A Director's Odyssey For The Audience

Rating: Null/10 (17 February 2013)

I've finally had the pleasure of watching Kubrick's spectacular '2001: A Space Odyssey'. This film is proof that one could make an entire feature film with images alone. Yes, there is some dialogue (quite minimal) and a beautiful score but the hero of the film are the visuals. There is a plot but this isn't a plot oriented film. There are very few successful films that are driven by visuals and Kubrick's film is among the prototype. A majority of the art was designed by Kubrick himself but John Hoesli and his team's art direction and Geoffrey Unsworth's dazzling camera-work deserves equal praise. The soundtrack gives beautiful voice to the magic on screen.
Kubrick has really captured the sheer magic of images here and for that very reason '2001: A Space Odyssey' creates a unique film-viewing experience.