2001 A Space Odyssey - Space Sequences Tribute Part 1of4

And here the "Mother" (well the real mother is probably "Metropolis") of all Science Fiction Movie Special Visual Effects: Stanley Kubricks "2001 - A Space Odysee" from 1968. All seen here is of course handmade. All photographic effects, no CGI. And all SFX Scenes from the Movie are cut toghether in full length and in chronological order.

The Music in PART2of4 at 1:20 and 6:42 is right out of the Movie. Gayane Ballet Suite (Adagio) Aram Khachaturian. You should find it on the Originial Movie Soundtrack. It was also used "extracted" in the ALIENS Movie!

Because it's more than 36 Minutes of FX, including the "changing Dimensions" FX, i had to split in into 4 parts. And don't adjust your volume when there's nothing to hear. It's meant that way ;)

Quote Stanley Kubrick (source:Wikipedia): "I tried to create a visual experience, one that bypasses verbalized pigeonholing and directly penetrates the subconscious with an emotional and philosophic content. I intended the film to be an intensely subjective experience that reaches the viewer at an inner level of consciousness, just as music does; to „explain" a Beethoven symphony would be to emasculate it by erecting an artificial barrier between conception and appreciation. You're free to speculate as you wish about the philosophical and allegorical meaning of the film -- and such speculation is one indication that it has succeeded in gripping the audience at a deep level -- but I don't want to spell out a verbal road map for 2001 that every viewer will feel obligated to pursue or else fear he's missed the point."
Stanley Kubrick 1922 - 1999.

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[JanPB]

The music is incorrect - it's out of sync with the image (also a different performance).

[MetalApe]

@JanPB Well, this is NOT a 1:1 Copy of the Movie. And it was never my intention to just show off bits of the Movie. This is a Space Sequences Tribute edited by MetalApe. Please read the Description. I'm Sorry if you don't like it.

[JanPB]

@MetalApe It's not that I don't like it, it's more that I really appreciate the sophistication that went into editing the original. Notice how spaceships etc. cross the film frame at precise musical phrases. Moving the sound off by ~2 frames would become noticeably sloppy at such points. Film editors distinguish e.g. between making a cut a _consonant_ vs. on a _vowel_ of the spoken dialogue. That's how delicate it gets.

[MetalApe]

@JanPB Point Taken. But again, i never wanted to Re-Edit the Movie, it's a Tribute to the Handmade Special Effects of yesterdays. To preserve the Spirit, i tried to do a most careful Montage, fiddling with the Images as less as possible. Overlooked it many times. Because of the different "Blue Danube" Music: I certainly used a Version conducted by Herbert von Karajan, as in the Movie. And almost like a miracle, this Version fits exactly into this first 10 Minutes Montage of Space Sequences.

[kurt30001]

It´s a great shame that the ISS does not look like this ! And that Ares 1 and Ares V have been cancelled..It should have been called 2031:A space Odyssey..Because the film 2001 is still ahead of us in what we actually done !

[SoundsLikePurple]

I would love to see this movie at a theatre or an imax that would be mind blowing

[malows1234]

@MetalApe well you really suceeded in fucking Stanley kubrick and his editors right in the ass. congratulations on missing every great music edit that kubrick slaved over putting. thanks for taking kubrick genius out of all of this sequences. Please take these down and repost the corrected version.

[LadySierraSays]

All time great Classic space movie ever made in my opion ; hard to top it !!!

[rebmcr]

I like this version of the music - it's less harsh and more warm than the original recording.

[epicjizz69]

whats the name of the song played at 1:20??????

[sillybabybunnies]

I think this is a FINE condensation of the space scenes from 2001. well done, metalape, and bravo!

[takashiuan]

@MetalApe could you be so kind and share some links (books/films/courses/names) about making cuts _consonant_ or _vowel_ ? I would love to know more about it!

[eilam42]

how did they do that effect wise in 1968?

[DoctorJK3]

A sign of the times, the satellites in the movie were supposed to be a 60s version of 21st century orbiting bombs, however, they never looked that way, more like probes of various sorts (even today) that were decidedly non-threatening in appearance. They could still pass for legitamate spacecraft even today. While I would have preferred the orginal soundtrack, it's still nice.

[fleaby]

@MetalApe Good effort. Well done.