Kubrick is a deeply visual director, who relies on the power of the camera, physical acting, and soundtrack to convey his messages to the audience. Perhaps the first thing to note about 2001 is the sparse dialogue, which does not begin until about thirty minutes into the film. As philosopher Jay Newman has argued, we define technology, or techne, as the Greeks referred to it, as any human craftwork, art, or applied science. I would also clarify that technology is not limited to computers and digital devices. While many aspects of Kubrick’s thinking contradict Scripture (and I would not recommend most of his other films), we have much in common in the area of technology. ![]() In this essay, I offer a short review of the film before examining Kubrick’s investigation of the cultural nature of technology. I kept mulling over different scenes and the ideas they sparked. Upon seeing the film, I found that it would not leave my mind, unlike more popular space movies. I was excited about the science fiction elements of space adventure that I had enjoyed since my youth. Clarke, who simultaneously worked with Kubrick on writing the screenplay. I had just finished the book, 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was written by well-known science fiction author Arthur C. Though I had friends in high school who spoke highly of this film, I did not watch it until I was a young adult. Yet beyond all of the spectacle, critics regarded Kubrick’s masterpiece so highly because, like the best art, it wrestles with important questions about the nature of man in the world. The visual power of the film is arresting, and the soundtrack became a trope in American culture. The film won a host of awards in different categories. A year before the United States first landed a man on the moon, director Stanley Kubrick released one of the most celebrated space films in history- 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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