2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

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The Rewatchables' awards

From ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ With Bill Simmons, Steven Spielberg, and Sean Fennessey (2026-06-01):

Double feature

  1. pick A.I. Artificial Intelligence: Pairs it with 2001 for the Kubrick-Spielberg lineage, the two films talking to each other.
    “Well, my pick would be AI for all the reasons that I talked about.”
    Sean Fennessey · 2:16:43
  2. pick Destination Moon: He calls it the first breakthrough movie that made audiences believe we could land on the moon, and says it echoes what became Kubrick's 2001.
    “Mine would be George Powell's destination moon.”
    Steven Spielberg · 2:16:55
  3. pick Disclosure Day: Spielberg's new movie, opening June 12, as a pairing he has already seen.
    “My double feature choice is Disclosure Day, opening on June 12th.”
    Bill Simmons · 2:17:51
  4. pick The Shining: His backup choice: watch 2001 first, then The Shining, to see what Kubrick carried between them.
    “Backup choice would be the shining.”
    Bill Simmons · 2:17:58

Most rewatchable scene

  1. pick HAL reads Bowman and Poole's lips in the pod, then the cut to HAL's eye
    “That's my favorite scene in the movie.”
    Steven Spielberg · 1:18:20
  2. runner-up Bowman tries to disconnect HAL ("Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?")
    “That's my other favorite scene.”
    Steven Spielberg · 1:20:23
  3. floated The Stargate slit-scan sequence (picked as his favorite visual effect)
    “But my favorite visual effect in the film.”
    Steven Spielberg · 1:20:48
  4. pick Landing at Clavius, the monolith selfie, and the sonic hit that cuts to the future
    “One that we didn't mention is when they land on Clavius and are witnessing the monolith and that like selfie moment that they're taking and that's right right before that sonic note hits”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:21:11
  5. pick Bowman tries to disconnect HAL
    “Uh, I think I like when he disconnects, tries to disconnect how. I think is my favorite part.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:22:41
  6. floated Dawn of Man: the leopard attack on the apes
    “The beginning with the apes leading on to leopard, which holy shit, the leopard saying.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:17:22
  7. floated The ape figuring out a bone is a weapon, into the fight between the two gangs
    “We get the ape figuring out that bones could be a weapon leading into the big fight with the 2 gangs.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:18:00
  8. floated Floyd and the astronauts checking out the buried monolith
    “We get Floyd and the astronauts checking out the buried artifact.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:18:05
  9. floated Floyd's sit-down with the Russians
    “Big sit down with the Russians, which is our 2nd summit of 2 revel gangs.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:18:09
  10. floated The jogging scene into the eating scene into the HAL interview
    “Um, jogging scene into the eating scene into the Howell interview.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:18:13
  11. floated The Stargate approach
    “We get the Stargate approach, which is, I think, in the running for the, let's get stoned and watch this later.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:20:30
  12. floated The ending, Bowman going through the stages of life
    “Then the ending, Boehman goes through the stages of life, the music, all that stuff.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:21:04

Ebert review · The reading of Roger Ebert's review of the film.

  1. pick 2001: A Space Odyssey: Four stars; Bill reads that the film creates its effects out of visuals and music and wants to enlarge us.
    “Roger Ebert, 4 stars. We always do a Roger Uber review when we do the rewatch.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:16:37

Most 1968 thing · The most 1968 thing about the movie.

  1. pick The intermission: Also opening a movie with three minutes of black screen and weird music.
    “My 2 would be the intermission, which just doesn't happen anymore.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:25:33
  2. pick A movie becoming a phenomenon because people smoke marijuana in the theater
    “The idea of a movie becoming a phenomenon because people are smoking marijuana in a movie theater.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:27:14
  3. pick A big movie made entirely by hand, without digital effects
    “The one thing that really strikes me is, so it's a movie made entirely without digital effects”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:27:35
  4. pick Nothing; the movie wiped out its own year: He says there was no 1968 while you watch 2001.
    “2001 had nothing to do with 1968.”
    Steven Spielberg · 1:29:47

Floyd Gondolli Award (something I just enjoy) · Something about the movie the host just enjoys.

