2001: A Space Odyssey - The Monolith On The Moon

[@DarkSt0rm009]

this monolith was brought to you by the letter "E" being chanted for a very long time

[@L00PdeL00P]

Subtitles; e e e e e e e e e e eee e e eeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEeeeeeEeeEeeEeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeEEEEEEEEEEEEwÔ:ÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔ.

[@gc3k]

Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@calfman3333]

Did you just predict a meme 4 years before it happened?

[@d3vitron779]

Are you a time traveler Holy shit

[@elubrium7322]

He was ahead of his time...

[@dovestones]

I'd have a lot more respect for modern horror films if they featured a score like this.

[@PokeFan515]

+dovestones This particular piece is Requim by Ligeti, a Scandanavian (I think) surrealist composer. His music was actually used without permission as the director, Kubrick couldn't find a film score composer that matched it.

[@jasmineschneider5212]

+Fin Partridge No, he is a hungarian composer

[@artisanone]

+dovestones Look up "The Witch" ;)

[@dovestones]

+xEcstaCx funnily I was reading a review of that recently

[@artisanone]

soundcloud.com/milanrecords/mark-korven-calebs-seduction-from-the-witch-ost Towards the end you'll find what you're looking for

[@theshadowman7691]

This is lovecraftian horror, it shatters your worldview, and gives you no answers, only more questions. No explanation, no understanding, only mystery, only your own thoughts.

[@FREEK777ful]

It wouldn't surprise me at all if the director for Arrival got inspiration for the alien's ship from this scene.

[@dak4465]

"an eldritch creature the likes of which i cant describe" every time lovecraft described a creature ever

[@trollmaster3706]

@@FREEK777ful Arrival was a bad movie btw...

[@FREEK777ful]

@@trollmaster3706 oh, ok.

[@yseson_]

Questions are the driving force behind the universe

[@timjames3636]

I absolutely love Kubrick's hand held camera as they descend into the excavation pit. From that angle its as if You are walking right down the ramp with them. Awesome shot

[@dixi936]

This shot with the hand-held camera and the subjective point of view of the astronauts descending is equally what struck me the most ! It's the climax of tension in this scene !

[@tommydarko1984]

Way ahead of its time. Looks like it was filmed in the 90's at the earliest.

[@jamestulk5111]

As you walk with the Astronauts down the ramp, you are one of them. The focus of the camera is constantly on the monolith.

[@Trainy2]

It adds a real sense of realism into it. Like you're watching a documentary

[@AB25a1]

Imagine actually being there, nervous and surrounded by colleagues in space suits.

[@LuigiMan311]

Was anyone else terrified during this scene? The creepy music as they approach the monolith, which they know nothing about, it freaked me out so much. And the second the ringing noise came on it scared the shit out of me lol.

[@olleronn616]

LuigiMan311 It's honestly one of the most unsettling scenes I can think off. Mostly because the implications of a purely artifical artifact found on the Moon would have on our image of the Universe.

[@maxwellgeller6318]

LuigiMan311 Me too! The singing really set off the creepiness

[@scottnevard1277]

LuigiMan311 certainly gives me goosebumps when i watch it.the music gives the scene an air of tension that makes for brilliant moviemaking.

[@alexkrycek21]

LuigiMan311 Agreed. Watched this film for the first time on a flight across to the States. Really hate flying anyway. This scene and the moment when HAL kills the 3 scientists in deep sleep really scared me. Wasn't the most comforting movie to watch on a plane.

[@SunsetSideVet]

alexkrycek21 Coming from australia?

[@ambientvirtual]

I think what made this scene so impactful on the first viewing is the utter ambiguity and terror of the monolith's very limited screen time in the film. So much time has passed since the prehistoric intro scene that by the time you get to this part, you may have already forgotten about the monolith entirely. To see that everything in the half hour or so from the intro was actually leading back to this nameless, mysterious black object is really terrifying in a primal way. You don't understand it, or why it was there before, and now it's back, like some higher power invading the very plot structure of the film itself

[@radomira5645]

It's not primarily about the monolith, the monolith is just a symbol. It's life we don't understand. This sequence is about life in general and it is about us and who we are. It's about the world and us and the most important questions in life (where are we coming from and where are we going). Life itself is the secret in itself which we humans will never never fully and truly understand. We were not made to understand it to the fullest. Only God is.

