2001: Creating Kubrick's Space Odyssey

[@Wes_Jones]

I was one of those young folks that was obsessed with the space program. This movie ignited a fire in my brain which ultimately resulted in me working at NASA as a space shuttle controller. Now I am old and retired, looking back at this movie as a turning point in my life. It literally rocked my world.

[@davidhallett8783]

Write on

[@SupraRy]

So is space real? Is the earth round or flat?

[@akashchoudhury6694]

​@@SupraRyIt is shaped like yo mama

[@contemplating1015]

👏👏👏😎⭐🙌

[@akashchoudhury6694]

@@SupraRy it's flat , dont listen to other people's nonsense

[@keefer-k8266]

What a great documentary. It's so wonderful hearing the stories/insights from Keir Dullea, Daniel Richter, and so many others who worked on the film. As someone who first saw "2001" in 1968, when he was just 12 years old, all I can say is "thank you."

[@JRKyt00]

I was 11, watching the movie with my cousin at the Eden Theater in Chicago's northern suburbs. The theater's massive concrete delta-wing-slab design swept up at its edges. 2001 was the first and only film at which I've stayed to watch a second time. So much left unsaid--literally--allowing a young mind to seek out its own answers: to imagine. That ancient rib, cartwheeling across time and space...a half-century later, my mind is still hungry to know, to explore--to understand. Thank you, Stanley Kubrick, cast and crew, for making a movie that improved my life.

[@tagoldich]

I grew up in Lake Forest and I remember futuristic looking Edens Theater well. The perfect place to watch 2001!

[@PointyTailofSatan]

Kubrick was cinema's Leonardo Di Vinci. The perfect combination of scientist/engineer and artist.

[@EMSpdx]

This was an amazing documentary- made with deep respect love and care. It was wonderful to see Keir Dullea still with on earth, his voice clear, strong and true! Learning about development of story, technique and even acting queues was thrilling. Thank you, OTOY!

[@binghamguevara6814]

Holy molly! This is a completely new 2024 documentary. Thank you for this.

[@alkimball8920]

2001 started in a huge theatre here in Salt Lake City area in 68. I was 13 year old and in those days I would attend movies by myself. I could get into the theatre and sit through multiple showings. I saw this movie about 20 times in three or four week period. This film had more effect on me than any other film... Another film that I sat through again and again and again was Fantastic Voyage. No drugs, just wonderment.

[@victorthornton8680]

I came to Sydney in 1970 as kid from the Australian bush never seeing anything like this iv seen 2001 14 times I'm 68 now and still waiting it its so powerful and real

[@peterjoslyn1]

Great documentary. And hats off to whoever recreated all the sets in 3D, they’re an artwork in themselves

[@olsonspeed]

Upon viewing 2001 on 70mm at the Cinerama I immediately struck by the genius and artistry, far advanced for its time.

[@TheKruizr]

I loved that movie!! I saw it when it first came out, read the book (I still have it and all the sequels) then I went back to the theater and saw it again!! I bought the video tape, the DVD, the blue ray, I built all the models when I was a kid, EPIC!!! 👏👏👏👏

[@omigoat]

Thank you to everyone involved in this project!

[@acb9896]

To hear Keir Dullea sound like the old version of Dave when he says "Something wonderful" in the film gives me shivers. That one line has stayed with me since I first heard it.

[@track1949]

Very powerful! 🎉

[@edwardhudgins3286]

As a young teen, I saw it 3 times at the Uptown in D.C. where it premiered. And I've seen it many times on the big screen since. My all-time favorite! The first Transhumanist film.

[@Brian-uy2tj]

Another movie that deserves to be mentioned for its' importance in the evolution of science fiction films is "Forbidden Planet" Many of the special effects were far ahead of anything being done at the time and it had real depth to the plot.

[@mlconlanmeister]

Shakespeare wrote the book (The Tempest) But, yes a very good film, intentionally kind of flat, and expressionistic

[@Janusz-um5cv]

ABSOLUTELY

[@Multi_ToBi]

I must have seen it in 1972 when I was 12 years old. I remember going to the only movie-theater in town that could show it on a huge screen in 70mm. Although I didn't understand it, I was hooked from the first minute on. It would probably not be correct to say that I realized the full scope of this film, but I walked away from it knowing that it was far beyond everything that I had seen up to that day. And whenever there was a re-run I made sure to go and see it again and again. And to this day I measure every movie about space by the genius of 2001...

