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2001: Space Odyssey

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EDITOR'S NOTE: According to a Warner Home Video technician involved in the production of The Stanley Kubrick Collection, Kubrick authorized all aspects of the Collection, from the use of Digital Component Video (or "D-1") masters originally approved in 1989, to the use of minimalist screen menus, chapter stops, and (in the case of 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Shining on DVD) supplementary materials. Full-screen presentation of The Shining and Full Metal Jacket was also approved by Kubrick, who recomposed his original framing, reportedly believing that those films looked best on video in the full-screen format. (In fact, the original theatrical aspect ratio of The Shining was 1.66:1, meaning that a relatively small portion of the image is lost.) Kubrick also chose mono over stereo, believing that inconsistencies in theatrical sound systems resulted in loss of control over theatrical presentation. In every respect, the Warner spokesman said, the films in the Collection remain as Kubrick approved them. Any future attempt to remaster or alter them would have to be approved by an appointee of the Kubrick estate.

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Interview with co-screenwriter Arthur C. Clarke

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Actors: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Leonard Rossiter
Directors: Stanley Kubrick
Writers: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke
Producers: Stanley Kubrick, Victor Lyndon
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 1.0)
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 2.20:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated:
G
General Audience
Studio: Turner Home Ent
DVD Release Date: June 29, 1999
Run Time: 149 minutes
Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2,715 customer reviews)
ASIN: B00000J2KP
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #166,567 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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The Sheer Weirdness of Space....

By Archmaker on March 7, 2015

Format: Blu-ray Verified Purchase

Watching the Blu-ray of Kubrick's masterpiece and seeing the film for the umpteenth time, I was struck with the time and detail he put into demonstrating, for the first time anywhere, how weird space travel is to the descendants of the smart apes of the film's first act. It is not just that the human animal is so vulnerable in the vast void of space unless encased in an airtight suit, vehicle or whatever, and tethered to life support equipment at every moment, but it is also the absence of gravity, the strange spacial relationships when there is no true up or down, no north and south, east and west, and above all the silence of the abyss, where murder is the cold quiet of "life functions terminated" and explosions are never heard, nor anything else but the sound of one's own breathing. No one has ever explored this with the same understanding either before or since.

In space all normal orientations and familiarities are gone and the inhospitable indifference of the endless vacuum redefines the human experience. It poses the question that perhaps space exploration would be better left to HAL and his digital brethren. But that is before Kubrick hurtles us through time and space and possibly even dimensions to transform and evolve the human species into a new being so adapted and comfortable as to find the void its playground.

A remarkable, brilliant one-of-a-kind film and experience, now approaching its 50th anniversary, and yet no other film has so intensely explored the silent isolation, the precise balletic geometry of rendezvous, the lonely tedium and the claustrophobia of hermetic environs to imagine what space travel means to the human animal with the same detail and understanding. Genius.

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Take any frame from the film and you could hang it on your wall, it's that beautiful

By John J. Puccio TOP 1000 REVIEWER on May 28, 2015

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Some years ago film critic Roger Ebert asked Tom Hanks what movie had had the most influence on his becoming an actor, and Hanks answered "2001." He said he had never realized the visual power that films possessed until seeing Kubrick's masterpiece, and then he watched it again and again. Since most of today's younger moviegoers have probably never seen "2001" on a big movie screen, only on TV, we hear such comments as those from some of my former high school students like, "It's boring" or "I don't get it." I sympathize. Watching "2001" in pan-and-scan or edited for commercial TV is like reading "The Lord of the Rings" in "Reader's Digest." The fact is, "2001" is perhaps cinema's ultimate audiovisual experience, telling its story almost entirely in pictures and sound; and those are, after all, the major differences between movies and the printed page. "2001" is one of my top-ten favorite films, and while a big movie theater is still the best place to see it, for home viewing Warner's restored, widescreen, high-definition presentation of this MGM classic is better than ever.

"2001" does nothing less than attempt to deal with some of the ultimate questions of the universe: Who are we, where did we come from, and where are we going? The movie deals with the evolution of the human race and then muses on the probability that not only is Mankind not alone in the universe, but that we may have had outside help with our development. The screenplay, co-authored by Kubrick and science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, contains little plot and even less dialogue. Yet it conveys through its eloquent, often majestic images and creative inferences answers to age-old mysteries. Clarke said the film was "...Read more ›

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Spectacular Blu-Ray Experience!

By David L. Vasser on October 9, 2012

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There are many Amazon reviewers who complain about a bad transfer and disappointing audio, however these people must be talking about the standard DVD version. The Blu-Ray version is jaw dropping spectacular. After it ended I had to sit still for a few minutes just like the first time I saw it and recompose myself.

This film has many fans and I'm one of them. I consider it one of the finest movies ever made period and beyond that one of the best visual arts of the 20th century. I will watch it over and over as each time I find new things within it. I'm really glad I ordered this Blu-Ray version. If you loved the film in the theater but you don't have a Blu-Ray player and a 1080 HDTV then here is the reason why you should buy them both immediately. An unequaled and unforgettable Blu-Ray experience.

There are many interesting special features included on the Blu-Ray including a behind the scenes half-hour documentary LOOK Magazine showed to potential advertisers for a special edition of LOOK focusing on science and technology tied in with the upcoming release of the film. I found that feature an excellent bonus as I had not seen it before. (LOOK Magazine had a unique relationship with Kubrick as they gave him his first job as an apprentice photographer right out of high-school and when he made his first film, a documentary, Kubrick was still a LOOK staff photographer.) I usually don't watch the commentary versions, but in this case I absolutely will. I am so glad I bought this, it is now my favorite Blu-Ray disc and when I want to show off my Blu-Ray this is the disc I'll use from now on.

Some people don't like this film much, the excellent Blu-Ray display quality won't change their point of view about the film in general. But to people who have always found this film to be eloquent and profound art then it is definitely worth the buy. This Blu-Ray version is one of my best Amazon buys ever!

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