[@Jowanoofy_ZO]

​@@radomira5645 there many type of monolith 1 is life 2. Transmitter and etc.

[@CDOLPHIN]

it's so crazy to think this movie was made before man had even been on the moon. definitely a lot of inspiration from the space and the Cold War influence at the time

[@CDOLPHIN]

space race*

[@burgerswithgoys9905]

are you a college student?

[@HippieGoddess142]

Cristian Gonzales The man went to the moon a year later too

[@gc3k]

This movie was made before anyone took a clear picture of planet Earth, nevermind Earth as seen from the Moon

[@yneshAshanti]

Man has not been to the moon yet. It’s 2019, let’s all try to be on the same page here.

[@CH-wp5hp]

I searched '2001: a space odyssey eeeeeeee' to find this.

[@WoodMagnet2]

"This is a test. For the next thirty seconds, this monolith will conduct a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. This is only a test."

[@drewstar412]

Brilliant! Luv it!!!

[@huntofthehill2126]

2001:a space odyssey is simple the best and scariest movie ever made. Today people think horror is just pop ups but true horror is things like this.

[@jasonraczkowski6001]

exactly

[@solitary-sun]

Everything is faceless, the fear plays on your own imagination.

[@viscountalpha]

The unknown can be truly terrifying.

[@solidcrock0133]

its the fact that the monolith is just a blank slate aswell as the dramatic music building up to something that we don't know yet is what makes it genuinely tense (and terrifying for some).

[@johnthedude1000]

the shining ! scary also

[@robertsides3626]

Sound Engineer: "Alright Kubrick. Got any ideas for the broad score of the film? Kubrick: "I was thinking... bees. But they aren't just your average bees. They're GHOST bees."

[@zachguo6372]

it's ligeti requiem, the Kyrie

[@fletchy40]

Don't touch it, you'll make the great domino mad

[@asrieldreemurr4779]

Lol

[@catman8965]

Do they deliver? I'll take mine with pepperoni. Is there extra charges for delivery outside the solar system?

[@ElysiumCreator]

I’m dying right now, seriously, can someone help

[@joetrident9503]

Dominos............ (we've got this) 🤣

[@leafy3826]

lel

[@hanyolo2011]

how was this made in the 60s!

[@viscountalpha]

Stanley Kubrick was certainly one of a kind. It's incredibly impressive what he did with how limited his resources were in that time. Certainly a visionary.

[@superrok420]

There are a very select few that have the vision and hard work it takes in order to perfect your craft. Nowadays it's about just make as much money as you can in Hollywood and fuck perfection. Let's make money! Finish this movie in 1 year not 3!

[@gc3k]

Why is it 50 years later and most movies today suck?

[@reneye1813]

A monolith taught them

[@ajarmetta]

Thats why stanley kubrick made the moon landings

[@Chyrosran22]

Such a bone-chilling moment in a film that's not even trying to be horror. Simply spectacular. And it didn't even need any dialog or text of any kind!

[@SqualingtonConstantine]

0:25 I absolutely love the way they stop and just stare at the monolith. It's a really big contrast to the the proto-humans/apes, who confronted the monolith with aggression at first.

[@timtam2126]

love this music...best played alone at night loudly

[@Emppu_T.]

i too, like to live dangerously.

[@tripleaaa4409]

Emppu T. Haha

[@reneye1813]

Do you want existential night terrors because that’s how you get existential night terrors

[@JJvsEVIL]

My favorite scene of any movie ever made. Between audio and cinematography it's so perfectly horrifying.

[@dvdextras-byvincentcorani9136]

people say the latter after the 2016 election.

[@tripleaaa4409]

When I watched it in cinema some people walked out. I saw one lady started crying. I spilt my drink all over me but didn’t notice, I had just accepted that I wet myself.

[@natewhite8539]

Probably the most influential sci fi movie scene I have ever seen in my life. Wow.

[@CarlosGarcia-yg9je]

Conductor: "That was great. Tomorrow we'll record the letter I."

