2001: A Space Odyssey - The Dawn of Man

This scene shows the beginning of the Paleolithic Era, and reveals that, by the usage of tools, man could stop being a victim of the world to become an active element, who has the power of action over nature.

[@MyoclonicJerkCough]

It's crazy to think we could have gone from bone tools to smartphones, space travel, cloning. Yet on Black Friday this shit happens all over again

[@carloshenrique-ts2vj]

If you watch a Marvel movie in it's First day in the movies, probally you Will see that again

[@jeronimovasquez5877]

@The North Rises oh shut up , I can see you're one of those obnoxious people that cannot see past race

[@kazmotaz]

The North Rises Ever been to Detroit?

[@tracycarmack9714]

I couldn't stop laughing at this... the image of a bunch of Black Friday shoppers, still in their pajamas, eyes bleary from lack of sleep, slinging $40 DVD players at each other as the theme from 2001 plays over the loudspeakers.

[@editsome6552]

Ironic

[@zs23100]

This is how you open a film. This is the kind of stuff that leaves a lasting impression and really sticks with your audience. Kubrick was phenomenal at opening his films and setting the tone.

[@BettyJoBialofski]

This, and the "shift change" in "Metropolis."

[@dhimanluy1640]

Officer Meow Meow Fuzzyface this has stuck in my head since 8 years I was 5

[@thebutterytoster5721]

When I was 8 and first saw this movie I was bored out of my mind during this scene

[@Cipher993]

@@thebutterytoster5721 That's because it's not really a movie for 8 year olds

[@reservoirfrogs2177]

@@thebutterytoster5721 I think the themes here might be a little too heavy for the average 8 year old

[@aidanmercer9422]

It’s crazy how we’ve gone from hitting each other with bones to threatening each other with nuclear weapons.

[@T.Maximus]

Also to using swatting as a way to get someone unfortunately.

[@SamuelBlack84]

Our capacity for bloodshed never ends

[@William.D70]

Speed of time by comparison to the opening scenes

[@vasiliyshukshin7466]

The bones got bigger, is all

[@ricardomarin487]

@@SamuelBlack84 as long as there are resources and human greed and etc. war will never stop. even when we go to space it'll be like the new world all over again.

[@librarysong8617]

Ah yes, one of the greatest sci-fi film sin existence starts with 3 minutes of blank screen and a further 9 minutes of *M O N K E*

[@Dannymiles1987]

The blank screen is the monolith. I always thought

[@AllToastersToastToast]

Wait, the black screen was actually part of the movie? Huh, didn’t realize.

[@aztro4010]

A lot of films back in the day had a black screen, which would play music called an overture, Lawrence of Arabia had one, while some would just say Overture on the screen like Ben Hur and How The West Was Won.

[@user-monke69]

Who summoned me

[@lapizza7175]

Yes

[@ianharac5153]

I love how this shows the sudden emergence of conscious thought, of imagination, of reasoning.... "If this bone smashes skulls on the ground, it can smash the skulls of the living animals... and, of course, rival apes."

[@semdavidanger]

lol so true

[@Fellowrser]

Aaaand there are still apes around…

[@ianharac5153]

@@Fellowrser As long as none of them get near a monolith, we're good.

[@BiggyJimbo]

@@Fellowrser What's your point?

[@Fellowrser]

@@BiggyJimbo Macaque

[@Maladjester]

I saw this when I was young and even at that age the bone sequence really resonated with me. We are shown the most significant event in the history of the planet when that monkey does something no other Earth life has ever done: he _Has An Idea._ Just like that, the game is changed forever.

[@gabrielvieiraramos8530]

The control of the thinking is the key for a successful life.

[@tastetherainbow9643]

Doctor Octagon watching to much National Geographic and Plant Earfs.

[@markopasha9644]

@Doctor Octagon all those technologies were invented independently by various peoples on the Earth. Metal work were invented independently in africa, middle east and by the Native Americans. The idea that all technologies were invented in a single place is called hyperdiffusionism and widely rejected by all modern archaeologists.

[@tugboat945]

uncletigger Agreed.

[@bahhumbug.6156]

I think the idea was somehow given to it

[@zenga55]

This movie was so ahead of its time that it's still ahead of its time.

[@ihsahnakerfeldt9280]

Lmao so true. Wish he had gone further than 2001 with the title.

[@lapizza7175]

I agree. This movie may have flaws, but it is so original and unique that it doesn't become uninteresting.

[@MrSebboxxx]

No, it is or was not ahead of its time - it reveals things that are timeless and clairvoyant ...

[@snitchbstudios]

I never noticed until just recently that the leader of the apes who touched the monolith and discovered weapons stands. Different. He keeps his arms to the side and doesn't jump around to show dominance. He moves like a human. It's brilliant and terrifying.

[@markbell2663]

@snitchbstudios “An ape that acts like a human.” Haha that is a human dressed in an ape suit in the year 1968 when apes made it to the silver screen. The introduction of A I The metrics of 1 : 4 : 9

[@Mathemagical55]

Moon-Watcher was a genius. The others couldn't get it.

[@rapatacush3]

Maybe the actor forgot to act like that

[@jonhowe2960]

ape Ed Witten

[@snitchbstudios]

@@jonhowe2960 an international treasure

[@youcantleavethisempty8872]

Knowing Kubrick, he probably filmed the ape-gets-attacked-by-leopard shot fifty times.