[@mikebasil4832]

So do I. Thank you for sharing all this.

[@janetcraft]

The film that inspired me to launch my career. Thank you OTOY for sharing this well made documentary.

[@Comedy4cast]

Any time someone pays tribute to my favorite film, since 1968, I'm all for it!

[@jamesbarbaro2080]

This film, along with "The Day the Earth Stood Still," are the forebears of the best of Star Trek. This rendering is wonderful. It has never been remade. Knowing the result of remakes of other classics, we can be thankful.

[@AshLounge]

Very nicely done. Congrats. I love the computer reenactments of how visual effects were done. Bravo

[@RayR]

I love this movie. The story, pacing and incredible cinematography are mesmerizing.

[@edstraker4332]

Nice balance of sharing the story, opinions, history and the technology behind the masterpiece that is 2001: A Space Odyssey

[@Imagineering100]

I saw this movie when I was 12, I am 66 now I did not understand it, but I loved every bit of it no other film has given me the same feeling as this movie. When I came out of the theater, I felt more religious, and I loved classical music and space, and I thought it was filmed in space I still go and watch this movie only on the big screen it is nothing on a tv screen.

[@Stu047]

“Who are we? Why are we here?” - I've wondered about those questions all my life. Great presentation! I saw 2001: A Space Odyssey for the first time as a teenager in the nineties. By then I was deep into my obsession with the Star Trek universe so my brain had already been wedged open to entertain fantastic ideas and the bigger questions. The design language of Star Trek will always be my first love, my reference point for the future however the design of 2001's future certainly left a lasting impression on me. I was fascinated by the quality of the movie's production; I loved that massive hamster wheel set used for one of the interiors aboard the Discovery (that set really should have been preserved for all time). The depiction of its future was so well done, it blew my mind when I first learned that it had all been achieved in 1968.

[@wranglerboi]

@Stu047 - I have often wondered that myself. See my comments I wrote elsewhere in this thread.

[@padawanmage71]

Great video! i remember as a kid (9-10 yrs old?) and watching the movie with my dad on HBO and being bored to death. Mind you, this is after i saw Star Wars in the theater and being blown away by it. Fast forward 40+ years and rewatching it and being struck by how prescient it was, especially in the scene where Dave and Frank are eating and watching the BBC News on flat screen devices and i went, "That's an iPAD!" :D

[@hypercomms2001]

It is kinda sad to see Keir Dullea at 88... as I remember seeing him in 2001 when I was 9 in 1969... what a lucky man to work with Kubrick and Clark! I have been fascinated with this film since I saw it in 1969... thank you for this!

[@hypercomms2001]

24:30 / 47:36 it is so sad that 2001: A Space Odyssey did not win the Academy Award for Makeup [which Planet of the Apes won] because no one believed that the apes in 2001 were humans!

[@ulfingvar1]

Instead be grateful the man is still around, soon no one with a personal relation to its making will be.

[@moonliner2001]

I hope I look as good, if I'm lucky enough to make it to 88!

[@Jakeurb8ty82]

This was an awesome tour through such a landmark films production. After years of dabbling in design and effects inspired by many like Mike Okuda, I finally know what the term is for one of my favorite effects - slit scan.

[@Joepacker]

2001 is my favorite film. There is no greater Sci-fi film it is leagues above the rest and it still holds up to modern technology even today.

im very glad that Otoy support classic Cinema, because thats something only otoy does in the rendering world... not only pushing barriers in tech, but looking to recover our roots in special effects like 2001 did. Amazing Documentary, a delight to watch

[@OTOY]

Thank you for the kind words, very much appreciated! 🙏

[@KiloOneThree]

Long time 2001 fan, not a lot that is new to me, but a fantastic documentary and really well done. I’m always happy to see something new on 2001. Thank you for making this 😊

[@AchtungEnglander]

I love that Saul Bass MGM logo. It is kind of cool it was only used for 3 films including 2001. I salute your avatar sir.

