Part One of Rob Ager’s fascinating close reading of 2001: A Space Odyssey, which rejects the idea that the film… Read more “…an advanced television teaching machine”
Month: May 2016
“like how I used to be before I married a vegan”
2001: A Space Odyssey is reviewed on one of my favorite YouTube series, “Earthling Cinema,” where extraterrestrial film critic Garyx Wormuloid… Read more “like how I used to be before I married a vegan”
“forget the wax and feathers and do a better job on the wings”
Stanley Kubrick’s 1997 acceptance speech for the DW Griffith Award for Lifetime Achievement in directing. He ends with a great bit about Icarus,… Read more “forget the wax and feathers and do a better job on the wings”
“rabbits eat lettuce, but not only do they eat it: they convert it into rabbit”
Resplendent in a yellow turtleneck, Carl Sagan explains the wonders of life to lecture hall full of kids in these Christmas Lectures for… Read more “rabbits eat lettuce, but not only do they eat it: they convert it into rabbit”
“special effects are make believe; plumbing is real”
I always wondered what sort of speech Stanley Kubrick had given when 2001: A Space Odyssey won the Academy Award… Read more “special effects are make believe; plumbing is real”
“an unprecidented range of ideas”
Arthur C. Clarke holds court in a smoke filled room during a 1968 press junket for 2001: A Space Odyssey.
“this particular thing about problem solving”
Audio excerpts of a compelling and enlightening interview with Stanley Kubrick from 1969, during production of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Too Far to Go(d?) 