2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

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Showings

FilmScene in the Park Sat, Oct 15, 2022 7:00 PM
Series Info
Series:FilmScene in the Park
Film Info
Rating:G
Runtime:149 minutes
Director:Stanley Kubrick
Year Released:1968
Production Country:United Kingdom
United States
Language:English
Russian
French

Description

FilmScene in the Park is presented by McComas Lacina Construction in collaboration with Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department.

FREE and open to the public!

"Man has shrunk space, but Kubrick has expanded the cinema."—Alexander Walker, London Evening Standard

"2001 is not concerned with thrilling us, but with inspiring our awe."—Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com

"Like an abstract painting, with elements of marvel as well as madness, demonstrating that filmmaking doesn't have to be dedicated to telling a linear story."—Mike Massie, Gone With the Twins

Stanley Kubrick redefined the limits of filmmaking in his classic science fiction masterpiece, a contemplation on the nature of humanity. An imposing black structure provides a connection between the past and the future in this enigmatic adaptation of The Sentinel by revered sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke. When Dr. Dave Bowman (Keir Dullea) and other astronauts are sent on a mysterious mission, their ship's computer system, HAL, begins to display increasingly strange behavior, leading up to a tense showdown between man and machine that results in a mind-bending trek through space and time.