[@KiloOneThree]

@@AchtungEnglander Thank you ☺️ You are too kind! I have read and viewed a lot of 2001 reference material, and I recall reading somewhere that Kubrick didn’t want to interrupt the transition from Overture to Opening Title and so preferred this stylised logo (no roaring lion). I’ll try and find the source if I can. Also love your avatar. A Matter of Life and Death.. it’s in my top 10 of favourite films 😊

[@Alexander-tj2dn]

I saw this movie for the first time with a friend and other kids from school when I was 10 years old. The movie captivated me like nothing had ever done before. I remember that most adults, however, didn't like the movie and didn't understand it. But for me it´s mystery beyond conventional logic (where the unknowability of the divine is hinted at) was what I liked the most.

[@Alex000113]

Its amazing we are still discussing the backstories to this film 55+ years later. Great documentary ! I learned a lot, even more confirmation of Kubricks' commitment to his art. He utilized so many skills : getting $10M from investors, enlisting the best film techs, working with scientists and SF author to create such a seminal work. One thing I havnt understood is how the overture fits in?

[@kentbetts]

If you are referring to Also Sprach Zarathustra. it is a tone poem describing the evolution of man.

[@Alex000113]

​@@kentbetts No -the 3 minute musical overture, "Atmospheres" by György Ligeti. I just found this discussion kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYXaY4dtZZ2HjZI

[@SergioGonzalez-ew2po]

Fun fact: Keir Dullea is 88 and looks very similar to the young Keir in 1968 with make-up😂😂😂 By the way...he and Gary Lockwood (89) are both alive

[@Twobarpsi]

Thanks for the comment!

[@ianfournier]

Great documentary about an amazing movie

[@lexmedved]

I SAW IT SIX TIMES WHEN IT CAME OUT

[@michaelmcclary8054]

BGSU 1970 s had a Graduate Literature course all- about "2001: A Space Odyssey!"- Michael McClary 🎉😂❤

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

I loved this movie since my Childhood and to me it is still the most perfect movie ever made and basically the benchmark of perfectionism. The Cinematography, the realistically designed Environments that really look like what COULD have been in the actual 1999 and 2001 if fundings for space exploration would have kept at 1960s levels... but especially the fact that this movie does not give away too much and really is basically a Rohrschach Test. Everyone experiences this film differently and also each time you watch it. And It is Stanley Kubrick's bow to the unknown.

[@MalachiBurke]

Bravo Otoy for bringing this together!

[@aiupscaler]

One correction, 2001 did not pioneer the way miniatures were detailed. Brian Johnson worked on Thunderbirds and other productions prior to 2001 where you can see the same techniques in use.

[@TK42138]

First time I saw it was when the BBC1 premiered it on New Years Day back in 1982.

[@jaymo8206]

First saw 2001 when I was around 11 with my step mom in the early 1970s. Still blows my mind with each viewing. 🚀🛸☯️

[@michaelswart8521]

Fantastic. Thank you. Barry Lyndon is my favourite Kubrick, but now I can't wait to screen 2001 again.

[@davidellismartin9619]

Woah! What an amazing production! 💯

[@robertwener4561]

I watched 2001 in an old operatic-style Montreal movie theatre….. at 7 years old. I remember the entire experience. Particularly the music before the film started.. and then the low rumble of the iconic chords. Thus Spoke….GOD.

[@jamesdownard1510]

Great documentary, though there's one aspect that didn't get covered: the music score Alex North wrote for 2001 but which Kubrick never used (and didn't even let North know wouldn't be used). This became a notorious incident among film composers, and decades later Jerry Goldsmith recorded North's music as a homage. The background: North had done the "Spartacus" score (a film which Kubrick got bored with half way through and Kirk Douglas functionally finished it. That would be the last Kubrick film with original music, as from 2001 on his films used previously composed music as tracks, which is a constraint to the visuals that can be seen by comparing North's music with the finished film. It's clear from the timings that most of the images must have been in place for North to score (the last of his music is the flight to TMA1), with two glaring exceptions: both of the Blue Danube space flight sequences are so much shorter than the Danube track that the film North was scoring must have been shorter, suggesting images were added after (in the first case, likely the orbiting bomb platform satellites, as they are not model work but static images). Another minor sound cue issue is why does the Discovery interior sound as it does. Amazingly, that exact sound mix pops up in a British sci fi kid show that would have been on British TV at the time Kubrick was filming 2001: the "Thunderbirds" puppet series, where their space station interior has just that sound ambiance.

