Tag: 2001: A Space Odyssey
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George Lucas Committed To An Impossible Task For Star Wars’ Earliest Special Effects
George Lucas had a bold vision when he set out to make “Star Wars” in the mid-1970s. He did not, however, have the technology to pull it off. No one did, at least not at an affordable price.Douglas Trumbull had recently vaulted visual effects forward with his optical innovations for Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space…
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10 Sci-Fi Movies Everyone Should See at Least Once, According to Reddit
Science fiction, known as “the literature of ideas,” typically centers around fantasy and futuristic concepts such as time travel, advanced technology, and space exploration. Through the years, the science-fiction genre has had a major influence on society as well as filmmakers like Stanley Kubrick, George Lucas, and Christopher Nolan. With iconic classics such as Invasion…
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‘Barbie’ Review: Greta Gerwig Goes Way Outside the Box with Her Funny, Feminist Fantasia
It opens, of course, with an homage to Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey.” A dazzling sunrise stretches over a barren desert, populated exclusively with sad-eyed Dust Bowl-era girls and their unblinking baby dolls, as Helen Mirren (!!) narrates us through what life was like pre-Barbie. It wasn’t just boring (though it was certainly boring),…
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Christopher Nolan’s Favorite Movies: 37 Films the Director Wants You to See
Christopher Nolan has become one of the most celebrated directors working in Hollywood since launching his career in 1998 with the neo-noir crime thriller “Following” and breaking through two years later with “Memento.” All of Nolan’s movies are influenced by the films he holds closest to his heart, whether it’s a 1927 classic from F.…
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The Best Sci-Fi Shows on Apple TV+
From lightsabers to spaceships and plasma cannons to time machines, the science fiction genre has been entertaining audiences for decades. From the famous radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds in 1938 to the all-time classic movie 2001: A Space Odyssey exactly 30 years later, the genre has seen countless beautifully imaginative universes and…
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Close Encounters Of The Third Kind’s Script Featured A Scene Even Steven Spielberg Couldn’t Pull Off
The pre-digital age of blockbuster filmmaking was a wonderland of handmade awe. Every astounding image you saw on a movie screen was tactile. Be it a mechanical shark, a model Ferris wheel rolling down the Santa Monica Pier, or a flying saucer crashing into the United States Capitol, you knew these were tangible creations placed…
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‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’: Michelle Yeoh Carries A Bold & Boundless Multiverse Spectacle [SXSW]
“Everything Everywhere All At Once” carries a surprising sci-fi staidness for the loony directors behind “Swiss Army Man,” until a character, after ingesting a chock full of pink chapstick, magically becomes a martial arts master, decimating the security guards patrolling a drab IRS office in the process. In Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s bold and…
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VFX Pioneer Douglas Trumbull: 5 Memorable Moments From ‘Close Encounters’ to ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture’
Visionary visual effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull, who died Monday, contributed his groundbreaking inventions and techniques to classics including “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” and “Blade Runner.”Among his many honors were three visual effects Oscar nominations; the Academy’s Scientific and Engineering Award for creating the Showscan…
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The Brutal Reaction Audiences Had To 2001: A Space Odyssey’s Premiere
Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 feature film “2001: A Space Odyssey” is — and I know this appellation is tossed about freely, but in this case it’s warranted — one of the best films ever made. Written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, it is one of the few films to reach out and scrape its fingernails…