2001: a metaphysical odyssey

Rating: 9/10 (1 August 2009)

Arthur Clarke's philosophy, i.e. man's pursuit of his destiny in the stars, turns to a metaphysical credo. In the end, the traveler of space literally turns to a star-child, a new entity freed from the fetters of flesh.
Used as a vehicle for this ambitious esprit-de-corps, Stanley Kubrick's intensely anti-commercial direction seems as though suspended in the void of outer space, almost filmed in slow-motion amidst abstract pictures, culminating in the "psychedelic" journey in the end of the film.
An extremely uncommercial film, which is puzzling how it became so popular.