2001: A Space Odyssey is now widely acclaimed to be revolutionary, but the reviews upon its release were more divisive. Aside from the special effects, which were universally praised, many aspects of the film evoked wildly differing responses from critics, ranging from being “an unforgettable endeavor” (Gilliatt) to “immensely boring.” (Adler) A common complaint was the lack of an exposition, which made the film more confusing to some. To those critics, the homonymous novel by Arthur Clarke was a godsend, a treasure trove of information that the film was so reluctant to provide. Now that the critical reception of the film has stabilized, it is due time for a reevaluation of the novel. This paper examines the characteristics of each medium and …show more content…
Every film must make a trade-off between information density and visual density. A higher information density means more narration and in-depth storytelling, but this might cause the film to be less immersive and intellectually unengaging. Movies with lower information densities are more abstract and artistic, with a bigger focus on the audiovisual aspects of the film. Because the footage is presented without explicit explanation, these films provide the viewers with an opportunity to think about the significance of each scene. Films with lower information densities are analogues of short stories, and those with a bigger focus on exposition are comparable to novels. In this sense, the film 2001: A Space Odyssey is like a short story. The distinction is more apparent when compared to a heavily narrative-driven movie like Star Wars. While Star Wars begins with a literal “wall of text,” not a single line of narration is spoken in the beginning of 2001. Cryptic scenes like the "Dawn of Man" sequence and ending are presented as is, leaving the audience to decrypt their meaning themselves. Each scene in 2001 is like poetry: both visually beautiful and thought-provoking, resonating with the viewer in a way that transcends language. As Kubrick (1968) himself put it: “I tried to create a visual experience, one that bypasses verbalized pigeonholing and directly penetrates the subconscious with an [sic] emotional and philosophic
To begin with, Carr starts his article by attracting the audience attention in the introduction, by citing a piece from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, in which HAL says
This style is utilized across the film to show the difference thematic during all acts of the film. In the journal article Music, Structure and Metaphor in Stanley Kubrick 's 2001: A Space Odyssey shows director’s soundtrack are mainly consisted on several relationships between the music used on the film and the narrative of the story as well as the constructive thoughts of the symbolism around the thematic of the film which lead the creation of a unique, continuity language with a central philosophical idea that constantly evolves through the course of the film (Patterson 447). The next two final scenes are represented as the rapid development of the tribe in compare with another similar group the habitat. The first scene shows the tribe doing their regular activities, but in this case in a different way if compare with the first exposition of the same tribe for the first time at the beginning of the first
Susan Sontag, an author of the essay “Imagination Disaster,” explores the world of science fiction as she discusses the tropes in films from the mid-1900s. Throughout her essay, Sontag analyzes why these types of films were created, and basically ties her discussion with humanity. With the growing technological advances, science fiction films state specific things about how science threatens humanity. She also ties her discussion to how sci-fi films tend to serve an attempt at distributing a balance between humanity and the technological world. Sontag claims that science fiction films has suspense, shock, surprises, has an inexorable plot, and how they invite a dispassionate, aesthetic view of destruction and violence.
In this paper I hypothesize that A Voyage to the Moon was most innovative in cinematography and editing. Although mise en-scene was the main focus of the film, I hypothesize that mise en scene wasn’t as innovative as the other two. As mentioned earlier, mise en scene made A Voyage to the Moon easy to understand and follow along. In the first scene of the film, this power
Ultimately, the book and movie’s ending scene give a message that display new knowledge arising, but the book leaves the reader’s mind turning with questions and contemplating the
This essay will discuss how the film uses these two techniques, in reference to the film, and to what ideological and political ends are the techniques used in the films with specific references from the film to support the argument. A Man with a Movie Camera is based around one man who travels around the city to capture various moments and everyday
To summarize this essay, there are several points that highlight differences between the two films, yet the overall context of the film remains the same. One common theme that tends to drive the force between the reasoning in why the two films have varying aspects is because they were made for slightly different audiences at different times in society. Though both versions of the movie have small portions that vary from one another, the main emphasis is the same and both versions are loved by the
The Martian Us as teenagers may at the first look at the movie The Martian and think its science related. The Martian is about these five astronauts that go to Mars, after they are there for awhile a huge storm happened. An antenna goes through one of the members Mark and he died. At least that 's what they thought. The rest of the members leave Mars.
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The concept of time has always been known to assist people in healing. After all, “Time heals all wounds”. That is not the case in the sci-fi film “Interstellar” by Christopher Nolan. Time dilation is used as a negative element throughout the film which essentially puts the audience on edge. The film shows us a future where there is scares food supply, a collapsed economy and dust storms are the new norm.
In order to understand the importance of ‘a sense of wonder’ in the works of science fiction, it is key to highlight the definition attached to ‘wonder’ and the ‘sense of wonder’. Jeff Prucher specifically defines a ‘sense of wonder’ as: A feeling of awakening or awe triggered by an expansion of one’s awareness of what is possible or by confrontation with the vastness of space and time, as brought on by reading science fiction. Prucher explicitly attaches a sense of wonder to be a feeling ‘brought on by reading science fiction’, as opposed to a feeling prompted by any other forms of work.
It was prompted that, although illustrating a well-kept storyline and pleasant detail, the language would be too challenging to comprehend. Inconsistent with such beliefs, the novel was a success. Although, this was not instant, as its renowned reputation had only escalated in the 1970s, which was somewhat due to Stanley Kubrick’s film version in
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I think the movie Interstellar is mostly based on emotions and logic. It’s director Christopher Nolan said that The further out into the infinite we went and the more we isolated these characters who have to go across the universe, the more the focus naturally becomes on their humanity, on that intimate bond they have, what makes us human, all those issues{1}. I think what’s important for us to be humans is care for others more than ourselves .It helps in us in taking risks we usually fear to take to help others. The 2014-movie Interstellar directed by Christopher Nolan had a lot of people’s effort who did research in order to make the movie more realistic to real life experience.
There are many things that make a film interesting. This include historical context (ex. social, government, econ, etc.) and the theory around it. Films represent their times and everything that comes with it. On the other side, is the aesthetic.