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Christopher Nolan Returns Kubrick Sci-Fi Masterpiece '2001: A Space Odyssey' to its Original Glory

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday May 09 2018, @11:01PM   Printer-friendly
from the open-the-pod-bay-doors-HAL dept.

MrPlow writes:

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Christopher Nolan wants to show me something interesting. Something beautiful and exceptional, something that changed his life when he was a boy.

It's also something that Nolan, one of the most accomplished and successful of contemporary filmmakers, has persuaded Warner Bros. to share with the world both at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival and then in theaters nationwide, but in a way that boldly deviates from standard practice.

For what is being cued up in a small, hidden-away screening room in an unmarked building in Burbank is a brand new 70-mm reel of film of one of the most significant and influential motion pictures ever made, Stanley Kubrick's 1968 science-fiction epic "2001: A Space Odyssey."

Yes, you read that right. Not a digital anything, an actual reel of film that was for all intents and purposes identical to the one Nolan saw as a child and Kubrick himself would have looked at when the film was new half a century ago.

Source: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-christopher-nolan-2001-20180503-story.html

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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by Spamalope on Thursday May 10 2018, @01:40AM

    by Spamalope (5233) on Thursday May 10 2018, @01:40AM (#677695) Homepage

    Yeah, it was beautiful but I'd already seen Star Wars and didn't appreciate the spectacular achievement and Kubric was a bit too meta. I read the book 2010 after seeing 2001 the movie and had many 'ah hah!' moments as I understood what Kubric was showing without explanation. As an adult I think it's a masterpiece, especially in the way it evokes moods throughout (though the visuals are ground breaking invented for the movie stuff). I expect Kubric intended some of the story to be mysterious and open to interpretation to help sell an actual alien influence. I wonder how I'd follow along now if I could see it again for the first time as an adult. I know I'd enjoy it more. I think I'd follow along better, though some of the Star Child scenes would probably leave me on the curb at least for the first viewing.

    If you haven't seen any of the behind the scenes how they did it info for 2001, it's worth a look. Very impressive and creative minds.

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