Awwww jyeah, son. Barring Outland,
basically every
movie I've reviewed in this column has been seen as indefensible by a
number of people. But this is a whole other animal. 2001: A
Space Odyssey isn't just a
classic, isn't just a great movie. It's a turning point in the sci-fi
genre. It's a cultural touchstone. It practically created the media
trope of a computer gone mad, and its effects can be felt today, even
down to its production design. Apple based the aesthetics of damn
near every product it's ever released on the clean, sterile white and
black of the Discovery,
and even named the iPod after the globular rides of Bowman and Poole.
2001 is
nebulous, dense, sparing, and does a tango over the line between
style and substance. It asks the biggest questions of all: are we
alone in the universe? Who made us what we are? And where the hell
are we going next?
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| And what the HELL is a "bush baby"!? |
