2001: A Space Odyssey

yes.

ie, visual info that was not seen in theaters

A bunch of links to contemporaneous interviews/reviews on its 40th anniversary:

http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2008/04/101_links_as_20.html

SK in Playboy:
"The very nature of the visual experience in 2001 is to give the viewer an instantaneous, visceral reaction that does not—and should not—require further amplification. Just speaking generally, however, I would say that there are elements in any good film that would increase the viewer's interest and appreciation on a second viewing; the momentum of a movie often prevents every stimulating detail or nuance from having a full impact the first time it's seen. The whole idea that a movie should be seen only once is an extension of our traditional conception of the film as an ephemeral entertainment rather than as a visual work of art. We don't believe that we should hear a great piece of music only once, or see a great painting once, or even read a great book just once. But the film has until recent years been exempted from the category of art—a situation I'm glad is finally changing."

saw this on ch5 on sunday. infuriatingly slow but WOW at the visuals. such an amazing looking film. that was the only reason i kept watching. and i know some ppl seem to think the bit towards the end where its like some massive interplanetary light show is a bit crap, but i thought it was amazing and really beautiful.

love it, but could do without the annoying start of nothingness

the opening is the BEST

it is totally majestic

^

the however many minutes of blackness and then the planetary alignment is like the definition of @_@

i saw moon tonight and i kept thinking how pathetic the long shots of planets looked (not talking about the ropey/cute exteriors in moon here) compared to 2001.

I always go whenever the Arclight Cinedome shows this in the Cinerama Super Panavision 70 format. I've never gotten tired of it ever.

a longtime fan of this movie, and kubrick in general, but just bought the 2007 reissue (as well as clockwork orange). Slowness of this movie is like giant gears of a celestial rollercoaster unlocking, eeking out steam that eventually blows the railing away, and by the time the coaster actually gets going, there's no track in the world that could contain it. Anticipation during this movie, to me = of the gods. The payoff of this movie, to me = of the gods. The pacing of this movie, especially alongside its music, is one of the best technical lessons I've ever gotten on how to produce a piece of art. mangs, it's like the gift that keeps on giving!!

The first part of this movie is all about style and it succeeds wonderfully. The middle part is about the story and it succeeds, too. The ending is all about style and, for me, it failed.

The ending failed for me way back when I first saw it on a big screen in the theater, back when the film was new. I was even stoned, which others at the time assured me was the proper way to see the film. Still, it failed. A shame, too. It deserved a successful ending.

how the fuck else would you end this movie?

Not for me to say. I'm just the paying public.

a longtime fan of this movie, and kubrick in general, but just bought the 2007 reissue (as well as clockwork orange). Slowness of this movie is like giant gears of a celestial rollercoaster unlocking, eeking out steam that eventually blows the railing away, and by the time the coaster actually gets going, there's no track in the world that could contain it. Anticipation during this movie, to me = of the gods. The payoff of this movie, to me = of the gods. The pacing of this movie, especially alongside its music, is one of the best technical lessons I've ever gotten on how to produce a piece of art. mangs, it's like the gift that keeps on giving!!

― Dominique, Monday, July 20, 2009 9:23 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

well said

how the fuck else would you end this movie?

Why, with a Blue Thunder-era Roy Scheider yukking it up with some Cosmonauts as they watch Jupiter play dominoes with itself, that's how!

they should have ended it with dr floyd "going in" and saving dave

should have ended in a party scene, with all the main characters dancing

http://www.justdjj.com/Media/dancing_baby.gif

hahah

HAL djing

"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't play that"

"a fifth of beethoven"

all he plays is daisy at 33rpm :(

turns out it was all in the mind of an autistic bush baby

can someone make animated gif with HAL strobing a dance party with Frank Poole flailing his arms in a space suit like he's dancing but really he's dying?

x-post - Dominique totally otm.

I stanned the blu-ray of The Shining on that thread and by jiminy I will stan the blu-ray of 2001 here; if you're a fan of the film and have the hi-def capability then you *owe* it to your eyes to get it. I've never had a chance to see it at the cinema (let alone in 70mm), but the clarity and beauty of the image on BR is stunning. It also brings out the frankly demented level of detail that Kubrick insisted on for the sets and fx eg. text on VDUs is legible, small print on pod doors etc.

open the pod bay doors, HAL

I stanned the blu-ray of The Shining on that thread and by jiminy I will stan the blu-ray of 2001 here; if you're a fan of the film and have the hi-def capability then you *owe* it to your eyes to get it. I've never had a chance to see it at the cinema (let alone in 70mm), but the clarity and beauty of the image on BR is stunning. It also brings out the frankly demented level of detail that Kubrick insisted on for the sets and fx eg. text on VDUs is legible, small print on pod doors etc.