  1. pick Kubrick destroying the trims, negatives and models after the shoot
    “Kubrick was adamant that the trims that he made, the 19 minutes would never be seen.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:31:32
  2. pick A movie that refuses to explain itself
    “I just love when a movie uh, refuses to explain itself”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:33:13

What's aged the best · The single thing that has aged best.

  1. winner HAL 9000
    “How 9000 is age the best.”
    unknown · 1:40:03
  2. pick The film's predictions: video phones, voice print ID, AI, tablets, the idea alien life exists
    “Video phones, voice print identification, artificial intelligence, video tablets, 0 gravity toilet, the growing concern or belief that alien life exists relevant to your film.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:40:20
  3. pick The foreboding, mysterious style with no narrative engine
    “that foreboding and mysterious style that a movie without a narrative engine can still draw you in has aged very, very well.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:40:38
  4. pick Famous people watching videos of themselves
    “famous people watching videos of themselves when the astronauts are watching the new segment about them and the interview with them, which is such a social media thing right now.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:40:49
  5. pick A mysterious government cover-up of something unsettling
    “I also would add a mysterious government cover-up of something unsettling.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:41:10
  6. pick No dialogue in the first 25 minutes or the last 23
    “A movie that pulled off no dialogue in the 1st 25 minutes or the last 23 minutes.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:41:15
  7. pick The solo astronaut story, later The Martian and Project Hail Mary
    “The solo astronaut, space traveler, movie gimmick, which then eventually became the Martian Project Hail Mary, like just sending people out by themselves.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:41:35

Hottest take · The host's hottest take on the movie.

  1. pick The moon landing was real but Kubrick also filmed some of it
    “My hottest take is we did land out on the moon, but they also had Stanley film or used space stuff just because they couldn't have actually shown video and they did the hybrid model.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:44:11

Great Shot Gordo · The most cinematic shot, named for Gordon Willis.

  1. pick The ape in slow motion learning to use a weapon
    “I have the ape in slow motion, learning how to use a weapon and how he filmed that would be my favorite.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:44:31
  2. pick The bone-to-spacecraft match cut
    “I think the match cut that Stephen described earlier is the probably the number one answer.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:44:40
  3. pick The floating pen
    “The one I like the most is the floating pen”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:44:44
  4. pick The floating pen: He then explains the glass-and-tape trick.
    “Oh, okay, well, that was what I was going to say with the floating pen was one of my favorite shots.”
    Steven Spielberg · 1:44:55
  5. pick The Dawn of Man front-projection shots
    “my other favorite shop is everything at the Dawn Man.”
    Steven Spielberg · 1:45:38
  6. pick Brody on the beach, the dolly-zoom shot in Jaws: Bill names Spielberg's own Jaws shot as a Hall of Fame winner; Spielberg then explains where it came from.
    “You have a Hall of Fame, great shock order, award winner, um, Brody. The got the beach. Trombone shot.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:48:40

Would modern technology ruin this movie · Whether today's digital tools would ruin the film.

  1. pick Digital tools would hurt the legacy of the handmade movie
    “I just feel like part of the legend of this movie is, it's like watching somebody make a world-class meal based on like some leftovers and the leftover groceries.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:50:08
  2. pick AI would put about 400 people out of work
    “unemploy about 400 people wouldn't have jobs.”
    Steven Spielberg · 1:50:29
  3. pick The practical, handmade work is the point
    “I hope that there's like a little bit of a turnback to that because the practical stuff is what's like the movie doesn't really make sense as an idea if it's just made with digital effects.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:50:48

Kid Cudi Pursuit of Happiness Award (best needle drop) · The best needle drop.

  1. winner The opening credits: Others agree it is by far the answer.
    “for best needle drop, that has to be the opening credits.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:52:21

Sean Fennessey Award (stealth homage) · An homage to an earlier film or film history that only a movie nerd would catch.