[@Hampo03]

Actually they took like 2 shots of it because the first one failed and when they got the version that was in the movie they were okay with it not being perfect because all of the crew had major anxiety because of the risks

[@Carlozandre]

@@Hampo03 and kubrick, who was safe in a cage shooting the scene, was very worried about the possibility of the animal to kill someone. It would led to the end of the shooting and to the interruption of a project three years in the making (the "Dawn of Man" part was the last to be shot). The mimic who plays the ape wanted to do one more take, but the director refused.

[@j_freed]

@@Carlozandre Yes, and well it’s all about the shooting of the production, not human lives! Filmmakers Logic…

[@joiamed8544]

Just to get it exactly right

[@NovaBoi7]

126*

[@ericmartinez99]

It’s crazy how they can make a black rectangle feel so ominous.

[@tsuchinoko01]

agree, but its mainly because of the music

[@toma6068]

@@tsuchinoko01 Even without the music it's still incredibly strange, imposing and pretty creepy. The soundtrack certainly adds to the epicness though

[@funkworthrollin4959]

Cause there is nothing in nature that is even close to this in anyway. So it is outta place.

[@US_John]

The robot resembles the one in mathew movie.

[@alsosprachzarathustra5505]

I ask my self that question each time Apple indtroduces a new iPhone

[@elainacatalina5152]

This scene explained the theme of the entire movie. Fear, discovery, development, violence/war, hope

[@trellz17]

It explained the theme of man. Of humanity.

[@user-sk9sp7pe4y]

@@trellz17 and also it explained existence

[@mohammedfaour2822]

Curiosity

[@johnnyjohnny6174]

People say the stargate scene or HAL is their favorite part of the movie, but mine is when that single ape is looking at the bone and tilts his head. That eureka moment when the music kicks in. Magical. It all stems from that one moment.

[@okamijubei]

Probably would've been cooler if it's an image of a terror bird being clubbed by an ape. To show a almighty predator of that time have finally meets it's match and leads to the end of that age.

[@tuanjim799]

@@okamijubei It actually does show that in the book, only it's the leopard, not a terror bird. There's a scene where the leopard tries to attack them in the cave at night and Moon Watcher fights back with his new understanding of weaponry and actually fights the cat off. I think maybe he even kills the cat, but I can't remember, it's been a long time since I read it. The book is quite brilliant.

[@JugSouthgate]

@@tuanjim799 They all have bones and they beat the living tar out of the leopard, who isn't used to prey fighting back. The leopard panics and bolts out of the cave - forgetting that it's up high on the side of a cliff, with only a narrow path for access - and falls to its death.

[@TanoBrati]

How could you miss the bone-spaceship jump?! That's the crux of this entire segment.

[@bobbyyates8952]

Moreover, it is a ICBM delivery satellite.

[@luckyvet]

Crux of the Entire Movie Dritan. The uploader is an idiot. But at least a well intentioned idiot.

[@BettyJoBialofski]

Wasn't his fault, blame the studio that cut the scenes onto DVD. They put the chapter break there.

[@paulorocky]

the uploader clearly did not see the monolith

[@volkerallert5364]

true, the must famous cut ever made.

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

0:36 Camera Guy: OMG I think that Cougar is actually attacking him, we should do something Director: No, keep filming, this is great footage we're getting for the movie Guy in suit: *Screaming for help*

[@williambowlin1519]

The best laugh I've had in a minute!

[@ozone7684]

Oh really?!😹

[@ryanotte6737]

Kubrick was indeed a mad lad.

[@Wolfen443]

That was probably how it going down, Kubrick was purist for realism I think.

[@hamzahajji5814]

that's what I was thinking 🤣🤣

[@Gonzalouchikari]

"Barbie movie brought me here" is not something I thought I'd say.

[@user-pw6rh8lj7c]

PHHAHA SAME BRO

[@user-if6fj8di6j]

It's life ..

[@skeligun]

Ivent seen barbie but it actually looks pretty cool. If it's turning people onto absolute gems that Kubrick has created, than I'm honestly really happy future generations are appreciating this 😁

[@aegistattoo]

Yet here we are

[@austinfelker2156]

Same that was so funny and creative to put in the barbie movie

[@deltabravo1969]

This scene is symbolic because the first ape realized that his tribe could defeat another by using weapons. The first battles were fought with sticks and stones. The victorious ape threw the weapon in the air and it became a pen that landed on a space traveler’s lap. Hence, the pen is mightier than the sword because physicists used the pen to develop weapons of mass destruction. The pen also put us space. This scene is magnificent!

[@quebrandomitos5910]

The scene of the flying bone cuts to the spaceship or satelite, no pen.

[@deltabravo1969]

@@quebrandomitos5910watch the scene where Dr. Floyd is sleeping on the spacecraft and the attendant catches a pen and puts it on his lap.

[@DiGreatDestroyer]

@@deltabravo1969 You're right! It's undeniable that the floating pen is meant to be the (yet-to-happen) fall of the thrown bone!

[@grandrapids57]

what a fabulous comment

[@JugSouthgate]

No. The bone becomes an orbiting nuclear weapons platform. This is explained in the book. In the movie, three satellites are shown - one USA, one USSR, and one Red China. (In 1968, no one imagined that in 2001 there wouldn't be a USSR). Only after that do we see the Pan Am shuttlecraft and Dr. Floyd's floating pen.

[@tuanjim799]

Such a powerful scene. I love how when the monolith shows up, they're all freaking out and afraid to approach it, but little by little they begin to irresistibly come together around it. By the end of the scene, they almost look like religious worshippers huddled around something sacred. Deep stuff.

