“Kubrick: and beyond the cinema frame”
An in-depth analysis of
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Text copyright © by Rob Ager 2008
Special thanks to Robert Gallant, Matt Pulver and the many other film fans who have emailed me their observations or made their research available online.
CONTENTS
1 CULTURAL / HISTORICAL EFFECT
2 THE MEANING OF THE MONOLITH REVEALED
3 THE KUBRICK CODE
4 ENLIGHTENMENT AND REBIRTH
5 JUPITER AND BEYOND THE CINEMA FRAME
6 KUBRICK AS GOD / MAN AS HIS OWN GOD
7 THE MONOLITH AS A DOORWAY
8 THE TECHNOLOGY TRAP
9 KUBRICK’S COVER STORIES
10 HAL AS A HUMAN
11 KUBRICK’S WAR CRY
12 2001: A FAKE ODYSSEY?
13 WHAT PLANET WAS KUBRICK ON?
14 EXTRA MATERIAL, UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENA & A HAPPY ENDING
This short video is an extract from chapter 8 of the above analysis and specifically explores the topic of the HAL 9000 computer as a metaphor of IBM.
Below is an early video review I made in 2007, which covers much of the material contained in chapter 2. Please bare in mind that this video only scratches the surface of the text review and in the future will be replaced with a much more in-depth video.
2001: A Space Odyssey - The meaning of the monolith revealed
PART ONE
PART TWO
Another analysis of 2001, by Joe Bisdon, can be found here.