[@sauronstea1758]

I was mega stoned when I first saw this film, tripped me tf out. but for some reason this score just sank into my head and I had to listen to it again it's so horribly good

[@TayPetracek]

Such frightening music, jesus.

[@Trespahsser]

Much horror, wow

[@bradwinstanley6290]

Such Kubrick.

[@MentalParadox]

Jesus? No. Monolith.

[@tripleaaa4409]

This is the thing that you will fear in heaven.

[@reneye1813]

For your information Christ was just trying to make his music pleasant, that’s your opinion

[@DetroitLove4U]

This score is great for stepping into Denny's.

[@dvdextras-byvincentcorani9136]

As a Brit I went there as no other place was open while on holiday.

[@SuperCabrito14]

More like golden corral

[@ArtofLunatik]

At 3am in the morning

[@InstazomeASMR]

lmao literally laughing out loud

[@bandfromtheband9445]

This was the very first scene that Kubrick filmed for 2001, starting on December 26th, the day after Christmas, 1965. It lasted for several days. During takes, the actors took off their helmets and continuously smoked cigarettes, Kubrick included, and put them out in the washed, gray sand beneath their feet on the soundstage in England. A crew had to come in to rake the "moonscape" smooth and remove the cigarette butts, take after take! (Can you imagine finding a cigarette filter for Marlboro on the surface of the Moon)? You can easily find shots of this scene on the internet where everyone is smoking on set. Too funny! Sunlight finally hits the monolith after being buried under the Moon's surface for millions of years, sending the alarm to it's creators that a lifeform, "us humans", had the smarts and the technology enough to finally uncover it. So it sends out a beacon to it's creators, some alien race, and it releases a very strong, directional signal to the planet Jupiter. In essence saying, "GO HERE NEXT!" which they do, 18 months later. The problem is, the first 2 crewman on the Discovery mission were never told the reason for the mission. Only the 3 astronauts in hibernation had this knowledge. Poole and Bowman were only going through the motions to get the Discovery 1 into Jupiter orbit, revive the 3 other crew members (remember, the only 3 who were aware of the mission objective) and only then it could be explained to the incredulous Poole and Bowman what was really taking place. HAL made sure that it never happened because he simply could not keep a secret, more or less (attributable to "human" error) - and that is the simplest take on the last 3rd of the film! (I could explain more, but you can find the answers yourself by wading through the tens of thousands of other explanations for this incredible story, or why not simply READ THE NOVEL)? Personally, my favorite film of all time....it still brings on the goosebumps and still brings my emotions to the front for many scenes, especially the ending, when whatever beings that had been watching and observing us for millions of years didn't let Bowman expire, but brought his body and soul back to life as a child to keep observing "our" lifeform and to keep trying to understand "us humans." At the end of the novel, the reborn Bowman detonates all of the nuclear weapons orbiting above the earth simply because, he preferred "a cleaner sky."

[@troymacgill7558]

I hate it when a superior intellect looks upon humanity's megatons of orbiting nuclear firepower as mere "toys" scattered about in the backyard...

[@daviddave7392]

Interesting that the choral piece had been finished in 1966, but it wasn't written for this scene; it just happened to be perfect for it.

[@radiootoo]

So, the ending is about as ambiguous as the one Kubrick supplies us in DR. STRANGE- LOVE. The more I think about how derivative 2001 is, the more I like THE CONQUEST OF SPACE (1954).

[@douglashenry6996]

My father took us 3 kids to see this at the Uptown Theater in DC, which showed it continuously for years. Since I was the only one that had read the book, my siblings peppered me with questions afterwards wanting to know what the ending meant. As brilliant as Kubrick's vision for this movie was, in the end he forgot that he was telling a story, and many viewers were left scratching their heads after seeing it.

[@michaelhall2709]

@@douglashenry6996No, not really. You can fault Kubrick’s judgement if you like, but he was absolutely aware of what he was doing, and how audiences were likely to react.