[@mikepastor.k6233]

It looks like a huge I phone. Now I get it..

[@bitpumpkinn2923]

I hate that stupid monolith

[@CidYoung-REALTOR]

Nah, it’s a Trump rally! Those are the supporters , uh, worshipers, getting conned into becoming True Believers & then spreading the Conspiracies and the Sacred Covid-19 after the worship service ends.

[@bitpumpkinn2923]

@@CidYoung-REALTOR me when bring politics into discussion about monkies and the monolith from the scene "Dawn of Man" in the 2001: A Space Odyssey god fuck the internet just shut the fuck up and stop bringing your filthy political pollution everywhere

[@eliteworldofficial6293]

@@CidYoung-REALTOR Your TDS is at a level unlikes of which I have never seen before

[@R0NYFL0NY]

Grug feel old, Grug remember when monolith first came.

[@birbonacci8218]

Dammit Grug, we told you to stay dead at the museum

[@nonkonform1st]

You could have learned to speak properly since then.

[@hellenicboi14]

These real boom-booms. Grug just dummy zoomgrug. If grug no remember when trading caves collapse then grug are zoomer.

[@ChickenUSA]

30000 year old boomer

[@KingLich451]

more like 4 million years old

[@adenizenabroad9593]

This scene pretty much is the duality of us as a species: flawed (due to our destructive nature) but also flourishing (in our ability to turn an idea into reality)

[@darthaerys9867]

I just saw this film for the first time yesterday. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about this opening scene. It is amazing to me that something can have zero dialogue, yet have such a massive impact to the viewer.

[@swamplife3148]

They learn how to use tools and the first thing they do with it is beat the shit out of each other with it lmao.

[@Diagnoc]

That’s exactly the point.

[@babyboomer2670]

This one.

[@jamiee1519]

No, the first thing they did with it was eat. Beating the shit out of the other tribe came next.

[@Cuenta-ry4bm]

And thats exactly what we have been doing for 2019 years... but now we beat the shit out of us with guns a bombs.. we humans are a circle... we repeat the same history for millions of years...

[@MegaChickenonastick]

@@Cuenta-ry4bm humans have been around for far longer than 2019 years

[@manospondylus4896]

Basically the KZbin-comment-section.

[@cooljackster7390]

LOL So true!!!!

[@schmojo33]

Raahh Roooooaah Raaah oraaah... (clears throat).... I mean yes, indeed.

[@codytylerr4983]

ON POINT LOL.

[@CarlosMartinez-ck1us]

XDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@mike-vg6hl]

You nailed completely

[@prince-solomon]

This scene is magnificent, but in the original novel by Arthur C. Clarke there is much more going on (several weeks with the monolith), you even get an insight into what the main primate is thinking, i recommend everyone to read it.

[@alexcayarga9339]

Great book. Ik what u talking about with this scene

[@starwarsroo2448]

Yes but with a movie all that has to be condensed into minutes or seconds of imagery,

[@dylanthompson8511]

Clarke co-wrote the script with Kubrick while writting the novel, so i wouldnt call it "the original novel", the story WAS inspired by one of his short stories, about finding a pyramid on the moon though. This is a weird case where the novel and movie are both their own thing having been created simultaneously.

[@AndreMcHenry-fv9yb]

@@dylanthompson8511 Yes, the short story was called 'The Sentinel'.

[@nekame]

Greta Gerwig making the analogy to show how Barbie changed the doll industry and girlie entertainment forever when the first one showed up in the market, she's a genius

[@ajpat9620]

Noah Baumbach also wrote Barbie movie as well with Greta Gerwig.

[@patrickmcgowan59]

Agreed. Some say the parody is played out (see History of the World Part 1, Wall-E, others), but I thought she did it really well, with Barbie as the monolith giving 50s girls an entirely new idea, changiung things forever.

[@care9540]

@@ajpat9620 this just sounds like you’re trying to discredit her

[@ajpat9620]

@@care9540 That's absurd. What the heck are you talking about? I'm not discrediting her. I just said the facts that both Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig co-wrote the Barbie movie, together.

[@moonlance3496]

@@care9540if anything the original commentator was discrediting her co writer seeing as he only mentioned her

[@acmegd]

The cinematography in this opening sequence is flat out remarkable. Gorgeous color, composition, and depth of field. That moment of realization, ushered in by a deep and sustained organ note… nothing else like it!

[@MetalAddict6810]

Wanky Hank's by your deep and meaningful comment, I can tell you're a very intelligent person.

[@adamscott7354]

You know I N T E R S T E L L A R also manages the same impact with the same method? Mindblowing homage by Zimmer

[@XF3DeX]

How could you not include the famous cut from the bone to the spaceship?

[@phuturephunk]

+Federico Pacheco I know, right?? That's like one of the most famous transitions in movie history.

[@em23]

+Federico Pacheco i would have inserted the monty python parody scene of the spaceship falling back and hitting the ape.

[@desu38]

+Federico Pacheco Right? It's the reason I'm here in the first place.

[@philcracken]

+Federico Pacheco You're so right. That's probably the best cut scene ever. Not including it is either a cruel joke or not understanding the brilliance of it.

[@Dan-ky5es]

+Federico Pacheco OMG I thought the exact same thing just now too!!! haha, Really should have added that transition at least!!

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

Alien 1: "you left a mattress back on that planet" Alien 2: "well we're not going back for it, don't worry nothing bad will happen..."

[@frankp3988]

I remember seeing this when I was 7 or 8 and being so unnerved I had nightmares. 30 years later and it evokes the same feelings. That is what the best movies do though - they make you feel something.

