Thank you Stanley for the July 1969 moon landing!

Rating: 10/10 (7 October 2015)

I saw 2001 Space Odyssey on the big screen either late 1968 or early 1969 (but I think it was early 1969). I was in a state of awe throughout the film! The realism or what I interpreted as 'real' was shocking, I had never seen anything like it on the big screen, it was beyond my realm of experience. I admit with candor I was in a state of shock, or perhaps awe, upon exiting the theater, I just didn't think a film like that possible! Then within a year we 'land' on the moon and I immediately thought Stanley made the murdered President Kennedy's dream a reality, it's the least this country could do after murdering him! I didn't believe we landed on the moon then nor do I believe it today. Stanley you were truly a genius! Many don't know this but 2001 pioneered the use of front projection with retro-reflective matting with Stanley frequently behind the camera. Another little know fact is that Rock Hudson walked out of the viewing annoyed because he didn't understand what he was watching I on the other hand was transfixed throughout!