[@moonmissionpassagetototali1952]

There’s too much to cover here in a 45-minute documentary. The story behind North’s music score and the music Kubrick selected and why is another video.

[@jamesdownard1510]

@@moonmissionpassagetototali1952 There's still some mysteries about the temp tracks, as Kubrick originally had some section of Mahler's 3rd for the Discovery's approach to Jupiter, but the notes to Goldsmith's recording didn't go any farther than that, and its a long hour and 35 min work to try and figure out what attracted Stanley. The pacing of North's Orion flight docking sequence suggests he was slowing down the temp from the original Mendelsohn Kubrick was using, with Blue Danube even slower pace, requiring adding imagery to fill it in finished cut.

[@moonmissionpassagetototali1952]

@@jamesdownard1510 North’s 2OO1 score was too similar to his Spartacus score that evoked monumental Rome. North’s choice of music for the Space Station V docking sequence was too whimsical. Kubrick’s selection of On the Beautiful Blue Danube was genius as was his selection of György Ligeti. I’ve heard that this all came as a complete surprise to North. He found out that Kubrick didn’t use his score only at the screening.

[@jamesdownard1510]

@@moonmissionpassagetototali1952 Indeed, he was thunderstruck when the screening he saw didn't have any of his music in it, which was part of the reason Goldsmiith & others were pissed over The Boss being so mistreated. Goldsmith himself suffered a score deletion when Ridley Scott junked his music for "Legend" after some pot-smoking execs didn't like the preview, so did a hasty reedit and a whole new score by a German rock band. A DVD edition has both versions to they can be assessed. Re 2001, North had to keep the Richard Straussian opening as he couldn't wean Kubrick off it. The Dawn of Man music is much more intense than the nothing in the finished film, though, conveying how near extinction the hominids are (a matter I never spotted in all the times I'd seen the theatrical version). The monolith music is more perfunctory compared to Ligeti, but we don't know what North had in mind for the TMA1 scene reprise as by then he was off the project. But by Kubrick using the same Ligeti throughout, there can't be any emotional build cinemusically (an inherent problem with using music composed for another purpose). The Orion music is just keeping to the mode of the temp Mendelsohn; I agree the Danube is much more memorable in the end. But the moonbus flight to TMA1 music I think is more tension building then the music Kubrick used.

[@moonmissionpassagetototali1952]

@@jamesdownard1510 my 17-year-old (at the time) choreographed this aerial video of the “360° sunset” during the 2017 total solar eclipse to “On the Beautiful Blue Danube” in the only take he was going to get. See the comments for more info. Best viewed on a big screen in HD 1080p. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmLPY6tvibONotUsi=UhsygGqqEnzLBZ5m

[@DavidSwinney]

This is spectacular. Thanks to everybody who helped create this wonderful documentary.

[@MannyEspinola-q4t]

Thank you for this video

[@nashbeuh]

Great work thank you. This is simply my preferred movie of all times. This made me realise that too much time has passed since I saw this masterpiece (for the tenth time at least), a few years maybe. I’m preparing to get my blue ray player alive again!

[@waynefay8210]

WOW !! one of the best documentaries I've ever seen pithy, insightful, brilliant editing.... I am 70yo, I've only seen the film once that I recall, a long long time ago, but I do recall being deeply immersed in the movie and being aware of some of the ideas put forward I eagerly look forward to seeing it again....

[@jesustovar2549]

This is one of the if not the best documentary I've seen on 2001, I'm impressed they didn't used footage from the film, but I still love to see how they recreated the sets with 3D animations, lots of information I didn't know about how they achieved certain special effects, love to hear Keir Dullea. By the time I wrote this, I'm in my 20s, in 2023, I saw the movie on the big screen (I had seen it before on the little screen), I was sorrounded by elder people who saw it at the time, after that we had a conference about AI and the making of the film, they gave us the mic to speak our thoughts on the film, that was one of the most pleasant days on my life.