[@zeppy13131]

Keep in mind that this was achieved long before CGI.

[@vihaanle3010]

It was just a bunch of guys in costumes

[@jojosbazaar4833]

@Guilherme C. Probably teenagers

[@llVIU]

who would've guessed... you don't need CGI to make good writing. I know, crazy, right?

[@sickwidit7562]

@@llVIU wtf lol in what way does the comment have to do with the writing?

[@virginiasaintj]

@Perry Ellis This was the 60's; Detroit wasn't a complete wasteland yet.

[@americaneagle2076]

The Bone of a dead animal becomes the First Practical Tool....and the Survival of Man is Assured.

[@vader8867]

actually the beginning of the weapon industry.

[@Cuenta-ry4bm]

@@vader8867 the beggining of war and suffering... Thats the sad truth

[@summanus4437]

@Damp Toasted Bread If they were anything like modern apes, then those first three things aren't unlikely actually.

[@chrislapp9468]

Man's future is equally assured. This is what we are going to return to. Already on our way....

[@QueenBees456]

Not without fire

[@abc.animal5143]

0:01 i like that they used Tapirs in this scene to represent “prehistoric mammals” because they do look like that.

[@alexistate7069]

I showed this to my film class and we were outraged that the iconic final cut was excluded.... just warning people if you were expecting that transition you won't find it here.

[@robertmiles1603]

I'm not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens.

[@JayVas685]

What if Kubrick was the Alien?

[@robertherrick6703]

Is such a thing even possible?

[@robertmiles1603]

No, it's a joke on that ridiculous TV show Ancient Aliens.

[@robertherrick6703]

Robert Miles I know, mang. I was quoting the guy with the crazy hair from that show :D

[@CLASSICALFAN100]

**HILLBILLY ALIENS FROM OUTER SPACE!!** They're going to steal all our moonshine, for sure! Watch the Skies! (ROFL)

[@barrylyndon5552]

Dad made me watch it when I was 7 it freaked me out. Now I realise it is probably the best sci-fi movie ever. Cant wait till my kid is 6.

[@Grolev]

Oh man, same here! i remember watching this and thinking what the hell is going on.

[@viezeman]

not really the black obelisk explain that to a 4 year old never meant to be watched by childeren. make your own conclusion what this movie represent and let them watch it when they are 18 and tell them that this movie propelled the sci fi genre to a next level plus its a mindfuck movie . how better can it get

[@mortified0]

somot olovo Stealing other people's work? How? You're calling KUBRICK of all people unoriginal?

[@BettyJoBialofski]

Yeah, and all the girls loved Davy Jones.

[@BettyJoBialofski]

OK, so Disney's "Fantasia" should have landed him in prison?

[@vinzelrato]

this explanation of the using the tool (and thus standing on back feet) by grabing a carcass bone and thus to have the superiority on a greater number of rival apes ; the correlation between evolution and evil (notice the use of same low angle shot at 7:15 and the exact same angle in A clockwork orange in the Marina scene when Alex fights with his droogs and offers his hand to Dim while taking the dagger out of his stick) is pure genius ! No wonder why Kubrick made a movie on the A-Bomb (Dr Strangelove, 1964)

[@Owen-735]

Fun little detail I think I'm the only one who noticed. The first time they attack the lake (1:05) both sides are on all 4 legs. The second time around (7:46), the attackers use their bones/"tools" to help them win. *But they also stand on their back 2 legs and walk around on them, showing a small step of man's advancement.* Just something I noticed that I thought was cool.

[@nicc8268]

The first time I watched this film I ingested THC tea for the experience. After watching I drove out to an abandoned farm house that is free from light pollution. Viewing Orion's Nebula for the first time since the previous winter, and watching the sunrise, with the film still resonating in my mind ,is a moment I will cherish until the day I die.

[@BettyJoBialofski]

I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to GEICO.

[@ddriveddrive4986]

DEEP AMEN

[@JukesMcGee]

So TeaHC?

[@erinsparks7817]

Too real

[@forensicdarling]

Nicholas Grimaldi jesus christ. And you couldn't git something in there like "and there's nothing like a horse in full gallop"??

[@chrisferguson5381]

First major battle in the history of man was over a water hole and lasted 10 minutes LOL

[@Jamie-zl6mw]

Has much really except the length of time and weapons

[@shadowx7461]

The only thing worth to fight for, WATER

[@0Havianas]

@Devilman_ I understand you.... with atomic bombs... sad...

[@VeraMaier]

Why not let them take too this water and making a fucking party??

[@knightwind5967]

The last major battle in the history of man is going to be over the last remaining resources and it's going to last 10 minutes. 🤣🤣🤣

[@scottieray]

From bones to nuclear weapons...this film was on my mind after seeing Oppenheimer this weekend. I'll have to see Barbie next.

[@hrothgarnogar]

Loved the reference to this scene in Everything, Everywhere, All at Once

[@toptenviralvideos2077]

This is like watching some distant documentary from the future... very eerie...

[@banneruser7006]

Omg you are so right

[@bernardo9000]

Can't believe whoever edited this clip cut out the transition at the end, it's the whole point of the scene, jesus christ...

[@sablesasquatchproductions6395]

seriously 🙄🙄

[@hal2098]

Yeah and they also cut out when the sun went down, the deposed clan huddled together for shelter with fear in their eyes as they hear the sounds of predators in the night before waking to find the Monolith had come to them in their time of need. Both key elements of this sequence edited out.

