2001 A Space Odyssey
Run time: 149m (2h 29m)
Stanley Kubrick

Before screening:

Mute at start because the setup-screen plays Donau — 
Set subtitles
DSP to -15 or even -20 — 
remove stray lights (printer), 
put "70s" lamp and armchair out of the way, clear table, catch flies & insects — 
hold DSP remote to adjust sound level.



To be understood:
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Cold War situation
speed of light: 300’000km/s
8 minutes to the Sun
Jupiter at 43 minutes from Sun: between 35 and 51 minutes to reach Earth.

1957: Sputnik; 1968: "2001";
No CGI, no computer interfaces, no computer graphics, hardly any colour TV.
1964 first ideas & discussions with Clarke
1965 script, but not complete; takes begin in December
1966 first full-dis picture of Earth
1967-11 first colour image of Eart
1968-04 release 2023-1968 = 55 years ago.
1969: moon landing; so 2001?  Definitely the "wheel" from 2001.
Though the ISS was only 1998.
Star Wars: 1976.


Switch from Richard Strauss to Johann Strauss

gravity on the moon too strong

Five themes (Aliens — evolution — space travel — AI — Ethics)
Human intelligence evolution
Difficulty of space travel 
AI
Aliens incomprehensible
Allowed to "kill" and AI? 


To be noted:
No swear words or foul language
Flat screens
Space toilets
Food
Silence in space
Slow moves in space (see docking at Chinese space station)
no light bulbs, only flat panels


Largest skip in movie history: 2my

Last bit is 15 minutes long.

Errors:
Gravity on Moon too high
Film transport in camera
Radiation danger in space (but how was it for trips to the Moon?)
Gravity in pod bay


References:
“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”
Recent monoliths (Utah monolith, ...)
Escape rooms Geneva
Poole in C-Pod: "I have a bad feeling about him"


1968, filmed 1965→, designed 1964!


Always look at all details

Voiceprint identification looks like what we do now
They walk "down" instead of perpendicular to the curved floor.
Floyd's kid wants a phone!
Scan lines on video phones and at switch-off looks like CRT with centre dot.
Never see a light bulb.  Floodlights in Moon dug-out are "LEDs"
BBC voice is dated
Flat screens on eating table
gravity in pod bay
EVA = extra-vehicular activity
Problem happens about in the asteroid field?
pod would move away when Poole leaves it
his spacesuit's gloves are not inflated
why park pod so far away?
killing of other crew too long and rubbish
HAL controls pod, and presumably all doors also inside, so how can Dave go about?  Why does HAL not move the ship?  Why does he not attack with the third pod?
emergency airlock opening: R2D2
HAL designed in 1992 in Urbana, that was the time of Mosaic!  NCSA founded in 1985.