[@mikebasil4832]

Thank you for this fresh new and lovely documentary on 2001: A Space Odyssey. 👍🏻

[@dalemettee1147]

One of the things that I remember about this film is when HAL was singing the song Daisey as his memory was being removed.

[@biffandhapp418]

Daisy was the first song ever sung by a computer.

[@wranglerboi]

Truly a sad moment--but one that Hal brought upon himself. That may be a clue to the REAL future of AI.

[@indigohammer5732]

Dan Richter used to get Heroin for John Lennon and Yoko Ono when they still lived in England. Funny thing about the Ape costume was, people actually believed it was Apes. Planet of The Apes was nominated (and won) for the Academy Award for Make up in the same year

[@stephenbarrette610]

Thank you for this amazing documentary, without a doubt the best and most informative on this extraordinary film. I vividly remember first seeing the movie in 1968, at a local cinema in England and then a year or two later on a huge, single 70mm projector, Cinerama screen in London’s West End. In fact I saw many times on that big screen, (now the Prince Edward Theatre) Since then I’ve seen it many, many times and have amassed a fairly large collection of books on the movie and Stanley Kubrick, (well about 60 odd in total and Michael Benson’s is one of the best.) The CG scenes explaining the filming techniques we’re a clever idea and the new interviews were excellent. Any chance of a Blu-ray release with extra footage?

[@peterweicker77]

Interesting, illuminating and unpretentious. This is just what a good documentary should be. If things work out reasonably well over the next few centuries then 2001 may be remembered as the most important artistic statement of our time.

[@Max-dd7du]

So nice to hear Keir Dullea, such a gentleman!

[@dstarling61]

Just noticed that this was produced by the Okuda’s. Thanks for your work in documenting the history of sfx. And for help in resurrecting the bridge of the “D”!

[@kelvington4182]

What a great documentary! Excellent blend of info and explanations of effects shots!

[@lkewis]

Incredible, this is the most inspiring doc I've seen since the Light & Magic series, thank you!!!

[@johnedwards2119]

I saw this as an usher in the theater during its first run. I was 17. I never understood why people didn't understand exactly what the movie was saying. The comments early on in this saying that there are no literal aspects to the movie, that one can't pin it down, or that there's any mystery to it all completely baffles me. The thing is kinda obvious.

[@davidhallett8783]

Do tell

[@chrisgibbings9499]

Absolutely. I thought the same.

[@wranglerboi]

@johnedwards2119 - Sadly, John, that is the major problem with today's society. No desire to learn--or think outside the box. If everything isn't spelled out for the viewer, then it doesn't make since. No wonder so many films today are nothing more than a series of car chases.

[@leedesigner1977]

This was a fantastic watch, thanks so much. Lee

[@wranglerboi]

The first time I saw this film, I wasn't sure how to "read" what it meant. I was just finishing college. By the time the film ended, I was awed at what it showed our future could be. And then the Space Child was "born," and I was sold. But most of all, it was the sound that came through the speakers. It was my first experience hearing full surround sound. It was one thing to "hear" the voice sound following the movement of the actors. But that first time Hal "spoke", I had goosebumps. His "voice" was EVERYWHERE! I have the Blu-ray version and a full 7.1 home theater sound system--and every time I get to that part, I STILL get goosebumps. By the way, I was NOT one of the many who came "prepared" to make their own "high." For me, it was the visualness of the film that sent me over the top.

[@Geekus]

So my all time favorite voice in science and philosophy, Carl Sagan, was responsible for one of the most vital concepts of the century’s iconic science fiction movie? Magnificent! Also, Sagan repeated this concept later in his own novel Contact.

[@chuckanziulewicz9926]

This is a very good documentary, with a lot of photos I'd never seen before. I just wish clips of the film had been incorporated for the sake of comparison, but I'm sure there were some legal issues involved.