[@jawoody9745]

You can't feel it from a KZbin video, but if you ever have the chance to see this film on a big screen, this recurring (musical) theme in the film, called "Requiem" composed by György Ligeti, (it happens three times in the film) is chilling to listen to and to watch. It is especially frightening the last time it comes up, when Discovery is deep in Jupiter space, the Discovery ship and crew are dead and Dave Bowman, very much alive, leaves for the last time for the trip of his life that concludes with the end of his life and the beginning of his next.

[@roloug95]

Just waiting for my boy TARS to say some sarcastic shit when Dr. Heywood touches him

[@vantave9946]

XD YES!

[@ImperialJenga]

That would be hilarious, instead of being found near Jupiter. TARS gets transported back in time and is lodged into the moon for god knows how long.

[@ryanopal2792]

roloug95 CASE: The Monolith talks plenty for the three of us...

[@kidofsteel0362]

lmao! TARS is a descendant of the Monolith lol

[@themocaw]

Interesting fact: the earth is depicted as very pale blue because Kubrick knew the albedo of Earth was 0.38. It wasn't until the Apollo missions that they realized the blue oceans should have been way darker and the white clouds much more opaque.

[@dixi936]

1:09 This shot with the hand-held camera and the subjective point of view of the astronauts descending is exceptionnal !

[@ragejoona431]

A many of you do know that Nasa did in fact hire Kubrick to fake the moon landings, but what a lot of people don't know is that since Kubrick was a perfectionalist, he demanded they'd shoot the scenes on location.

[@grandbluepianistofthesky9469]

RageJoona Thats only a conspiracy theory, but you're right about Kubrick being a perfectionist.

[@mattbarnes964]

RageJoona I really hope you don't believe such bilge. As an exoplanetary scientist I not only own telescopes capable of seeing man made objects on the moon but have worked at the Keck observatory in Hawaii and asu observatory in the atacama desert, with pieces able to discern the very outlines of said objects and surface features of their surroundings.

[@augustopinochet6899]

@@mattbarnes964 demanded they shoot the scenes on location

[@CH-wp5hp]

@@mattbarnes964 he is joking

[@FreeOrderBallPerseverance21]

RageJoona ... So, shoot it on the Moon? :)

[@nimos1]

I love Kubrick's sense of humour in showing the astronauts casually lining up for a group photograph as if they are tourists visiting an attraction.

[@ryder536]

I wonder if the monolith "told" Floyd anything, like it did with the ape earlier. Perhaps it implanted in his mind to send the Jupiter mission

[@York22]

I pretty sure it did

[@themocaw]

I don't think so. The first monolith taught the protohumans sapience, but this monolith was a test. It broadcast a message to Jupiter when exposed to sunlight. The only way it could activate is if the humans went to the moon, found the magnetic anomaly, and dug it up. The humans would then have to trace the message to Jupiter and follow it to the third Monolith. It was a test to see if their creation would have the knowledge, courage, and curiosity needed to follow the trail.

[@HailAnts]

The most important moment in this scene is when Floyd carefully reaches out and touches the monolith. There we were, 100,000 years more advanced, and yet he reacts to the monolith exactly the same way the primitive ape man did..

[@GermanLealplus]

This scene is the scariest thing i saw in a movie ever

[@MovieReviewDude]

Why? Haha

[@BenoSaradzic]

it's one thing to look at this scene as an adult in 2016. Quite another to see it as a kid, back in the 70s when I first saw the movie. I totally agree with G.L. It was a blood chilling, terrifying scene. You just -knew- humans weren't supposed to be there and what they did, was forbidden.

[@superrok420]

The constant eerie moaning or whatever noise is unsettling alone.

[@SamsonovAnton]

Another worthwhile mention is the Monster from the Id scene from “Forbidden Planet”, which was filmed even earlier - in 50s (when Leslie Nielsen was an action star). Despite containing very primitive imposed graphics, it still looks very impressive nowadays.

[@joeyuzwa891]

This scene and the rape scene in Midsommar are the most fucking horrifying pieces of cinema I’ve ever seen. The former because it perfectly captures the essence of pure cosmic/eldritch horror, and the latter because it’s so believable and so disturbing.

[@reymontera1447]

Who’s here after the monolith was found in Utah?

