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2001ASPACEODYSSEYExplained
Will Carleton6B The Highlands School October 3, 2009
Will Carleton 2001
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2001A Space Odyssey
PROLOGUE
INTRODUCTION
2001, Intro
The film2001 is based on a novel called2001 A Space Odyssey. Both the film and the novel werewritten and being made at the same time. This pamphlet will help you discover the main reasons
the film was made and it will also help with some of the complicated theories used in2001, the
film.
2001, A Success
In 1968, in the midst of the cold war, a film was released that changed the way producers, writers,
special effects coordinaters, and directors made their films.2001 made twenty-second place in the
top one hundred film list.2001was nominated for four Academy Awards, and won one. There are
too many good remarks to be read in twenty-four hours.
2001, Any Questions?
There are many misunderstandings of the film2001. In this pamphlet, you will find points from
the film that help to clarify these misunderstandings . So get reading.
Will Carleton
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Point 12001 A Space Odyssey
THE PERIL OF TECHNOLOGY
The Ape-Man
The film
opens on a
group of apes,
more like le-
thargic kids.
The apes are
focusing their
lives on living
and that is it. But one day, an ape thought as he was looking at bones from a dead animal. He
grabs a bone and smashes the other bones; homo erectus/ thinking or upright men are created.The first tool/weapon is also created. When another tribe of apes invade a water hole, the ape
that we saw earlier gets out his tool/weapon and kills one of the other apes.WHY? This
happens AFTER he looks in the monolith. You will learn about the monolith
in Point 2.
HAL 9000
The HAL 9000 computer is a man made tool to help the astronauts to get to Jupiter to
find life forms. HAL is programmed to make no mistakes or have any malfunctions, but asyou see in the picture to the left. the computer has had a malfunction.WHY? God
created man not to be perfect, but man seeks a quest to become
perfect through technology. Technology, such as the HAL 9000 com-
puter ends up successfully killing all of the astronauts except Dave,
who shuts down HAL.
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Point 22001 A Space Odyssey
MAN AND HIS DEATH
The Dawn of Man
Overnight, an extraterres-
trial has planted a monolith
in the midst of a tribe ofsleeping apes. But why
there, next to sleep-
ing apes? Krubrick is
just taking baby steps with the story now. Monolith one is represent-
ing a challenge. At first the apes are afraid to touch it, but after exam-
ining it for a few moments they all do. They notice how perfect it is.
They see themselves in it.
An Important Discovery
In this scene, monolith two has been planted on the
moon. It has been sending radio waves to Jupiter. The
story of monolith four and Jupiter are in Point Three.
The astronauts on the moon are just as afraid to touch
monolith two as the apes were in The Dawn of Man.Why?Men are homo sapiens.Ape-Men are homo erect. The film supports evolution, from ape to
man. So shouldnt we have some of those characteristics that they
had?
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HAL 9000
HAL looks like a monolith, because of its rectangular black color and shape.
Why? HAL kills off the astronauts. The monolith repre-
sents mans death.
Intermission
Imagine this is your cinema screen, after the
words intermission disappear the screen is black.
Why exactly does the screen turn
black? There is a monolith floating
in space and it has turned horizontally. When the screen turns totally
black you are looking at monolith three. Krubrick is trying to get thepoint across that we are all going to have a time when we must meet
our fate.
The Floating Monolith in Jupiter Space
Monolith three is a monolith really just watching over
Jupiter Space.Why is this monolith impor-
tant? This monolith is representing our
final days, and Daves final days too. It is the last judgement.
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Intermission
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Point 32001 A Space Odyssey
THE LAST STAND
Jupiter Space/Star Gate
Dave is now the only one aboard the ship heading to Jupiter.
When he enters the star gate, he sees flashing lights vertically.
But as time flows by the scene changes from vertical lights tohorizontal lights.Why? Remember monolith
three? It was floating in Jupiter Space.
Krubrick is trying to help us vision inside
the monolith. But that doesnt mean that
Dave is inside it. He is not inside the
monolith.
Jupiter and Monolith Four
Dave finally enters Jupiter to find himself in a bedroom in the
fourth demension. He sees an older version of himself, and be-
comes that older version. He is sitting a t a
table eating hislast supper when his glass full of
wine falls down off of the table and breaks.Why
did Krubrick add that particular
scene? Krubrick added that scene for us to notice
that the wine is still there, but the glass is broken.
Container,content. Body and spirit. Krubrick tells us that there is
more to death than we think.When old Dave picks up the pieces of glass, he sees
himself in the bed, but he is much older than he was before. He immediately becomes that Dave.
He sees monolith four in the back of the room. He reaches for it. But it comes to him.Why?
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These are Daves last few mo-
ments. The monolith repre-
sents death. It is Daves time to
die.
The Star Child
When the monolith comes to Dave, he disappears and on
the bed where he was lies the Star
Child.Why a Star Child? It
is like being born again,
he has another evolution-
ary leap to make.
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