[@theSTAR70]

Back when thus clip was uploaded, YT vids had a 10 minute limit, so in effect it really was like a cave man with a stick back tjen

[@dallasmoffis]

I came specifically for it too

[@PrimalElf]

One of the greatest movies of all time and one of the greatest moment in cinema history 06:00 Thank you Stanley Kubrick

[@premprasad3511]

The genius of Arthur clarke and Kubrick

[@ianalvord3903]

When God leaves his smart phone behind.

[@TheJupiteL]

Fortunately it's not Note 7.

[@justinisaac6190]

allah akbar

[@Randomcitizen820]

PeopleCallMe Daddy243 *internet blows up.

[@Rep0007]

After a little trial and error the apes figured out the touch screen interface and within 15 minutes they were all watching galactic cat videos.

[@matthewwelch4305]

Progress! And...that's about it.

[@michaelmisanthrope]

I think this is not only the greatest opening in the history of cinema, but that it is surely one of the most succinct statements on the human condition ever made. No poem nor social scientific treatment has ever described how little we have evolved--that we are really just apes with much more sophisticated clubs as does this wordless bit of cinematography. Thank you for posting this. Now I must watch the movie.

[@ruthie8785]

How little we have evolved? What?

[@michaelmisanthrope]

What I mean is that in spite of our technological advancements we are still fighting with each other over land, religion, mates, etc. I hope that our species lasts long enough for our moral selves to catch up to our amygdala--for everyone to have peace, love, and understanding.

[@weirdwalrus5757]

@@michaelmisanthrope Props for explaining the point you made 5 years ago, I agree with what you are saying. I think this theme in particular is quite prevalent in the works of Kubrick. The gangs in clockwork orange and the secret societies in eyes wide shut are more similar to the apes shown here than some of us would like to admit.

[@peacelove6632]

We are consciousness itself.

[@Jay-dm4id]

I was blown away by this sequence when I watched the movie high ...felt like eternity and I could just watch it forever

[@raptorbadger3131]

YOU LEFT OUT THE AMAZING CUT AT THE END. I know this is specific for the dawn of man but that transition is perfect and so satisfying.

[@ricardoquintero2783]

The music says it all no need for dialogue. Kubrick was a Pure genius

[@andrewguerra9343]

Ricardo Quintero films that can pull off a plot with little or no dialogue whatsoever is pure gold!

[@MrSebboxxx]

but without Richard Strauss ? The composer ...

[@michaelmotyka4965]

@@MrSebboxxx I've always struggled to say what my favorite piece of music is. But I can confidently say that this one is right up there. It is one of the most powerful pieces I have ever heard, and I like to close my eyes and listen to it without any preconceptions and past uses, including this movie. I get chills every time.

[@danielkriz7533]

Strauss is the real genius. Kubrick just put it to a film of a fake monkey.

[@danielkriz7533]

d this scene would be boring without Strauss. The only reason people remember it is because pf the music...

[@robreke]

This is a timeless scene from a timeless movie. After all these years, this scene still shows well and comes across in all of its profoundness. As another commenter mentioned, these 'early humans' look better than a lot of the modern day CGI stuff.

[@michaelclark9762]

@jabba da hutt They weren't even apes in the script. They were proto-humans.

[@treyburro5525]

Proto humans are apes, humans are apes.

[@salsal435]

@@treyburro5525 Homosapiens

[@HolaMundoTheMisteriousAG]

Planet of the Apes War

[@skeligun]

Actual 11/10 masterpiece. Kubrick is a legend.

[@juanbautistagiacomini1372]

No puedo entender todavía como esta escena logra emocionarme tanto al punto de hacer que me salga una lágrima, gracias por tanto kubrick

[@AndyJarman]

It's the dawn, that moment when light floods the darkness. It happens every day, it is conception.

[@mitchellelozano9809]

8:59 Man, that was savage af.

[@hemprope4326]

Absolute madlad

[@sloshed-rat]

Mmmmmmm-bish!

[@dalchimsky]

The moment when he tilts the head at 6:02 gives me chills every time

[@ulysses6863]

Yeah i know, It's like something is awakening on his brain

[@RomanesEuntDomus]

@@ulysses6863 It is, He is being taught by the monolith that appeared in shot 2 seconds before, how to use the bone as a tool/weapon. This is whole point of the sequence and the whole movie too, I believe.

[@davidbutler1857]

Trev Johns In Arthur C Clarke’s simultaneously written novelization, the monolith actually tinkers with our biology to introduce the needed intellect. But I like to think that the monolith itself just sparked a rare abstract thought or idea that we were already capable of

[@tonysabell7737]

That moment reminds me of the moment I decided to get clean and sober 15 years ago. Life has been beautiful for me ever since.

[@Samstar369]

tony sabell It sucks that there are people that do not value human life, their OWN lives, they would think of ending their lives, or want to watch the world burn. It’s just evil thoughts that cannot be forgiven. We are our own enemies and we must learn from ourselves and become our friends. That’s how we can gain respect and peace, not by fear or intimidation like these primates have millions of years ago. Scenes like these make me so touched and love humanity, love earth, even with the scary things that trigger my fears, even with the dangerous oceans, the microbial threats, and natural disasters, we still survived and even tamed some of the deadliest. No animal can tame another or anything else like humans have been doing for centuries, for millennia’s

[@dfsnsdfn]

wow what an incredible tribute to the Barbie movie! kubrick really had some great influences

[@MarkWilliams-ev1mb]

can’t believe 2001 has a Barbie reference that’s crazy

[@Jay_Flippen]

I'd say the first 5 or 6 that touch the monolith get all the way through graduate school.

