![]() ![]() Ěram Khatchaturian, Gayane Ballet Suite.György Ligeti, Atmospheres, Lux Aeterna, and Requiem for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Two Mixed Choirs and Orchestra. ![]() Richard Strauss, Thus Spake Zarathustra.The film is enriched by stunning, pioneering technical effects, and featured orchestral music, presented in movements like in a symphony, from: All scenes in the film have either dialogue or music (or silence), but never both together. Kubrick's sci-fi experiment intended to present its story almost purely with visual imagery and auditory signals with very little communicative human dialogue (similar to what was attempted in the surreal, fragmented, non-narrative imagery of the Qatsi trilogy - from 1983-2002, from Godfrey Reggio). Much of the film is in dead silence (accurately depicting the absence of sound in space), or with the sound of human breathing within a spacesuit. The first spoken word is almost a half hour into the film, and there's less than 40 minutes of dialogue in the entire film. Many consider the masterpiece bewildering and annoying, but are still inspired by its story of how man is dwarfed by technology and space. Viewers are left to experience the non-verbal, mystical vastness of the film, and to subjectively reach into their own subconscious and into the film's pure imagery to speculate about its meaning. Director Stanley Kubrick's work is a profound, visionary and astounding film (a mysterious Rorschach film-blot) and a tremendous visual experience. Here is an epic film containing more spectacular imagery and special effects than verbal dialogue. It was released, coincidentally, at the height of the space race between the USSR and the US. This is by far the best review and analysis of 2001: A Space Odyssey.Ģ001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is a landmark, science fiction classic - and probably the best science-fiction film of all time. I decided to post this wonderful essay on the film. It has become a sort of tradition for me to watch this film each New Year's Eve. This past weekend the misses and I watched 2001: A Space Odyssey. ![]()
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