[@OliverWoodphotography]

This is still the best, most intelligent, profound and beautiful SciFi film ever made. It has almost limitless depth and even now can reveal new meanings or stand up to fresh scrutiny. Kubrick created such a lot of verisimilitude in this film. The silence of the vacuum of space and the incomprehensible nature of an encounter with a vastly superior intelligence. It makes everything else in the genre seem dumb.

[@MegaOCER]

I really glad that they kept the song on the gozilla halo jump in the movie it gave me goosebumps, AWESOME song AWESOME movies!

[@jamescobb1288]

Yeah worked so well for the Godzilla scene, made me feel anxious and had so much mystery

[@jawoody9745]

Major goosebumps!!

[@howardcraft6531]

Hi!But you know that it's not just a "song"?It's a piece of modern classic music from the Hungarian composer György Ligeti.:) This scene and his music gives me always goosebumps-the handheld camera-look makes it soo creepy..unforgettable.

[@emadwolf10]

James Cobb yeah because 2001 movie was mystery

[@AntonNidhoggr]

Howard Craft yeah, he made some really bizarre requiems and even his "Lux Aeterna" piece sounds creepy to me. It fits the movie pretty well, I must admit :-)

[@SassoStudios]

I'm sure many have asked before I, but what is the name of this song? Who composed it? It's breathtaking. Thanks for the upload.

[@fordwk]

They used it in Godzilla 2014

[@AlexXxtestify]

I think its a part of Gyorgi Lighting Lux Aeternum (spelling is probably way off)

[@indomiepanggang4258]

@@fordwk what part

[@illuwariaa]

Hi in 10 years

[@IronGazille]

Damn ten year old comments are nostalgic

[@NostalgicMem0ries]

scariest music/sound ever i dont know why but everytime i listed to this i imagine dead people rising again... hell and stuff like this... creepy as shit

[@tripleaaa4409]

Nostalgic memories not as scary as the insidious soundtrack, jeepers.

[@channingbloom976]

This is honestly one of the terrifying scenes of all time. And it doesn't even have a jump scare

[@talkaboutwacky]

It’s strange but there was a period in my life where I’d fall asleep watching this DVD every night. I would always be jostled awake when the buzzing sounded and it’d scare the crap out of me every time lol! There were other times I’d wake up with one of the haunting songs like this one on and that too would scare the crap out of me

[@joelj1355]

A stunning sequence…..the music, and particularly the change at about 2:08, sets my hair on end.

[@SerialExperimentsPro]

one the most powerful sequences in cinema history. you can FEEL the fear/fascination for the unknown. great art.

[@PopeLando]

The first day of shooting 2001 - 50 years ago today, 29 December 1965.

[@timedrifter117]

3 years after hi good sent me 3

[@davidleallopez8827]

Who is watching this after they found that monolith in Utah?

[@shimsham117]

yup.. some apocalyptic shit, right???

[@anjavuik1718]

They found one in The Netherlands to 😆😆

[@foxdiemmxx]

Who ever told you that you are the typical example of an echo chamber? But someone had to say it didn't they?

[@davidleallopez8827]

@@foxdiemmxx wtf hahaha

[@tdaniel7258]

Play this music when you see it!

[@stainlesssteelfox1]

0:50 Turns to look at other astronauts. "Can anyone else hear a creepy choir going 'eeeeeeee'?"

[@rafarga1980]

2016 and still no moon base. The development of space technology and exploration has been so slow.

[@Doctor699]

It's the politics of it. The moon landing was the finish line marked by Kennedy in the space race. He challenged America to do something that seemed impossible. He made the speech before American's had even orbited the Earth yet. It was a battle in the cold war. I sometimes wonder what would have happened if the Soviets had reached the moon first. Considering space funding comes from the taxpayers in the states, i think America would have spent more on the moon and keeping the Soviets in check. Even if the Soviets had landed second, there'd be the public pressure to keep an eye on their activities on the moon, and maybe instead of the ISS right now we'd have the Lunar International Moon Base. Just a few thoughts and ideas.

[@tristanjohnson3937]

Its all privatized. You actually should be thanking Space X for a lot right now.