[@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447]

we're you expecting a response like that?

[@GANDROID100]

YouDareNotSpeakMyName im confused

[@TRINZINI]

youdarenotspeakmyname ... Lighten up, dude.

[@Jay_Flippen]

Well... On a personal level, I believe "higher education" is unfortunately looked up to instead of looking up to education (lectures, papers, articles, and other works... sometimes free material) that brings one's understanding or experience with concepts and ideas to a new level. I do acknowledge that a college or university curriculum forces students to engage in areas of study that might otherwise be overlooked, either out of lack of desire or out of pure accident. Also, primatology is more often overlooked by dudes, so it is a female dominated arena. I have not studied primatology or apes for any lengthy amount of time, but I do have access to technology (sometimes via touch), and I have been using plenty of material provided by graduate schools, undergraduate programs, and sometimes K12 schools to further my insatiable curiosity upon which all effective learning is based. I do admit that I do not have a graduate degree though. The naive, highly curious, mystical and enchanted nature of these apes I do not consider to be necessarily a negative personified trait, providing downward social comparison to juxtapose myself or others with. I do recommend watching the KZbin video with the title "Isolated tribe man meets modern tribe man for the first time - Original Footage full". It provides an excellent example of how a modernized human can communicate (in a respectful nature) to a tribe of people who aren't tainted with all of the ailments and distractions of modern technology. More specifically, that video I just mentioned has the tribe members reacting with great curiosity and wonder towards simple items like mirrors, audio recordings, and various objects. They then share their tools. And thanks for the comment on my comment... I consider it to be a well composed message, especially for the public arena of KZbin. [-Official KZbin Ph.D holder]

[@libracortneyjoshua]

Or at least they're descendants

[@anonimniprofil3816]

It's like watching my wife's relatives.

[@calebc7338]

HAHAHA

[@anonimniprofil3816]

***** I bet you're a fine looking woman.

[@SaturnElena]

+Trump 2016 wow...

[@anonimniprofil3816]

***** Go back to Mexico.

[@anonimniprofil3816]

***** I don't speak mexican.

[@jameshughes7946]

Can't believe Kubrick was such a big Barbie fan he ripped of the teaser

[@jadesoda5305]

I watched this when i was 9 and remember the music so well i almost shed a tear watching this because of how well stanley kubrick uses sound to trigger emotion and turn a good scene into one of the greatest scenes ever to be shown in theaters

[@okokokokokokokokkook]

In my opinion, this is genuinely the greatest sequence in the history of film

[@hal2098]

they butchered it though when the sun went down, the deposed clan huddled together for shelter with fear in their eyes as they hear the sounds of predators in the night before waking to find the Monolith had come to them in their time of need. and the end when the bone transitions into the space station (modern technology). that's the whole point of the scene, edited out.

[@bingo4519]

Bruh who cares about ur opinion. Dumbass. You just listed what every other mf in the comment section is saying.

[@steveweiss7191]

Simply the best film ever made from every angle. And the Time Machine 1960 was also excellent

[@hxhdfjifzirstc894]

@@steveweiss7191 IMO it isn't 'entertaining' enough to say its the best film from every angle. It's better than most sci-fis, but most sci-fis suck. IMO something like Back to the Future is entertaining, has broad appeal, and well made in every aspect. Or perhaps The Ten Commandments 1956.

[@steveweiss7191]

Dawn of Man is without competition.

[@falloutman1843]

The sun emerging from behind the clouds as he brings the bone down is symbolic of leaving ignorance behind, i.e. enlightenment.

[@danielplainview2584]

It’s also a nod to the Eye of Providence, also a symbol of enlightenment.

[@JJ-zy1co]

I always saw it as a new horizon coming from their discovery

[@commie_sylveon6563]

i saw it as the future. somtimes in spore when you advance to tribal the moon or a other planet in the background which symbolises the achievments of your species in the future the same happens here

[@bingo4519]

Shut up

[@commie_sylveon6563]

@@bingo4519 what did he do?

[@VindicatedMuffins]

who's here after watching the trailer for Barbie (2023)?

[@FelixRosas10]

The craziest part to me, is that everything it took to _make_ this scene, the cameras, microphones, even the instruments, all probably stemmed from something not much different than what we see.

[@anonymanonymus3286]

But the song comes from Germany and was only used for this scene

[@iyziejane]

That's what the director implies by jumping from the bone club spinning in the air to the satellite orbiting the earth!

[@paris466]

Nice to see some things never change... ever after millions of years.

[@rayvn03]

I was just thinking that we aren't as far removed from these guys as we like to think we are.

[@josecasillas4081]

We aren't, we just use missles now instead of bone fragments.

[@hr-g4640]

jose casillas. In the streets of detroit they don't use missiles, as sad as it is humans hadn't achieve the society we want because we keep being pushed back by the ones who still want to act like savages

[@VixxKong2]

SparksFly That's the secret of immortality

[@blazesawyer7662]

Who’s here after the monolith was discovered in Utah

[@bandname]

I am.

[@Daniel-gt3zy]

What could it mean

[@bandname]

@@Daniel-gt3zy Either a mighty troll or the end of the world. Make a choice. With the way 2020 has gone I wouldn't be surprised if it's the latter.

[@Daniel-gt3zy]

@@bandname new world order kinda vibe

[@mikeoxlongolep3847]

Me!!

[@Buffy8Fan]

The _Barbie_ trailer brought me to rewatch a scene I haven't seen in years.