[@Erik-rp1hi]

This documentary was great. Fast paced, great content and editing.

[@kerrykrishna]

This was just marvelously well done.

[@Lumibear.]

That was very well done, a great piece of future history, thank you.

[@portland-182]

Loved the documentary! Some of the music here is reminiscent of Gerry Goldsmiths Star Trek score, which is high praise.

[@yaddamop6309]

I'm a HUGE 2001 fan. I was about 12 when MGM re-released it in the summer of 1974, so I got to see it on the big screen. I NEVER saw FX like that until Star Wars was released in 1977 and the game was upped. When I saw this video, I HAD to watch! Whenever there is a 2001 Making Of article or video or even a book, I HAVE to read or see it. 2001 is kind of like an old friend who drops by from time to time to inspire the creative juices. This nailed it. Great job, OTOY!

[@masterstrauss]

Excellent work, ladies & gentlemen. Professionally produced. Great forward pacing.

[@JacksonPine-y8c]

I was a 16 year old underachieving kid with no purpose in life. A couple buddies invited me to go to the Oak Brook Cinema 150 Cinerama Theater that had one huge curved 80' screen. I had no idea what the film was about. Three hours later we emerged from the theatre having been transported across the universe and back and drunk with the taste of infinity. I became a landscape photographer specializing in the 6x17 widescreen format.

[@kentbetts]

Kubrick was getting great performances out of actors going back to "Paths of Glory".

[@Hobert-x3i]

Space is an eternal frontier!!

[@BrendanHenry]

I am extremely bothered by how good the inserted renders are. As a vfx artist and 2001 obsessive, it's just frustrating how clean and accurate some of these are. I would expect nothing less 😂

[@zoltankaparthy9095]

I didn't work for NASA but 2001 sure rocked my world.

[@jmprater]

I am a huge fan of Kubrick and sci-fi. I'm also a documentarian as well, having released a couple of films. The information in this doc is great. Everyone seems knowledgeable and professional. Unfortunately, there's no breathing room for the audience. It's talking head after talking head at breakneck speed. One of the beauties of 2001 is how it takes it's time for the story to unfold. I really wish a more measured approach was taken for the inclusions of the interviews. Let the audience breath. Give us a moment before the next sound byte.

[@psbarrow]

Wonderful doco of a truly wonderful film. Kudos to all involved in it, and thanks as ever, to Stanley.

[@BenjaminCenteno-gc5eo]

I really, really enjoyed this documentary. I learned alot about the making and of the movie.

[@eastmanwebb5477]

When I get my Apple Vision Pro, 2001 will likely be the first movie I watch on it with a 100 foot virtual screen.

[@aw3752]

The documentary neglected to mention that just before A Space Odyssey, Star Trek was actually the most serious effort to create a serious portrayal of science fiction up until that time.

[@jedgould5531]

Don’t you think it’s striking that the bone-to-spaceship cut was relatively rough? 28:53 He could have kept tweaking it to get the shapes to match better, the lighting, the color more exact, even create the perfect rotation. But he knew it didn’t matter. It’s like the line of dialogue so perfect no one cares if it was precisely delivered. Utterly unexpected in the context of Kubrick’s perfectionism that it was not flawless. After my having concluded such, how fun would it be to find out it was a budgetary, not a creative decision? Hahaha! Why did he have to die?

[@davegaracci1043]

This was great - well done and fun to watch. Thanks for making it available here!

[@skibsteds]

Thank you for this!

[@gavinwedell]

This is a FANTASTIC documentary. I'd like to humbly suggest an improvement if I may? I found myself struggling to keep up given the extended amount of time quickly shifting between speakers. I am wondering if this documentary might be improved by including some breathing room pauses, between interview dialogue every few minutes. These could have a change of music, denoting a section change, and could be accompanied by a chapter title, archival photos or stills from the original film. I make these suggestions in good will and am hugely grateful for your efforts. With thanks!