[@cxeroannuki2840]

dumbshits whine about their taxes and cut funding to NASA, even though they've always spent a relatively tine amount of tax money. you know what really sucks away your tax money? education, healthcare, and infrastructure. so idiotic, uniformed voters have slowed scientific development to a crawl because they want negligibly lower taxes. at least we're doing OK in the medical/computer science fields...

[@gc3k]

Imagine 2068 and the world is mostly the same as it is now

[@renatoramos8834]

@@gc3k That would be a victory, considering the hellhole we seem to be heading into.

[@kevinwalsh8933]

Unfortunately, a key part of this scene was cut from the theatrical release version. In the theater version, the action cuts a few times to show the light from the Sun moving across the Moon. Then just before the Monolith blasts out it’s radio signal, sunlight 3:30 touches its surface for the first time in over 3 million years. So the Monolith ‘knew’ when sunlight hit it, than an intelligent race had dug it up. *This* was the trigger for the radio blast.

[@philrob1978]

Even 52 years later, this scene remains terrifying. Was lucky enough to see it on the big screen for its 50th anniversary, even though I'd seen it plenty of times before, my heart was pounding during this. A completely unknowable presence such as the Monolith would be a frightening discovery for us mere mortals. Though there have been some very funny comments here, so that's fun.

[@viknaking2]

How many of you are here after the monolith found in Utah ?

[@viviennetan8370]

When I read the article regarding the monolith in Utah, I thought of the Space 2001 movie.

[@themocaw]

I just realized: we know they're talking to each other, but we never hear what they're saying. . . because the camera is located outside the spacesuits. All we hear is the sound of the monolith.

[@ultrablue123]

Just saw a screening of 2001 in an actual theater and lemme tell you, when that tone hit it was LOUD. Actual made you feel like you were right there with the scientists. Amazing.

[@natepeace1737]

Saw it at an Imax theater recently for the 50th anniversary rerelease and it was incredible! Like I’ve never seen the film before. The piercing whine at the end of the scene powered by the massive Imax speakers was incredibly loud and disturbing. Triumphant masterpiece of a film!

[@allenjones3130]

"2001" was originally screened in Cinerama, a forerunner of IMAX.

[@MattMcIrvin]

I must have seen this scene many, many times before I realized that the final shot of the Sun and Earth over the monolith has to be completely non-representational--we see even in earlier shots in the same scene that the Earth isn't a crescent directly overhead, and in fact it can't ever be from that location. For much of its length before the final section, "2001" is one of the hardest science-fiction movies ever made, and then there are these moments when Kubrick flies completely free of any such considerations, but slips them in so masterfully that you don't even notice.

[@DigitalApex]

Still blows my mind this was filmed in the 1960s.

[@jasont7604]

I saw this in IMAX and the damn monolith scared the hell out of me while rupturing my ears.

[@snailpeeps]

I agree and it really makes you feel like you’re apart of the movie.

[@jg1681]

oh i saw it in imax too!

[@rodrigogarcia727]

0:47 "uhm, are you guys seeing this?"

[@moonshine3251]

C’mon fellas let’s take a selfie, monolith: EEEEEEeEEEE!

[@sethbright7615]

I legit thought my tv speakers broke or something watching this

[@YuriyLapitskiy]

Say "CheEEEEEEEEEEEEEese" :-)

[@renn__e__7912]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@mr_insult6192]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY

[@jamesfunk7614]

The astronaut touching the monolith reminded me of Moon-watcher touching the monolith. The astronaut was likely a descent of Moon-watcher. I wonder if it is the same monolith?

[@Rubensgardens.Skogsmuseum]

I like the symbolic ending of the scene where the sun, earth and monolith are perfectly aligned. Stanley was smart enough to know that this could never happen. Still he let it in to the film, maybe because it was beautiful. Or to tell that there are more of them out there.

[@sabrinafojo2490]

He isn't wrong. The monolith's is the representation of the void your TV monitor

[@HusbandofLois]

Its the exact same shot as when the prehistoric humans encounter the monolith, I thought it was used to convey what the monolith was doing

[@sidneyfrederickson3941]

The monolith is an alarm. Buried on purpose but radiating low level magnetism to attract interest. When it was excavated and lit by the sun, it sends out a pulse to the monolith orbiting Jupiter, which relays it to the builders. That lets the builders know humans have evolved to the point of space travel and are ready for contact.