[@Buffy8Fan]

@xtrmst_012 The _Barbie_ trailer is parodying this scene.

[@iskandartaib]

If you watched the Barbie movie before having seen this first, I pity you.. 😂😂😂

[@Hikaliber]

I saw 2001 first

[@josephgomes6829]

This film is a masterpiece...

[@VeraMaier]

It made me depressive this mystic shit.

[@braddanrir1171]

Is better if you know the philosophie of Nietzsche

[@thomasreid2609]

A masterclass in how to make a shit movie

[@sy2590]

Thomas Reid you have shit taste. This movie is true art.

[@neilpirelli9240]

Super deep to an 8th grader then you realize it's trash

[@williamamodei1257]

by far the trippiest movie to exist

[@94oGs]

You clearly haven't seen The Wall

[@jesuschrist4828]

Appacolypse Now is trippy

[@coolbuzztastywaves4720]

Saw on 2 hits of LSD with me bandmates... what a trip haha

[@TheMilkMan8008]

Ever seen The Butterfly Effect while high?

[@coolbuzztastywaves4720]

The Milk Man I haven’t. Sober tho

[@geda5479]

Who's here for the Barbie reference?

[@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69]

When the ape realized he could use the bone he had an epiphany. Epiphysis is the name of the bone he grabbed and the Epiphysis Gland is your Pineal Gland.

[@ballsthatclank]

It would be a comedy movie if the object was a basketball.

[@toiletroom]

+ReturnTrip Lmfao

[@CarlosRiveraFernandez]

+ReturnTrip bro that is so horribly politically incorrect...i love it

[@LockeRobsta]

+ReturnTrip Don't fake the funk on a nasty dunk!

[@laurentfournier561]

+ReturnTrip it would be a mel brooks movie not a kubrick one ;-)

[@Chris-0703]

Easy humor is not funny, just like you

[@adamarmstrong622]

Videos like this send my mind down a rabbit whole thinking of the infinite amount of struggles and misery life has gone through to eventually get to us and the no doubt extreme teetering on the edge of billion year set backs or complete annihilation that thankfully didn’t and hopefully don’t happen until we secure survival on multiple star systems

[@GuzmanMPetit]

I would not be so sure about that last part though

[@guywithaballsack6966]

Guzmán M. Petit lmao yeah most humans are trash

[@JoshuaRWorkman]

Assuming we ever do get to a point of colonizing other star systems, human nature being what it is, the possibility of us destroying ourselves is still there, and even if we somehow don't, the eventual heat death of the universe will make it all pointless anyway.

[@mikepastor.k6233]

@@JoshuaRWorkman the only escape is time travel or multidimensional noodling.

[@ScoutSniper3124]

This scene plays out in the rougher parts of cities all across America to this day. Chicago being a prime example.

[@jamesdrynan]

No one who saw this film in 1968 will ever forget that experience. It was a revelationary movie for future directors like Lucas and others.

[@paul3003mathew]

Seeing the scene where our ancestors started using weapons still fill me with wonder and awe

[@shriharihudli]

+Gunther360 I love the smell of napalm in the morning... Oh wait, sorry. Wrong movie.

[@shriharihudli]

***** Man, I haven't the slightest clue. You're better off just googling for an explanation. I'm sure someone, somewhere in some corner of the Internet has answers to all your questions.

[@salaciousjrick2530]

+Gunther360 The Monolith is a tool made by aliens used to advance humans through evolution. The first time an ape touched it, he learned how to use the tool, when man touched it millions of years later, he stepped through another piece of evolution and evolved into a higher dimensional being. Some people think he turned into the next "God" helping humans advance.

[@carlosv6813]

+JRickTV That was an iphone!

[@carlosv6813]

New Technology! It works!

[@CbsMousealot]

The fact that someone has captured this contrast in such a spectacular and breathtaking manner to me is... Truly astounding. To show THE moment in which we evolve as a species, that we can USE tools that will accelerate the evolution of human kind in film is a marvel. It is the tool that gave us the edge, to allow us to hunt more effectively, increase our survivability and expand as a species. It was the first step. I wish the next scene was part of this video too, as that shows the JUMP that we have made as a species. To have gone from bone smashing monkeys in the dirt to the creation of AI and space travel. This in hand with the masterful soundtrack proves to me to be something truly epic. Bravo, and thank you for this piece :)

[@ruthie8785]

This isn’t actually the way we learned to use tools btw.

[@Frankie-be5uv]

You must have been there@@ruthie8785

[@SamuelBlack84]

​@@ruthie8785Just imagine if it was

[@chivenyc]

I had to mansplain the beginning of Barbie to my wife, and showed her this after the movie. So uncultured.

[@FilmandTVFan]

I don’t think I can look at this scene the same way again after today, lol

[@ClaylandStudios]

I also have ALWAYS loved the use of Requiem by Ligeti in this scene. It matches the idea of apes not only seeing a perfectly flat object for the first time in their entire lives but are receiving intelligence and knowledge beyond their comprehension, they just gather around in awe and wonder, as all audio cuts out and we only hear the ghastly alien voices of the choir build to a high climax

[@felonmastermason6073]

Touching the monolith you gain +1 mental capacity

[@spazz8682]

If somebody touched it today what do u think they will learn?

[@antonhallergren588]

@@spazz8682 what David experienced at the end of the film.

