2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey : Summary and initial thoughts One of the most influential films ever made, 2001: A Space Odyssey is more of an experience than a story. Using dialogue and traditional narrative techniques sparingly, this film truly absorbs the viewer, creating a feeling of being in the action of the movie. The film follows three of what I suppose for the purposes of this post we shall call "episodes." The first takes place in prehistoric times after a monolith is dropped near a tribe of beings who, upon encountering the monolith, are able to evolve to using bones to hunt, as well as to smite and banish their enemies. The movie then cuts to millions and millions of years after this encounter and takes up the story of Dr. Heywood Floyd, who has been tasked with examining a recently uncovered second monolith. Before much investigating can be done, however, the monolith puts forth a radio signal. The film cuts again, to only a year or so later, and the ship Discover...