta1O5 5 months ago
Tv screens in the backs of headrests forty years before the first real ones in airline seats. Superb.
TK42138 5 months ago
mnolito dislike
meguuuuusta 5 months ago
2012 is coming. We are going to die!
Trickroad 5 months ago
this film blows your mind... your soul wants to jump out of your body and start dancing to this music
semiautomaticfool 5 months ago
@SASNIGHTCRAWLER NIce, glad u got it, I want to make my own video sometime using this song, ahh so many vids I want to make, lolz.
EBE246 5 months ago
Ahh, wonderful. Breathtaking scene.
EBE246 5 months ago
This is the best space film I have ever seen. why star trek and star wars can't get space ships right. all cgi but this not one bit of animation, apart from the models
JamesMorris100 5 months ago
never fails to facinate me
hisroyalhotness1 6 months ago
Kubrick is the director of the Centry. The Best Music and 1966, in is first ever interview on tape, 7/27/1966, cheers for that, playing CHESS, winning Money. Mate that is GOLD not matter, how look at it & CROATIA for ever. ?
7071t6 6 months ago
Ever since I first saw this in the 6th grade (me being a late gen Yer) the Blue Danube went from being a fluffy piece of classical music to a beautiful track that always brings back images of the delicate, orbital sonata and zero-g dance played out by these beautiful craft. If only such beautiful things were reality in our time...
Hypergalactica 6 months ago
One of my favorite movie scenes of all time.
Ringo84 6 months ago 9
most films made today that sell out theaters are for teenagers. most adult films sell not as much these days. we are too busy paying off their cell phone bills.
shafta99 6 months ago
So ironic how a film made in the 60s is MORE genius and advanced and accurate and brilliant than every film that comes out today.
minamu8 6 months ago 75
@minamu8 You should watch the movie Moon made by Duncan Jones, to show you that not all movies today are that bad.
archangel385 5 months ago
@minamu8 I couldn't agree more!!
Leadhead444 4 months ago
@minamu8
How's this ironic?
ViveLRoi 3 months ago
@ViveLRoi Its ironic because kubrick could have sold models from what is considered the greatest sci film of all time for a ton of money, but he chose not to. which is pretty much proof that he is an artist, not a filmmaker.
malows1234 2 months ago
@ViveLRoi Irony is when something is the opposite of what is expected or supposed to be.
It's been over 40 years. People have better ways of learning, there are easier ways to communicate, there's technological advancement, etc. No excuse at all for a film from the 60s like this masterpiece to be more accurate than films released decades later. Once there was a time when directors only yearned to make masterpieces (Kubrick, Hitchcock). Now it's not like that.
That's why it's ironic.
minamu8 2 months ago 21
@minamu8 Yes, cinema was real art earlier, and great art and my favourite (I am director myself). Earlier most of directors created films with real philoshophical stories and supstance like: Vertigo, Psycho, 2001, Paths of Glory, Dr. Strangelove, Andrey Rublov, Ivan the Terrible, Persona, Autumn Sonata...., and today most of directores create nonsense, cinema as art gone down with standards with time and for that I blame stupid American newage films and moronic audience.
zigifrojd 2 months ago 2
@minamu8 If George Lucas does not feel shame about the visual effects results regarding his 3 last SW movies, he became really crazy. 2001 shold be watched by these directors/producers every week.
MauricioCasteglione 2 months ago
@minamu8 And none of them (Kubrick, Hitchcock) were awarded with an Oscar...
Marcuantel 3 weeks ago
@minamu8 there are a few good movies but most is shit like transformers and yea you already know
pierceys234 2 months ago
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how the FUCK could this be made in the 60's. i mean, movies today are shit compared to this one. this is a visual and audially masterpiece!
0onirvanao0 6 months ago 80
@0onirvanao0 FINALLY someone else gets it!
TheStealthX 6 months ago
@0onirvanao0 Not all movies today are shit dude. You just need to know were to look for the good ones we have today.
