Kubrick's Odyssey.

Rating: 10/10 (1 June 2015)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968): Dir: Stanley Kubrick / Cast: Keir Dullea, William Sylvester, Gary Lockwood, Daniel Richter / Voice: Douglas Rain: Spectacular science fiction brilliance regarding a journey through time and space that we will forever lack understanding of. It opens with prehistoric imagery as a tribe of apes discovers a tool called weapon, which introduces the wrath of war. It is a portrayal of man's senseless nature in violence and the inventions we use against one another. Eventually the apes are disturbed by the sudden appearance of a black rectangular object. We are then given a brilliant time lapse as a bone hurls through the air to a cut to a spacecraft. Amazing visual wonders aboard the craft including a computer named Hal that seems to have a mind of its own. Director Stanley Kubrick is brilliant especially having already made Dr. Strangelove and Lolita. Unknown cast include Keir Dullea who attempts to counter Hal but consequently faces the unknown future. William Sylvester is seen making a video call to his daughter before disappearing. Gary Lockwood plays an ill fated astronaut also out to counter Hal. And Daniel Richter is the head ape in the opening tribal footage. Douglas Rain provides the ominous voice of Hal 9000 in a reference to technology merging ahead. Theme addresses man's failure to condemn his pride and his ignorance to that he creates. Score: 10 / 10