In addition, filmed entirely in a pre-digital era, everything about 2001 was bespoke. What’s more, Kubrick and Clarke effectively turned the production of 2001 into a think-tank, involving over 40 companies in coming up with credible concepts, technologies, and extrapolations about the future (as it was perceived then). That might sound incredibly pretentious, but Michael Benson’s summation of the impact of 2001 at the end of the book drives this point home. We are talking about what still remains, after 50 years, an unparalleled achievement in the fusion of science and art through the medium of film. Still, nearly 500 pages about the making of a single movie? The remaining 200-odd are photos, acknowledgements, and a comprehensive index. My Kindle version clocks in at 723 pages, but the actual text is only 456 pages.
Okay, do not stop reading this when you start it, or balk at the initial length. A concluding chapter examines the film’s legacy as it grew into it current justifiably exalted status. Benson interviewed Clarke many times, and has also spoken at length with Kubrick’s widow, Christiane with visual effects supervisor Doug Trumbull with Dan Richter, who played 2001 ’s leading man-ape and many others.Ī colorful nonfiction narrative packed with memorable characters and remarkable incidents, Space Odyssey provides a 360-degree view of this extraordinary work, tracking the film from Kubrick and Clarke’s first meeting in New York in 1964 through its UK production from 1965-1968, during which some of the most complex sets ever made were merged with visual effects so innovative that they scarcely seem dated today. Such directors as George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Ridley Scott, and James Cameron have acknowledged its profound influence.Īuthor Michael Benson explains how 2001 was made, telling the story primarily through the two people most responsible for the film, Kubrick and science fiction legend Arthur C.
2001 ’s resounding commercial success launched the genre of big-budget science fiction spectaculars. Although some leading critics slammed the film as incomprehensible and self-indulgent, the public lined up to see it. Strangelove, director Stanley Kubrick wasn’t yet recognized as a great filmmaker, and 2001 was radically innovative, with little dialogue and no strong central character. Regarded as a masterpiece today, 2001: A Space Odyssey received mixed reviews on its 1968 release. Clarke created this cinematic masterpiece. Celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the film’s release, this is the definitive story of the making of 2001: A Space Odyssey, acclaimed today as one of the greatest films ever made, including the inside account of how director Stanley Kubrick and writer Arthur C.
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