  1. winner The "explosive bolts" hatch sign in 2001 echoing Major Kong's line in Dr. Strangelove: Bill calls it the best moment in the history of the category.
    “But there's one in the film that is Kubrick winking at himself, which is that in Doctor Strangelove, Major Kong says, fire the explosive bolts. And in 2001, the entry hatch sign reads, caution colon explosive bolts.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:53:12

What's aged the worst · The single thing that has aged worst.

  1. pick The intermission
    “We mentioned the intermission, which nobody would do anymore.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:53:58
  2. pick The BBC 12 channels joke: He counts 11 BBC channels now, so Kubrick was one short.
    “They mentioned BBC 12 and there were only 2 BBC channels at the time.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:54:05
  3. pick The idea that we could shut down AI
    “just the idea that we could shut down AI, I think, maybe.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:54:53

Steven Seagal Award (most unbelievable anecdote from the shoot) · The most unbelievable anecdote from the film shoot.

  1. winner A days-dead horse painted like a zebra for the leopard shot
    “So they had a dead horse painted like a zebra for the shot of the leopard next to the zebra.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:56:24

Casting what ifs · Almost-castings and recasts.

  1. pick Sterling Hayden as Heywood Floyd: Bill says Kubrick wanted him and MGM vetoed; the studio wanted Henry Fonda.
    “Kubrick won at Sterling Hayden for Floyd and MGM vetoed it.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:56:39
  2. pick Holden as Heywood Floyd: Compares the short Floyd role to Janet Leigh in Psycho.
    “Which is, I, Holden would have been good for Floyd.”
    Steven Spielberg · 1:56:54
  3. pick Robert Shaw as Moon-Watcher
    “He looked at a bunch of actors, famous ones for the moon watcher, the lead ape, including your guy Robert Shaw.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:57:13
  4. pick Martin Balsam as HAL 9000: Spielberg adds that Balsam was a little too New Yorkish.
    “Kubrick rejected Martin Balsam for how?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:59:00
  5. pick Pink Floyd as the film's music: Bill is unsure how true it is.
    “And then Pink Floyd was approached to perform music and they turned it down due to other commitments.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:59:09

Dion Waiters Award · Someone who is not the star but comes in hot for a short stretch.

  1. pick HAL 9000
    “I think it's Hal.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:59:29
  2. pick Daniel Richter as Moon-Watcher
    “I have Daniel Richter as Moon Watcher, the chief ape.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:59:34
  3. pick Vivian Kubrick: His number two.
    “I think it's Vivian Kubrick, who wants a bush baby and whose father calls her squirt.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:59:42

Apex Mountain · Where a person's career had the most juice.

  1. pick Steven Spielberg: 1982, E.T. and Poltergeist.
    “I would say, so for you, you have multiple apexes, but in 82, when you have ET and poltergeist, At that point, you could have probably gone into any any studio on the planet, been like, I'd like to do this.”
    Bill Simmons · 2:04:06
  2. pick Stanley Kubrick: 2001 is Kubrick's apex, and the Big Bang for serious science-fiction movies.
    “This is a movie that made Stanley famous, not just among critics and and and journalists and people that write about film. But this is the movie where the public discovered him.”
    Steven Spielberg · 2:04:45

Cruise or Hanks · Which of the two stars you would put in this movie.

  1. pick Tom Hanks
    “Hanks. Because he made Apollo 13.”
    Steven Spielberg · 2:05:36
  2. pick Tom Hanks as Heywood Floyd: The transcript cuts off on who plays Bowman; Floyd is Hanks.
    “I think the answer is both.”
    unknown · 2:05:49
  3. pick Tom Cruise as Moon-Watcher
    “Can I give you cruise as the lead ape?”
    Bill Simmons · 2:05:56

Picking Nits · Nitpicks of a film they love.

