hidden meanings

Rating: 10/10 (18 February 2014)

The film 2001: a space odyssey is based upon Arthur C. Clarks Book witch takes place in the future of the year 2001. The film depicts the fear of the creation of artificial intelligence could become the death of humanity this fear is depicted through the experience of a group of scientists stationed on a space station. The director Stanley Kubrick at the time had mad ten films prior to this one witch had placed him to be a very influential filmmaker with his use of hidden symbolism and use of political and sociological themes in his films. In this film he used numerous techniques, which involved hidden meanings through objects in the film the position of the camera in certain scenes or even the situations the characters were in. His use of camera angles and sound would emphasize certain hidden points in the film. To highlight dramatic effect he would use rarely to if any sound effects in some scenes. There would be scenes of great panic and the only sound effect that would be used would be the sound of the hastened breathing of a panicked astronaut hurdling through space. He would also use certain camera angles to show hidden connections of props or even prevailing themes in the story just by using certain angles. One of the most critically studied McGuffins in the film was the monolith. There have been accusations that the monolith represents the emptiness of the cinema screen at the end and beginning of the film. The other accusation is that it represents the future of humanity that we will eventually end with darkness if we continue in the path of technology. He makes the connection of the monolith with the computer Hal 9000, both have the same shape of a rectangle; HAL has the same shape of the monolith which connects HAL the death of humanity through the advancements of artificial intelligence.