Monday, September 17, 2007
8:00 PM @ Cinema Paradiso
Admission is $5
Discussion to follow
Click here for synopsis and trailer.
Stanley Kubrick | USA | 1968 | 141 min | G
Starring William Sylvester, Keir Dullea, and Douglas Rain as the voice of HAL
Based on Arthur C. Clarke’s story “The Sentinel,” Stanley Kubrick’s quiet masterpiece probes the mysteries of space and human destiny. In the years between primitive man’s discovery of lethal weapons and the birth of the star child, astronauts David Bowman (Keir Dullea) and Frank Poole (Gary Lockwood) confront HAL-9000, the computer operating their ship. Nominated for four Academy Awards, Kubrick’s epic won for its stunning special effects.
“Space is one of the great themes of our age, yet, it is one still almost untouched by serious art and literature… It is time to break away from the clich’s of Monsters and Madmen. There will be dangers in space but there will also be wonder, adventure, beauty, opportunity and sources of knowledge that will transform our civilization….
“How much would we appreciate La Giaconda [the Mona Lisa] today if Leonardo had written at the bottom of the canvas: ‘This lady is smiling slightly because she has rotten teeth’, or ‘because she’s hiding a secret from her lover’? It would shut off the viewer’s appreciation and shackle him to a ‘reality’ other than his own. I don’t want that to happen to 2001.”
• Stanley Kubrick
“Its origin and purpose still a total mystery.”
• the last spoken words in the movie.
Reviews:
“Alone among science-fiction movies, 2001 is not concerned with thrilling us, but with inspiring our awe.”
• Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Related:
Video: A Look Kubrick early life and films pre-”2001″
Video: Charlie Rose Show: Discussion of Kubricks life and films w/ his wife, producer and Martin Scorsese