  1. pick The ape costumes in 4K feel a little 1968
    “The ape costumes in 4K.”
    Bill Simmons · 2:06:45
  2. pick Could HAL really read their lips: Spielberg and others say it would be a walk in the park for AI today.
    “Would Hal actually be able to read their lips?”
    Bill Simmons · 2:07:12
  3. pick The film never says what year it is set: Spielberg answers that 2001 is about the millennium, not a year.
    “The film never actually tells us what year it's set.”
    Bill Simmons · 2:07:26
  4. pick HAL 9000
    “if how so advanced, why can't he anticipate Dave's move to remove his central function?”
    Sean Fennessey · 2:08:06
  5. pick HAL 9000: Joins Sean's nit: why not close ports where there is no manual override.
    “why doesn't Hal turn off all the lights?”
    Steven Spielberg · 2:09:00
  6. pick The movie was rated G
    “I had one more. This movie was rated G?”
    Bill Simmons · 2:09:55

Oscar picks · Who should have won or been recognized.

  1. winner Stanley Kubrick: Two Oscars.
    “I would go best film and best director.”
    Steven Spielberg · 2:11:06
  2. pick Douglas Trumbull
    “I would also have given Doug Trumbull, an Oscar, along with Stanley for special effects.”
    Steven Spielberg · 2:11:12

Unanswerable questions · Questions the movie leaves open.

  1. pick Why did HAL break down: Bill's take: HAL was caught between knowing everything and lying about the mission.
    “Why did Hal break down?”
    Bill Simmons · 2:11:20
  2. pick Why did HAL break down: HAL is a narcissist and a mirror of his creators.
    “was how was a narcissist. He was a complete narcissist.”
    Steven Spielberg · 2:12:00
  3. pick The first shot of the three astronauts looks like the moon landing
    “The 1st shot of the 3 astronauts we see. Sure looks a lot like the moon landing, is Sean mentioned.”
    Bill Simmons · 2:13:00
  4. pick Who delivered the monoliths
    “who delivered the monoliths is like the ultimate question of the movie.”
    Sean Fennessey · 2:13:10
  5. pick Did this movie ruin the name Hal
    “Did this movie ruin the name Hal?”
    Bill Simmons · 2:13:23

Memorabilia · The one piece of memorabilia they would want from the movie.

  1. pick HAL's eye
    “I understand Peter Jackson owns Hal's eye. That would have been my answer.”
    Bill Simmons · 2:14:55
  2. winner David Bowman's spacesuit: He bought it and gave it to the museum; the hosts say nobody has topped that on the show.
    “David Bowman's, uh, spacesuit. Which I've donated to the Academy Museum.”
    Steven Spielberg · 2:14:36
  3. pick The monolith: Bill's anecdote, not his answer. Kubrick said it no longer existed. The name is likely Gene Siskel.
    “Gene Cisco loved this movie, and he really wanted the monolith, and he asked Kubrick about getting it.”
    Bill Simmons · 2:14:10

Coach Finstock Mr. Miyagi Award (best life lesson) · The best life lesson from the movie.

  1. pick Keep questioning what's out there
    “I guess it's keep questioning what's out there?”
    Bill Simmons · 2:16:01
  2. winner Never close your mind to an impossible possibility: Bill says it is better than his.
    “never, ever close your mind off to an impossible possibility.”
    Steven Spielberg · 2:16:06

Who won the movie · Who came out of the movie the winner.

  1. winner Stanley Kubrick
    “Who won the movie? Stanley Kubrick.”
    Bill Simmons · 2:18:30
  2. pick HAL's soft but chilling voice: Craig's first Rewatchables; his closing take on the movie, not a formal winner.
    “Hal's voice, the choice of Hal's soft but chilling tone, I think, makes the entire film.”
    Craig Horlbeck · 2:19:54

Who talked about it

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

The Sentinel (short story): 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (source story): The Sentinel (short story) ⇒ 2001: A Space Odyssey (the host's read). The film and companion novel drafted off Clarke's short story The Sentinel, which had the germ of the monolith idea.
    “So it's going off drafting off of the Sentinel.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:52:22 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

2010: The Year We Make Contact: 5 lines the host's read ×5

  1. lineage (sequel): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read). The film has a sequel, and Clarke wrote three sequel novels.
    “Obviously, the sequel exists.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:11:43 · Jordan Hoffman (0.70 sure it was them)