SnafuFrank 5 months ago
@0onirvanao0 This statement is by no means true in a general sense, but I'm sorry to say that the answer to your question my friend is a combination of A)Already being smart and educated from a healthy background and family with class and culture B)Social charisma and artistic determination and finally C) Access to a seemingly infinite line of credit or better yet liquid cash and/or assets accompanied by not only access to, but total freedom to use drugs, of your choice, dosed by you.
xXxRedXIIIxXx1 4 months ago
@0onirvanao0 I think that as well and i was just so amazed the first time i saw this movie....it's definently takes a genius to conjure up something like this in the 60's!
Leadhead444 4 months ago
@0onirvanao0 You should see tree of life, really captures the artistry that 2001 set.
ZOLTAR802 4 months ago
@0onirvanao0 they ACTUALLY TOOK THEIR TIME back then, and made it Juuuuuust right. today, you have people who want to get as many productions out as they can. let me help you:
sniper rifle(this epic movie); lot of work, but great results
AK47 (today's crap): not much work, poor results in terms of kills
scoobydoorocks10 3 months ago
Well said, Togekab00m! This is 5 stars and schmolck has captured this classic sequence nicely.
BonnyBlueJohn 6 months ago
Never mind the special effects, this is simply beautiful film-making at its very very cinematic best. It is a long time since we have since anything like this. The comparisons the other commentators are making to Avatar and Star Wars is mainly technical. I can not imagine those films including a 5 minute choreographed musical dance-like sequence with no dialogue or 'action'.
Togekab00m 6 months ago 2
Togekab00m yes well said.
Gravida12 6 months ago
i want to dance in space tooo. lol
shafta99 6 months ago
the sound could be a bit louder. i can barely hear it
pat1981lux 6 months ago
Although this movie was produced in 1968, its special effect is amazing by even today`s standard.
MrEjidorie 6 months ago
This must be the best film ever made, how life should be for all of us...
ajhomryder 7 months ago
in a sense, what cameron did with avatar mirrors what lucas did with star wars. they 'dumbed' down revolutionary graphics by putting it through conventional storylines. unfortunately they continue to set an example which has led to more $ spent of graphics with decreasing bang for buck
galactus1111 7 months ago
@galactus1111 Actually Star Wars didn't rely on existing graphical effects. The idea that the camera moves around the spaceship models and not the other way round was first used in Star Wars. Therefore SW was a leap forward when it comes to special effects and not just putting them to conventional use. Much unlike Avatar which is just tons of the same old crappy looking cgi that has been around for two decades piled on top of each other with really no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
wommer354 7 months ago
@wommer354 im sure star wars was a leap forward in terms of graphics, just as im sure avatar "has a little something extra' that has yet to be duplcated by anyone else. I agree that SW was prob. more revolutionary for its time then avatar. My point was that both movies for all their graphics wizardry, really are just very ordinary narratives under the varnish. 2001's visual impact comes from not only well executed technical details, but from its unqiue presentation: giving it timeless quality
galactus1111 7 months ago
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galactus1111 7 months ago
what cameron did with avatar was take ground breaking tech and put it to conventional uses. kubrick (with others) dreamed and then made something which allowed the viewer to dream too.
galactus1111 7 months ago
What were you saying Mr. Cameron about Avatar changing the way we view film?
AquariaSpirit 7 months ago
IN CRE I BLE AMO A KUBRIC LO AMOOOOOO
LasFrambuesas 7 months ago
And this was way before computer animation?????? Kubrick is GOD.
NYCBG 7 months ago 2
Uma das cenas mais belas feitas para o cinema na historia da humanidade!
Rottao 7 months ago
well done my friend
very nice video
thanks for sharing
rosabinenbojn 7 months ago
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AntiMusick 7 months ago
We never quite got there. Too busy paying for wars and television programs.
bobjfs 7 months ago
That actually looks like it was shot on-location in space.
Chris82bc 7 months ago 6
Thanks for posting this in HD. Most clips on YouTube are too pixilated to enjoy viewing full screen, but this one looks nice and sharp.
dwgryph 7 months ago
wonderful movie, great music!!
rrbelkin 7 months ago
Wouldn't or shouldn't the pilots (astronauts) be wearing space suits? Actually everyone should they are in outer space. A depressurized cabin would mean certain death if you were not protected.
whaleroast 8 months ago