The editors there knew I treasured Kubrick’s work and had studied 2001 closely, so they considered me the perfect person to do this. In 1998, I was commissioned by a television network to write a then-popular pop-up commentary on the film.
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No other movie could complete such a feat without being compared to this looming progenitor. After seeing it literally a hundred times (at least 60 of them on the big screen, often projected on 70mm film, though, alas, I’ve never seen the Cinerama version), I unquestionably consider 2001 the best film that has ever been made, or ever will be made in any genre, but especially in the realm of science fiction. It is resolutely successful in dramatizing the history of mankind from ape to superhuman. Its eloquent, overwhelming vision transformed me immensely, leading me into a life of film study, filmmaking, and film writing. I first saw it at Atlanta’s Rhodes Theater early in 1977, at age ten (though I suspect I caught a glimpse of it as a younger child while visiting a drive-in with my parents). As is likely for many others, 2001: A Space Odyssey has long been my favorite film. This conclusion, with Stanley Kubrick’s monumental film landing at the #1 spot in WITD’s countdown of the greatest science fiction films ever made, should come as no surprise to anyone.
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