[@heybooitsme6016]

@@sidneyfrederickson3941 the explanation I was looking for. Thank you. This explanation is in the book?

[@sidneyfrederickson3941]

@@heybooitsme6016 Yes in even more detail. The aliens are only referred to as "The Builders" having long since evolved past the need for physical bodies, which is why they are never seen.

[@waterboi4846]

mmm imagine being a construction worker being exposed to that thing making that facility only for the scientist to experience horror

[@LightAndDarkMdness02]

This song was used in the new Godzilla movie trailer, i guess this means shit's going to go down.

[@danieljalderson]

Then monolith!

[@isaiahphillip4112]

Actually it means there's going to be a four minute headache inducing build up until cutting to scene just before you though shite would go down.

[@lazydonkey5401]

It means more people won't be able to spel

[@tristanjohnson3937]

It was a smart movie, Godzilla was. Pissed you off on purpose so that you would appreciate the scenes with Godzilla that much more.

[@marekandreansky1391]

THANK YOU!!! It was making me crazy, where I heard that sound :D Now I can go to sleep.

[@luthermcgee432]

Magnificent movie. Generations ahead of it's time. Nothing close except 2010- despite it's multiple short comings.

[@sErgEantaEgis12]

I couldn't help but think about how the crew who dug the monolith up and then placed the metal retaining walls, ramps and lights must have felt. "Nah we're just the working crew, we have to wait for important characters to come in all slowly and take a picture for the plot to actually move forward".

[@babyboomerio]

Wouldn't they have been told not to interfere with the monolith? If not, I'd argue that the aliens decided to toggle the monolith considering the people and their status?

[@craigfishburn5206]

It's literally a movie set of a bigger movie set ..we didn't go to moon in 69

[@surfboardjoker6299]

So many of the greatest movies and video games would not exist without this movie.

[@geoffbroad]

My fave all time Sci-Fi movie.Saw it back in the day and was amazed and still am!

[@kaylasilverstein4137]

I haven’t even seen this movie, but that music at the beginning is just TERRIFYING. It sounds like a swarm of angry bees mixed with wailing ghosts. And that’s not even what REALLY makes it scary; it’s the fact that we hear those noises but all we see is the open monolith into the ground and dark mountains everywhere else. Which means we don’t know where the angry-bee-phantom noises are actually COMING from. Idk why but I like to imagine they’re coming from somewhere in the mountains around the monolith, it makes it scarier in the best way:)

[@haro82]

Ah nice! One of my favorite all time scenes. Amazing how far ahead of his time Kubrick was with this film. His spaceship and moon shots looked more realistic than anything that came out for the next 20 years.

[@TheCoolProfessor]

The year is 2022. The last manned voyage to the moon was in 1972 by the crew of Apollo 17. That was 50 years ago... We have not been back since.

[@coinraker6497]

If we've ever been there at all.

[@PalmanGadfer]

-Monolith: "Omae wa mou Shindeiru" -Astronauts: "Nani" ???? ... Min 3:21

[@Jordan51203]

Palman Gadfer HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@benthomas2232]

It sounds like a haunting wind circling around the monolith like a tornado, getting higher and higher pitched as they get closer.

[@andrelavandero3041]

3:22 - The first ear rape.

[@HL-iw1du]

Andre Lavandero lol ya maybe

[@JohnSmith-kz8yo]

the first car alarm....

[@SinanEren]

Telepathy ? or high sound ?

[@InstazomeASMR]

u must not know noise music

[@theprophet6986]

Kubrick was a man before his time

[@DrHotelMario]

I always wonder what triggered the monilith to choose that moment to beam the message to the Jupiter Monolith. Not when it was being excavated, but when humanity poses for a picture. Maybe the monolith didn't approve of being documented?

[@ScoutSniperMC]

In the book it’s triggered by exposure to the morning sun. Kubrick had to make lots of concessions in filming b/c he couldn’t make certain things look believable. There’s a huge retcon: in the book they fly to Saturn, but the film crew couldn’t make Saturns rings look convincing, so they went with Jupiter instead.