[@michaelbrown8619]

I was fortunate enough to see this masterpiece in a theater when it came out. I realized that the world was bigger than East Lake Park. I can’t compare it to Star Wars or Star Trek as far as science fiction. They both faked the whole gravity thing. In Star Wars you would see an X fighter bank into a turn when there is no atmosphere, you know like an F-16. And of course everyone walking around in the space craft and blowing it off with artificial gravity, ya right. 2001 A Space Odyssey is a brilliant masterpiece that allowed me to think in a different light or angle. I was 11 years old and I am very thankful my father took me to see it.

[@SolverData]

Love it! Next Project you guys do, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE also master it in HDR !!!!!

[@77leelg]

Great documentary about the greatest Sci-fi film and book. Thanks for creating and publishing it. Here is an extraordinary bit of unintended meaning, Kubrick attempted using a tetrahedron for the monolith as described in The Sentinel but he couldn’t light it properly. He decided on the mysterious monolith. In the book, Clarke describes the dimensions of of monolith as 1:4:9 which is 1:2squared:3squared, A tetrahedron is based on 1:sqrt(2):sqrt(3). Clarke said it was the geometric precision that proved its non-human origins. What common human object has the precise ratio of 2squared:3squared or 4:9 or 2.25? An American football field! Now tie this together with the famous jump cut from a bone (our first tool/weapon) to nuclear weapons orbiting the Earth and a scene in the film Oppenheimer with far more significance than the average person would notice. Where did humans create the first man-made nuclear reaction? Under the bleachers of a football field at the University of Chicago which soon led to the creation and use of nuclear weapons. I have seen no evidence that Kubrick or Clarke intentionally made this extraordinary connection. Maybe there is more to the story than they realized.

[@zerocool5395]

The algorithm knows me well because this is hundredth 2001 related video I've seen. Been fascinated with this movie since I was a kid, till this day I still debate whether Kubrick or Spielberg is the best director of all time. Anyways, great video and cheers from Chile!

[@Twobarpsi]

Excellent documentary!!

[@fabiodeoliveiraribeiro1602]

This film doesn't just affect people's visual perception. It plays with what is deepest in the consciousness of all of us: the journey of the human race on the planet in general and of each human being in the Universe in particular. It is impossible to remain inattentive during the film and not be left thinking afterwards. And this happens every single time we watch it again.

[@Hyper_Dreamer]

2001 is still in my view the best SiFi movie ever made, it touches upon all the essential themes, evolution, AI, Extraterrestrials, and even spirituality and the cosmos. An absolute masterpiece that has aged so well. Close seconds, I need to mention Blade Runner and Arrival.

[@FelixWheatfield]

I think it's pretty cool that Kier Dullea in his older age looks pretty much exactly like older Dave Bowman as projected.

[@nicholasm5465]

Fantastic collection of memories and anecdotes - but the unremitting music background is fatiguing, and really bears no relation to what is being said.

[@johnkim3840]

Thanks for the great documentary. My only quibble is that it ignores a very important aspect of the film: the soundtrack. Originally, Alex North (A Streetcar Named Desire, Spartacus, Cleopatra, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) was comissioned by Kubrick to write the score. However, at the last minute the director abandoned North's score and replaced it with clasiccal music by R. Strauss, J. Strauss, Khachaturian, and Ligeti.

[@moonliner2001]

Yes, it would have been nice to talk about the music, but we had SO much good material that we wanted to squeeze in, that we ended up having to make some tough choices. As it was, the original plan was for this to be a 20 minute piece, but Roger had so much good stuff that OTOY agreed to double the length.

[@mikebasil4832]

I remember Alex North’s score for 2001: A Space Odyssey which I first heard on CD. It was certainly interesting.

[@davidhallett8783]

I always assumed that the movie was like a painting or better still a rorschach test. Each viewer interprets the movie as he sees fit

[@PeterHamiltonz]

Thank you for this

[@JS-sh2tq]

Very good, great graphics, but spoiled by relentless background music noise

[@VirginiaKeller]

What a nice surprise!

[@djhoneylove5710]

I like that Keir Dullea is in this. I'm not sure who some of these other experts are. Like the lady with the pink hair. I guess once the actual experts pass they bring in people who look good on camera and speak excitedly.

[@PrinceGastronome]

What a video to wake up to.

[@theawesomer]

Loved watching this and ODYSSEYS as well. Well done, and congrats!