Edge of Eternity from the '60s

Rating: Null/10 (21 June 2013)

For all the epic films Hollywood has ever churned out over the last century, it's sorta hard to imagine one which could top this one since it essentially covers all of human history, from start to finish, from Man's first recognition and manipulation of tools (that bone) to the tools recognizing and manipulating Man.
Kubrick notwithstanding, only in the '60s could a film provide quite this center-of-the-universe sense of awe. Whenever I saw it as a kid or young adult, no cinematic experience seemed capable of matching it.
(Certainly, the '80s sequel "2010" couldn't come close, that one offering up far too literal answers to the profound questions posed by the original.) Perhaps it was inevitable that even the sheen of "2001" would lessen a tad with the encroachment of time. But not much.