Greatest Movie Scenes #38 - 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Posted by Matt Holmes
It’s quite impossible to watch Danny Boyle’s new movie Sunshine without thinking of the Stanley Kubrick classic 2001: A Space Odyssey. The visuals Boyle uses are as innovative and as visually spectacular as anything I’ve seen in the science fiction genre since Kubrick’s masterpiece.
So I thought it would be fitting to upload a scene from 2001, although the clip below has no real comparison with Boyle’s film… it’s just my favourite bit.
I’ve said before, I can’t connect with Kubrick’s films (except for The Shining, his most un-Kubrick movie) and although I can appreciate the genius at work and his stellar film-making skills….. I find his movies rather tedious and cold. Lacking a little humanity shall we say at times.
There’s no doubt though he was a visonary of this craft, and there won’t be many that come along that have a career as diverse and cinematically significant as he.
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Enjoy… The Dawn of Man.
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Kubrick was such a master of framing a shot, as well as editing. His films are cold, but they are very unsettling also. He never likes the audience to relax, no matter what genre he tackled.