Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (widescreen)
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funny space with no stars
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What a beautiful fucking scene, wow.
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All models, mattes and design. I saw this 2 years ago at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, and yes, it totally holds up, which is amazing. 45 years later the effects are no better, just cheaper.
What made movies like this great is they made you say, "how did they do that". Now, the answer to everything is "computer generated".
To me, it's like having a real magician do things with slight of hand, versus an animated magician who can really just do anything. We have lost the wonder of SPFX.
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@Linuxdirk Kubrick shot frames for a very long exposure with the iris closed down. Made for a sharper image. Most of the pan shots were actually a kind of animation, moving things forward a little and shooting a frame. The pods and the moon base opening were done like this.
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Wow. I can't wait to see the wonders of life in that mysterious, far-future year 2001.
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@petrusprimusmaximus We will never reach space when we're busy fighting each other
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I remember seeing this movie as a 10-year old in 1968. This scene was especially dazzling. It is really a piece of beautiful choreography, as when the spaceliner approches the station. You have to remember that this was 1968. 'Star Trek' (the original series) was on television, & didn't seem like a real vision of the future. Kubrick got it right, though. Odd what a different year 2001 turned out to be.........
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Stanley Kubrick the best
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@MrTorchwood10 what about shining?
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CJC Re: taking liberties in space films: You're right. Maybe I'm just too much of a purist because silence was so integral to the scenes in 2001. No offense.
Kubrick was a 1000% perfectionist. That's why this movie looks so modern despite it being from the 60's. It's look so clean and crisp. If there's a remake of this made with cgi and other 21st s**t, I will set out to destroy whoever makes it.
smoothymcgyver 5 months ago 8
@smoothymcgyver Kubrick definently could have taken the easy way out and used strings and made the cheesy as fuck....but he definently made the movie the best to his ability and look where all of his movies ended up being classics and they never needed a sequel because the man is orignal and i will join you in destroying the set of anyone remaking this film!!! :)
Leadhead444 5 months ago 3