― Bill A, Tuesday, July 21, 2009 4:52 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i second this

I saw a 70mm print of 2001 in 2001 in NYC which was awesome, but without the curved cinerama screen the corners of the print were a little out of focus. kubrick woulda been apoplectic.

i second that emoticon

frankly demented level of detail

see also the book "2001: filming the future" by Piers Bizony

I think a reading of Clarke's novel helps one appreciate the film.

The book "The Lost Worlds of 2001" is worth a look as well.

Yeah, all the Kubrick Blu-Rays are absolutely top notch. Whoever did the mastering on those babies should get a medal.

I've never had a chance to see it at the cinema (let alone in 70mm),

I saw a 70mm print at the AFI Silver Theater a few years ago and it was absolutely stunning. Saw the "restored" THX-1138 there, too.

I'm such a nerd that I'm waiting to get a better stereo before watching it on Bluray.

It's the gift that keeps on giving

This is spot on (as is the rest of your post, Dominique). I basically bought a massive telly and a Blu Ray player just to watch this on, and it's superb. It's a film that's steadily got better all of my life and it's still incredible how much better it looks, despite in the time it was made, computers didn't even have screens and now they can process complicated 3D graphics while they're having lunch. It's a testament to the fact that the ideas are the important thing, not the technology.

It also taught me (something that took a long, long time) to understand the oft-repeated point about leaving things to the imagination being better, and this has opened me up to lots of stuff. It's so natural to think it's better to 'know the answer', but this is a great example of that not being the case. It's just so enigmatic, graceful and beautiful. A traditional view probably wouldn't consider views of spaceships and stuff 'beautiful'; more stuff for teenage boys, but 2001 changes all that - like most Kubrick films, it's like watching a series of modern art paintings. I think it's my favourite film of all time.

I thought it were reet boring and crap

also why are all the secretaries (incl. robot ones) female?

In fact, the only flaw in this film is this, and in fact that's not even Kubrick's fault - it's possible Zippy was based on Poole:

http://collativelearning.com/PICS%20FOR%20WEBSITE/stills%206/poole%20struggling.jpg

http://www.btinternet.com/~acbarrett/nzip.jpg

For a second I thought you meant Zippy the Pinhead

Yeah sorry, probably only means anything to thirty something UK people. Zippy was in a 70s/80s kids' program in the UK - he was a noisy guy who talked over everyone, especially Bungle and George, and he was convinced he was always right - a sort of ultimate ILXor.

It's a film that's steadily got better all of my life and it's still incredible how much better it looks

This was the biggest thing driven home for me at last night's Fox Theater viewing. First of all I could not believe how good everything looked, it was absolutely beautiful. And at every crucial fx shot I would look really close to see if I could find errors and they are all still so seamless and so magically perfect. The cheetah attack in the intro I still can't believe that isn't real. Apparently all the spaceship shots were done in-camera with no blue screen, resulting in a very natural and very hi-fi look.

If at times not my favorite movie ever then certainly one of the most beautiful. The sound was amazing too but I've rambled on about all this already on the Kubrick thread Stanley Kubrick: Classic or Dud?

17 minutes of footage Kubrick cut out has been found

i'm amazed that this footage was ever lost - always assumed that SK at least had kept a print of the longer version.

hope they release this on dvd at the same time as the longer tv cut of the shining, which has never been issued on a home video format afaik

Came across this on D3m0n0id today, sounds like a party.

Original film name: 2001: A Space Odyssey
New film name: Plan 2001 From Outer Space
Original Runtime: 141 mins
New Runtime: 80 mins
Amount of time Cut: 61 mins

Your intention for this fanedit:
To remove the art-film pretentiousness from The Greatest Movie Ever Made and turn it into a fun, faster paced sci-fi flick while still retaining what little plot there was to begin with. Kubrick fanboys are advised to stay far, far away.

Cut:
-3 minutes of blank screen and opening credits
-Dawn of Man segment removed
-docking the spaceship shortened
-Floyd's video call to his daughter removed
-conversation with Russian astronauts shortened
-landing on the Moon shortened
-changing the AE-35 shortened
-Intermission removed
-Dave returning to Jupiter One and killing HAL removed
-Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite shortened
-various small chops here and there to help the pace
-rearranged the order of the scenes

Added:
Completely new score featuring music from James Brown, The Edgar Winter Group, Pink Floyd and many more. I tried to make all the additions to the score have some sort of unique meaning to them - sometimes synching through musical or lyrical cues, sometimes for a laugh, sometimes for an "I see what you did there" moment or sometimes just plain fun.

lol demonoid retards

if yr gonna troll, at least cut it down to 22 minutes and add some breakcore, strobing and '2k6 youtube ronaldinho compilation' effects

I showed two clips to my grade 6s yesterday: the Strauss docking scene, and about three minutes of HAL's demise. They seemed especially fascinated by the HAL scene.

I've been completely smitten with this film since I was a small kid, probably like a lot of people I guess.