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Cinema

2001: A Space Odyssey

28 Nov 14 – 28 Dec 14, Various

You'd be mad to miss the '2001 A Space Odyssey' theatrical re-release, a highlight of the BFI Sci FI season 2014-15.

By CW Contributor on 24/10/2014

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2001: A Space Odyssey 2001: A Space Odyssey Ella Cory-Wright
Now this is something that deserves to be seen on the big screen. The biggest screen possible, in fact. Undisputedly one of the finest films ever made, and a touchstone for the Sci-Fi genre, 2001: A Space Odyssey is a triumph of visuals, sound and storytelling. Now the BFI is re-releasing this epic space-tale nationwide, from November 28, in a glorious digital re-mastering from Warner Bros as part of the BFI’s Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder season. You’d be mad to miss it.

Directed and produced by the legendary Stanley Kubrick, (The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, Eyes Wide Shut) with a screenplay co-written by Kubrick and noted science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, the film centres on a pair of astronauts (played by Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood) who are heading to Jupiter to investigate a signal sent from a mysterious black monolith found on the moon, when their trip becomes endangered by their on-board computer, Hal. Well, that’s part of it; it actually starts with an extended sequence set on earth before human life began, involving apes and the same black monolith. And its ending, which features a floating foetus, remains as mind bending as ever.

Warner Bros have done a sterling job in their digital transfer; the groundbreaking special effects and spectacular space scenes look more like they should be competing with the likes of Cuarón’s Gravity than any other film from last century, and the classical recordings (which Kubrick originally used as temporary fillers during the edit, but decided they worked so well that he kept them) seem as fresh and imaginative as ever. The docking of the space shuttle and the space station to the wonderful sound of Johann Strauss’ waltz Blue Danube has to be one of the most mesmerising scenes in cinematic history and the recurring notes of Richard Strauss’ Thus Spake Zarathustra never lose their cold, magnificent impact.

It’s beautiful, jaw-dropping stuff. Book it and savour it - it’s a masterpiece that’s sure to be the major highlight of the BFI Sci-Fi programme.


What 2001: A Space Odyssey
Where Various Locations | MAP
Nearest tube Leicester Square (underground)
When 28 Nov 14 – 28 Dec 14, Various
Price £Various
Website Click here for more information.

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    "one of the great visionary experiences in the cinema. Yes, it was a landmark of special effects... a landmark of non-narrative, poetic filmmaking, in which the connections were made by images, not dialog or plot... "2001" is a spiritual experience. But then all good movies are."

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    “The single biggest influence for me … I was able to go with my dad and see it in London on the big screen. We have the opportunity to tell a similarly ambitious story. That’s my ambition for the film, and I’m striving towards it.”

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