2001: A Space Odyssey
Synopsis
A mysterious black monolith encountered by our prehistoric past leaps millennia and connects to a future of colonised space. Where astronaut Bowman is about to explore uncharted territory. A poetic meditation on technology and humanity adapted from a story by the revered Arthur C. Clarke.
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Awards & Festivals
Academy Awards
1969 | Winner: Best Effects, Special Visual Effects
1969 | 3 nominations including: Best Director
National Board of Review
1969 | Winner: Top Ten Films
BAFTA Awards
1969 | 3 wins including: Best Art Direction
1969 | Nominee: Best Film
Not long ago, I got to see The Shining from a 35mm print and with an audience for the first time, and discovered that the film was a lot less scary and unsettling than I’d remembered, and a heck of a lot funnier. . . . It’s the most obviously flawed of Kubrick’s late films (the second half can be enervating), but also an unambiguous depiction of depression and of toxic male ego.
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
June 30, 2018
However well Kubrick’s most audacious movie may work on a large TV monitor, it is difficult to recapture the quality of the spectacle that, projected in 70mm on a Cinerama screen two stories tall, rendered the moon landing fifteen months later anticlimactic. The opportunity has returned.
J. Hoberman
June 26, 2018
I will (try to) never say anything mean about Christopher Nolan’s movies ever again, because what he’s pulled off is pretty astonishing. . . . The distance between you and a very large image has been minimized, and the level of detail is outstanding. You can really peer into this image and probe wherever you’d like.
Vadim Rizov
June 25, 2018
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