art and the mysterious

Rating: 10/10 (1 September 2010)

The way i see it, this movie is meant to be ambiguous and mysterious as it tries to represent the greatest mystery of them all - the universe, and our existence. Kubrick does not try and give us the answers in this film, so don't over-analyze and go looking for them! What Kubrick tries to do here is imbue us with this ancient sensation of awe and wonder for the mysterious (in particularly, the mystery of the universe).
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed." - Albert Einstein