[@matthewmarracci9831]

The score for this is actually the Kyrie from Gyorgy Ligeti’s Requiem. If you listen closely you can hear Kyrie Eleison and Christe Eleison throughout. It translates to Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy.

[@thomasthompson6510]

I wonder if the excavators and engineers who dug the trench and built the wall supports and ramps went through this much drama and ceremony every day they arrived at work?

[@randomperson9722]

and the award for most viscerally disturbing movie scene ever goes to...

[@Forsete]

3:28 - When the video ends but the high-pitched signal doesn't.

[@Eclipto14]

Pretty sure the eerie music is used in the new Godzilla trailer.

[@friendlynpc4212]

It surely is!

[@leftcoaster67]

The music is Gyorgy Ligeti- Requiem. Otherworldly and haunting that's for sure.

[@allthingshollywood2620]

This movie is incredible and has my full attention whenever I watch it. The visual effects for the big bang and creation of the universe looks like actual NASA telescope pictures. Everything about 2001 is on its own level.

[@AngloSaxonWheatFarmer]

In any other movie this would he sme momentous occasion with epic music but here it’s terrifying. “It’s clearly man made, and they’re in our home system”

[@docb9152]

No other Sci Fi movie can top this scene

[@gbrodey]

The music in this scene is haunting beyond belief.

[@makutamiserix5612]

I like the use of a high-pitched frequency to show the monolith's aggression without it feeling menacing. It won't harm you, but it won't leave you untouched either. These men were unworthy of becoming the next step in human evolution, so touching it only hurt their ears. This even has an effect on the audience. I'm sure plenty of viewers also covered their ears when this was played in the theater with loud speakers.

[@Setmose]

The radio beam is not a warning or menacing. It points to the location near Jupiter. The monolith was a device left by aliens, so that when man is sufficiently advanced to find it on the moon, they will be guided to the Stargate and the next step in man's evolution.

[@lucindashirreffs6703]

There's absolutely no competition for me; this is the scariest scene in cinematic history

[@codetrooper9279]

Indeed lucy

[@benibbotson2014]

This is one of the most terrifying movies ever and it's not even a horror film.

[@futuropasado]

This film reaches a strange kind of mystic perfection.

[@davidbutler1857]

There’s a feeling of absolute terror here in this scene, more crippling than anything

[@KS_edits]

R.I.P. Kubrick

[@Kaifkahn]

Not going to lie when I first saw this I was fucking terrified my heart was beating so fast and I was in bed during the middle of night.

[@goobi3780]

I love how even after thousands of years, after evolution, after mass technological advancement and space exploration, man still has the same reaction to the monolith

[@YourLockerzPal]

Every single frame in this clip could be used as a computer background

[@Neptune997]

@lovekenzietaylor: The name of that creepy, ghostly song is "Requiem for Soprano"

[@Neptune997]

👻👻👻

[@MrYnwa66]

one of the most exciting scenes in the history of movies 4 me..insane music

[@MorbidBliss22]

I really like your description for this. Very well articulated. ^_^

[@playstation2bigs]

Anyone here because of the monolith they found in Utah ?

[@Bates1960]

That big monolith block just gets me every time. So many bizarre elements in this film. But one of the greatest movies ever made and a true masterpiece!

[@alfonzo9389]

Now I understand that barbershop quartet on the SpongeBob caveman episode

[@themaximusfilms3194]

This movie is so ahead of its time

[@maxjohnson9131]

1:52 If you look closely, you can see a reflection of Stanley Kubrick in the side of his helmet.

[@TheListenerCanon]

I was going to point that out. It's quite funny. Kubrick was known to be a perfectionist but these little errors prove that no one can be perfect. Still one of my favorite directors/films.

[@Phinal_Flash]

Man, that's freaky.

[@marcinplech7095]

The "loud ding" as you call it was a radio signal that was sent from this first monolith to another "device" of this sort (second, but larger monolith) which was localized near IO (moon of jupiter) and this was the very event that triggered all subsequent events in the film. Everything is explained in the film anyway. Just watch it once more.