This film is a good insight into Stanley Kubrick and Arthur Clarke's view of human history and possible meaning of the universe. I like the fact that they take this complexity seriously and have made a serious film about the possibility of intelligent life other than humans in the universe. In an interview on the Extra features on the DVD, Clarke says that the scientific and the spiritual merge, and are less distinct, which makes for a relatively confusing story running through the film. The cinematography and music to this film are amazing, and sometimes as eerie as the ideas the film is portraying. I especially like their treatment of the cultural and social shock of new discoveries of reality and how those have an effect on human understanding and culture.
January 11, 2005
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