Christopher Nolan returns Kubrick sci-fi masterpiece '2001: A Space Odyssey' to its original glory

[turbinetree]

By KENNETH TURAN
| FILM CRITIC |
MAY 03, 2018 | 5:00 AM


Christopher Nolan wants to show me something interesting. Something beautiful and exceptional, something that changed his life when he was a boy.

It's also something that Nolan, one of the most accomplished and successful of contemporary filmmakers, has persuaded Warner Bros. to share with the world both at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival and then in theaters nationwide, but in a way that boldly deviates from standard practice.

For what is being cued up in a small, hidden-away screening room in an unmarked building in Burbank is a brand new 70-mm reel of film of one of the most significant and influential motion pictures ever made, Stanley Kubrick's 1968 science-fiction epic "2001: A Space Odyssey."

Yes, you read that right. Not a digital anything, an actual reel of film that was for all intents and purposes identical to the one Nolan saw as a child and Kubrick himself would have looked at when the film was new half a century ago.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-christopher-nolan-2001-20180503-story.html


I still remember seeing this movie on the big screen at least four times, and it is in my opinion one of the greatest films made

[OriginalGeek]

1. interesting

I never saw it in theaters. I think I've only seen it on VHS through a 36" tube tv.

I might have to look for it on Blu-Ray or 4K.

[turbinetree]

2. The big screen is the best..................it was amazing

[edbermac]

3. Got it on DVD.

Watch it every two months or so.

[TlalocW]

4. Oh, I hope

The hour-long sequence of weird lights at the end is restored to its three-hour glory!

TlalocW

[Codeine]

5. I would love to see that in an theatrical presentation.

Easily my favorite film.

[oswaldactedalone]

6. A cinematic masterpiece

With NASA scientists involved to make sure the science was as right as they could predict it might be 35 years into the future.

The mistake Kubrick made was taking out the narration and asking the audience to rely on too many subtle clues to fully appreciate it. NASA scientist, Fred Ordberg, chastised Kubrick after the final cuts were made for removing the narration. I’ve read it and it was a mistake to remove it.

Still an amazing achievement by Kubrick.

[Atticus]

7. "Thus spake Zarathustra!" nt

[emulatorloo]

8. Opens May 18 for limited runs in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and San Francisco!

I saw it a couple times in 70mm, I hope I can catch a screening this time out. One of my favorite movies. Thanks so much for the article!