Exponential expansion of genius: a self-portrait.

Rating: 10/10 (22 November 2010)

It's possible that Kubrick presented this story as symbolic of the evolution of his intellect, or perhaps even of his consciousness. Relatively speaking, each person lives a similar voyage of expanding discovery and experience, and most of us will eventually be "mutinied" by the very vehicle that's transporting us: certainly our physical bodies as we age, but more significantly, also by the psychological strategies we develop and re-develop to maintain and improve our existence. Creative adaptation along both of those dimensions is absolutely critical, especially towards the end of the trip, which often ends as it began. Very few will travel as far as Kubrick did.