Perhaps one of the most important director's of all time was the late Stanley Kurbrick. His works span almost every film genre and are without exception ground breaking films. Perhaps the best known of his impressive films is 2001. While films before this used special effects no one has used them to tell a story like Kubrick. Now we have the Matrix, ID4, Star Wars and so many more but the grandfather to the all is 2001.
Effects here do so much more than set the place and mood of the film, they tell the story.
From the mysterious monolith to the shapes of the ships, every detail has meaning. For example, the star child is created after the sperm shaped Discovery comes into contact with the ovum shaped Jupiter. The master crafts each scene with precision. I was disappointed because of the cutting to pan and scan and the loss of the incredible sound and score. Now, thanks to DVD it's back bigger and better than ever.