An epic odyssey of sensibility

Rating: 9/10 (15 April 1999)

2001: A Space Odyssey... its only title brings undescriptable feelings to our minds. A film 20 years ahead of its time, where music and images form a perfect work of art. We're so lucky that Kubrick made the correct decision with the musical choice. Perhaps the original soundtrack composed specifically for the film was a great soundtrack (probably it was), but in the 'spatial dance' scene I can't imagine anything else but the Blue Danube. The result is an epic dance where the dancers are two pieces of human technology, with the Universe as the dance room and silence as the only witness.
It's one of the few films I have seen that enhances the book on which it is based. The dialogue almost doesn't exist in this film, and also in this aspect we find that Kubrick made the perfect choice. Words aren't necessary when Nature talks with its own language. Even in the dialogue scenes the images take precedence over them, making the dialogue just a collateral element. As a conclusion, I must say that only a genius could make a film like this one. Kubrick is one of the few 20th century geniuses, together with Einstein, Rachmaninov, Picasso, Orson Welles...