[@supertommy1000ify]

Not only It gives you also 1000 social credit

[@nkuniverse7856]

​@@antonhallergren588what do you think would happen if a gorilla touched it

[@userjeremysheeran]

No man you didn’t get it. they are licking it. taking vitamins and minerals from there via sublingual absorption. Mostly Iron. Which is known to be came from Jupiter or somewhere to the Earth. Children who have iron deficiency lick rocks and irons around. Maybe that iron started to increase mental capacity, little by little.

[@annastasia4403]

This scene was parodied in the new Barbie movie

[@rob41137]

The monolith taught the monkeys they each have a spooky scary skeleton inside and they didn’t have to starve as vegetarians.

[@ronswanson4966]

This might be the greatest movie ever made as far as intelligence and relevance to the human race. I think everyone should see this movie.

[@artloverivy]

+Oğuz Bulut The monolith (The rectangular object) is an alien machine that helps species evolve. After the apes interacted with the monolith, they developed tools and soon evolved into modern day man. If you haven't seen the film I HIGHLY recommend it.

[@paulee4927]

The monolith is more or less a symbol, a parable for evolutionary steps...

[@kingv911]

Best bet is to just watch the movie.

[@lazarradovanovic4652]

Already Did (10000000001 times)

[@bonbonpony]

_"If you haven't seen the film I HIGHLY recommend it."_ The problem is that he would probably need the Monolith to understand this movie :q

[@h.a.b.arguille1896]

This film has always and will always give me a feeling of real awe. Kubrick was the da Vinci of cinema. He was more than just a man. He was an anomaly of artistic history, one that we only see every few centuries.

[@cameronpickard7456]

agree was 1 of a kind

[@ihsahnakerfeldt9280]

I think there's no movie in history that is more deserving of the title "ahead of its time."

[@vicvicvic1077]

Nice barbie reference

[@yveltalpoderoso1303]

Can’t believe Barbie starts with a reference to this

[@Someonesaidthis]

This movie was WAY ahead of it's time!

[@animeisdead]

One of the most brilliant moments in cinema history, its not even funny how iconic and amazing this scene is

[@titicaca.]

Why would it be funny? 😂😂

[@unmixedunmastered2810]

@@titicaca.cus it’s too good to be TRUE

[@gilian2587]

Meh, Andromeda Strain is better...

[@MichaelRomanov-li4gt]

Great art is always produced in time of chaos and turmoil...1968 was such a time

[@fake-empire]

Did they get the idea for this from the Barbie teaser trailer?

[@l.nina225]

Ofc

[@MCO18]

One of the best movies to watch while stoned. You just basically go “whoa” the whole time

[@duckfanatic]

I’m fucking blowed and I’m trippin

[@omgwtfbbq_1]

What about lsd

[@mclovinpo]

Lex me and my friends did that one night tripping, it was beautiful and hilarious. also went to the iMax showing stoned to the bone

[@omgwtfbbq_1]

@@mclovinpo you have some cool friends

[@amstrad79b]

You Americans... don't you have anything better to do than consume narcotics all the time?

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

I threw a bone up into the air the other day at work and nothing happened....

[@thefrogzilla2]

where did you get a bone

[@paulpena5040]

Didn't throw it high enough. You have to really give it a heave-ho before it turns into a space station.

[@MadHattress]

The Frogzilla KFC

[@paolita9618]

Just wait a few million years

[@ssdivizion]

Hehe,what a comment,this is for reward

[@honkhonk8009]

new barbie movie looks sick

[@bobbyricigliano2799]

If the foundation of human evolution was dependent on creatures of my intellect, we'd still be hopping around in that puddle.

[@seanoreilly9950]

7:00 ape hitting bones with other bones accompanied by one of the most amazing musical scores of all time

[@skyhr]

To anyone who doesn't understand this scene: Basically, the two monkey tribes are competing for resources. One tribe comes into contact with this alien monolith (we can tell it's from an "alien" source because it's precisely cut). The monolith triggers the next step of evolution by enhancing their mental faculties, leading them to start using tools. Having learned to use the bones as tools, they defeat the rival tribe, gain resources, and continue to evolve. Fast forward many years, and there's us, having built space ships. In the latter half of the movie, the monolith appears again. This time, it grants sentience to the artificial intelligence HAL. It starts to disobey orders and makes questions for itself. Again, it's the alien monolith doing things to trigger the next step of evolution. In the end, the monolith triggers the astronaut, and near the end of the movie, we see the signature scene where he sees himself progressively getting older in a room from multiple camera angles. He becomes really old, and then sees himself as this new baby floating on the bed. Then there's a scene with a lot of lights flooding in. This scene is telling us that humankind has reached its next step in evolution - some transcendent form of sentient life - just as human beings progressed from the apes in the beginning of the movie.

[@ishaansejpal249]

Well said.

[@Shatamx]

Love your comment just wanted to add to the first part. There diet also changes from the use of the bone tool. They now introduced meat into there diet. That extra protein must of made them stronger than there rivals. And is a key turn in mans evolution during the movie.

[@bman342a]

Thanks for your comment. It has also triggered the introduction of warfare and the idea of using tools as both weapons and hunting. But clearly there is a question, as the leader holds and contemplates the bone, as to which will be more important, as it was in fact or fantasy the first murder weapon.

[@hello11197]

Teeny tiny correction: it’s not that the monolith triggers the next step in their evolution, it just gives them the chance. The book goes into beautiful detail on this entire opening sequence.

[@skyhr]

@@hello11197 Awesome! Thanks for the clarification! :)

[@MichaelRomanov-li4gt]

The greatest film in history...

[@Hgh38]

Pov: you came here from Barbie