filmography: 2001: A Space Odyssey

The science fiction film par excellence of the film narrates the history of various periods of history not only of past but also the future. Millions of years ago, before the appearance of "homo sapiens", some primates find a monolith that leads to a state of higher intelligence. Millions of years later, another monolithburied on a moon, is attractive to scientists. Finally, during a NASA mission, HAL 9000, a machine with artificial intelligence, is responsible for controlling all systems in a manned spacecraft.

Facts about this film

1. Kubrick didn't use credits at the beginning of the film, something quite unusual at the time of its release (1968).
2. In the beginning of the film, "The Dawn of Man", initially were not monkeys but a kind of "Peking Man", that is the predecessor to Homo Sapiens, so Stuart Freeborn (the make up of the film) made some awesome designs of half-naked men. The problem was that they saw Kubrick wanted to be totally naked actors, but the censorship did not allow MGM, which made Freeborn a prosthetic make up for those sexual parts, but not convinced Kubrick. He thought of putting on a loincloth, but was out of style, so I told Kubrick to Freeborn, to return to do all the make up on the basis of apes.
3. When HAL is being disconnected, sings the song "Daisy". "Daisy" was the first song played by a non-mechanical computer
4. the film "WALL-E" (2008) is a tribute to 2001: A Space Odyssey, because of the large ships and relationships of certain characters, such as FSC (both the name and appearance is the same) The pilot AUTO AXIOM is similar to HAL 9000, the nave and other datos.También could be taken as a tribute to the total absence of dialogue until after the half hour movie.
5. In the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Tim Burton, in the scene where Wonka shows his chocolate transmission system for television signals, chocolate appears replacing the monolith of 2001: A Space Odyssey at the scene of "dawn of man ", background sounds Thus Spoke Zarathustra
6. In Kubrick's film A Clockwork Orange, in the scene where the protagonist Alex is in a record store, appears in the central desk in the window the cover of one LP, 2001.
7. In the television series Futurama and The Simpsons (Halloween Special The Simpsons XII) are often made this film parodies.
8. In the television series South Park is a parody of "The Dawn of Man" in the episode "Bebe's Boobs Destroy Society".
9. The episode entitled UHG (SpongeBob BC) of the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. The episode shows how the characters were in the stone age.Perhaps the most obvious similarity is the scene in which SpongeBob having an idea about how to use fire, background sounds Thus Spoke Zarathustra.

Andrea V.