The Depiction of Existentialism

Rating: 10/10 (13 December 2009)

2001: A Space Odyssey is more than a film; unfortunately nowadays films are more and more depicted as an entertainment medium which automatically drives the audience to a flat understanding of what really movies are meant to be. Well Stanley Kubrick's gem came to confirm one of his famous quotes '' If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed''. The film provokes the subconscious part of the ''watcher'' through a mysterious and obscure gigantic space. Millions of years ago before humankind existed Kubrick choose to personify that mystery in The Monolith scene to express the dawn of man, the way the monolith behaved, and try to communicate could be interpreted as an ''attempt to communication '', as the monolith disappears once the magical alignment appeared and foretells us the beginning of Man's development. The journey through space started with a magnificent soundtrack completely opposite of the one in first chapter which extraordinary matches with the description or the promenade that Stanley Kubrick made us experience through the so wonderful space, to show us one of the best quality of this movie which is the quality of the image and visual effect (knowing that this film was realized in 1968) which personally wowed me. In this part it shows us the cerebral human being in the pinnacle of the technology development and also introduce us to one of the most important actor or character I would say ''Who is'' HALL 900 plays a big role in the depiction of the technology versus Human being , a computer capable of interacting emotionally and intellectually as humans. The dramatic scene in where hall doesn't want to open the pod bay doors to Bowman, Stanley Kubrick showed us how humankind can be victim of its own tools. The film is much more known for its mysterious end because the plot isn't something limited, let us remember you that this film isn't about a definite subject and it becomes what you see in it while you are watching it and that's make the movie even beautiful and special at the same time. Stanley Kubrick delivered a masterpiece using two mean NATURAL dimensions: Vision (image), Music (phonetic, sound) to let us see and listen as we are experiencing the discovery of the Orphic existence of the universe. Highly Recommended!