2001 - A Space Odyssey [VHS]
by Stanley Kubrick
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Actor: Daniel Richter, Gary Lockwood, Keir Dullea, Leonard Rossiter, William SylvesterDirector: Stanley Kubrick
Cinematographer: Geoffrey Unsworth
Producer: Stanley Kubrick
Writer: Stanley Kubrick
Editor: Ray Lovejoy
Producer: Victor Lyndon
Writer: Arthur C. Clarke
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language); Russian (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Running Time: 139 minutes
Release Date: 2001-06-12
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Studio: Warner Home Video
VHS Movie Reviews of 2001 - A Space Odyssey [VHS]
Movie Review: Waste of Time
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this movie reading reviews of top blu-ray movies to buy and it was the worst mistake of my life. Pros: the CONCEPT of man vs machine. Cons: Everything else. The first half of the movie I watched a bunch of apes (dawn of men) jump around and scream at each other. The 2nd half was watching toy spaceships / people slooooooooowly scroll across the screen. I actually started to watch the movie in 1.5x speed because of that crap. It was the most boring movie I have ever seen. This movie could have been literally 15 minutes long and could have got across the same points. The cover of this dvd is the coolest looking part of the movie.
Summary of 2001 - A Space Odyssey [VHS]
A Kubrick masterpiece that spans from the dawn of man to it's title year when an alien artifact is found on the moon. An expedition is launched to Jupiter to track it's origins.When Stanley Kubrick recruited Arthur C. Clarke to collaborate on "the proverbial intelligent science fiction film," it's a safe bet neither the maverick auteur nor the great science fiction writer knew they would virtually redefine the parameters of the cinema experience. A daring experiment in unconventional narrative inspired by Clarke's short story "The Sentinel," 2001 is a visual tone poem (barely 40 minutes of dialogue in a 139-minute film) that charts a phenomenal history of human evolution. From the dawn-of-man discovery of crude but deadly tools in the film's opening sequence to the journey of the spaceship Discovery and metaphysical birth of the "star child" at film's end, Kubrick's vision is meticulous and precise. In keeping with the director's underlying theme of dehumanization by technology, the notorious, seemingly omniscient computer HAL 9000 has more warmth and personality than the human astronauts it supposedly is serving. (The director also leaves the meaning of the black, rectangular alien monoliths open for discussion.) This theme, in part, is what makes 2001 a film like no other, though dated now that its postmillennial space exploration has proven optimistic compared to reality. Still, the film is timelessly provocative in its pioneering exploration of inner- and outer-space consciousness. With spectacular, painstakingly authentic special effects that have stood the test of time, Kubrick's film is nothing less than a cinematic milestone--puzzling, provocative, and perfect. --Jeff Shannon
When Stanley Kubrick recruited Arthur C. Clarke to collaborate on "the proverbial intelligent science fiction film," it's a safe bet neither the maverick auteur nor the great science fiction writer knew they would virtually redefine the parameters of the cinema experience. A daring experiment in unconventional narrative inspired by Clarke's short story "The Sentinel," 2001 is a visual tone poem (barely 40 minutes of dialogue in a 139-minute film) that charts a phenomenal history of human evolution. From the dawn-of-man discovery of crude but deadly tools in the film's opening sequence to the journey of the spaceship Discovery and metaphysical birth of the "star child" at film's end, Kubrick's vision is meticulous and precise. In keeping with the director's underlying theme of dehumanization by technology, the notorious, seemingly omniscient computer HAL 9000 has more warmth and personality than the human astronauts it supposedly is serving. (The director also leaves the meaning of the black, rectangular alien monoliths open for discussion.) This theme, in part, is what makes 2001 a film like no other, though dated now that its postmillennial space exploration has proven optimistic compared to reality. Still, the film is timelessly provocative in its pioneering exploration of inner- and outer-space consciousness. With spectacular, painstakingly authentic special effects that have stood the test of time, Kubrick's film is nothing less than a cinematic milestone--puzzling, provocative, and perfect. --Jeff Shannon
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