That's my response as well. From the time I saw it as a 14-year old in 1968, right up to the present day, I find it just as beautifully poetic & mysterious as ever. In some ways, I think of it as a visual tone poem or symphony. Of course, the best way to see it is in a theater, on the biggest screen possible. Those whose only experience of it is from TV, no matter how big & state-of-the-art the set, can't really be expected to appreciate its immersive power & depth. And add to that what a previous poster said about declining attention spans. Personally, I feel that slow, majestic pace is what gives the film such power & depth, conveying as it does the immensity of both Time & Space in a visceral way, a touch of the Infinite. A masterpiece!
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Fandango (534)
3 years ago
Beyond the cautionary tale of 2001: A Space Odyssey, one cannot help but feel a lingering note of human triumphalism. Kubrick viscerally depicts man reaching the apex of progress, conquering not only the finitude of Earth, but the infinitude of the Universe. In this exultation, where the unfulfilled becomes fulfilled, we see man elevated to status of deity, reminiscent of Roger Bacon’s Scientia Experimantlis: “to build a world oneself, to be oneself God, that is the Faustian inventor’s dream.”
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