Jack Kirby: 2 lines the host's read ×2

  1. lineage (comic adaptation): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Jack Kirby (the host's read). Kirby's Marvel series began by adapting the movie in its first three issues, then went its own way.
    “Like, the 1st 3 issues are the movie... and he went bananas with it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 2:12:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Silent Running: 2 lines the host's read ×2

  1. lineage (lineage): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Silent Running (the host's read). 2001 spawned heady, serious, clean sci-fi like Silent Running.
    “2001 leads to a spat of things like silent running, you know, these movies that are like very heady.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:12:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

2010: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (sequel): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010 (the host's read). Peter Hyams made a film sequel to 2001, following the books.
    “But, like, he rolled up his sleeves and he was like, 2001?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:48:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

2069: A Sex Odyssey: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (influence): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2069: A Sex Odyssey (the host's read). The porn parody is said to be very influenced by 2001.
    “actually is actually very influenced by this film.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:42:56 · Jordan Hoffman (0.30 sure it was them)

A Clockwork Orange: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (self-reference): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ A Clockwork Orange (the host's read). The record store scene shows the 2001 soundtrack, which the speakers read as Kubrick nodding at his own movie.
    “but he's kind of like being like, guys, I made that movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:44:54 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50 sure it was them)

Ad Astra: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (cribbing): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Ad Astra (the host's read). Ad Astra is called the one other film that feels realistic about space travel, and it cribs from 2001.
    “is cribbing from it so much where like the way at Astra depicts space travel”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:41:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Being There: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. theme (theme reused): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Being There (the host's read). Being There used a funky version of 2001's Zarathustra theme for its big moment.
    “they were going to play the also Sprack Zarathustra, but they did the funky version instead”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:37:23 · Jordan Hoffman (0.50 sure it was them)

David Fincher: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (early commercial reference): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ David Fincher (the host's read). At 24 Fincher used a baby smoking, a 2001 reference, in an American Cancer Society ad.
    “a baby smoking a cigarette as a, as a, as a reference to 2001 is incredibly powerful iconography”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 1:17:15 · Adam Nayman (0.85 sure it was them)

Elvis Presley: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. craft (music borrowed): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Elvis Presley (the host's read). Elvis took the Zarathustra overture from the film almost immediately and opened his concerts with it.
    “Almost immediately after the movie took this took the music.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:38:21 · Jordan Hoffman (0.40 sure it was them)

History of the World, Part I: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (parody): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ History of the World, Part I (the host's read). Monty Python and History of the World Part I did 2001 parodies.
    “they did 2001 of Space Odyssey parodies. History of the World Part one.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:28:00 · Jordan Hoffman (0.60 sure it was them)

The Shining: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (led to Kubrick mythology): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ The Shining (the host's read). 2001 is the reason for Kubrick's godlike mythology, without which people would invest less in The Shining.
    “I don't think people would invest as much into The Shining if this movie didn't exist.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:01:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Connected to

2010: The Year We Make Contact: 5 lines lineage ×3 contrast ×1 craft ×1

  1. lineage (sequel): 2001: A Space Odyssey → 2010: The Year We Make Contact. The film has a sequel, and Clarke wrote three sequel novels.
    “Obviously, the sequel exists.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:11:43 · Jordan Hoffman (0.70 sure it was them)

A Clockwork Orange: 5 lines theme ×2 career ×1 contrast ×1 unmapped ×1

  1. theme (theme: Ludovico as 2001): 2001: A Space Odyssey → A Clockwork Orange. The Ludovico technique takes the technology theme and makes it the main course.
    “And the Ludovico technique in this movie is just that writ large, which is why I love this movie so much”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:48:11 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them)

The Shining: 4 lines unmapped ×3 craft ×1

  1. unmapped (over-read): 2001: A Space Odyssey → The Shining. Like 2001, Kubrick's films prompt people to ask what they mean.
    “2001, obviously, is one of those like, wait, what's the meaning of that?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 0:57:06 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Dr. Strangelove: 2 lines unmapped ×2

  1. unmapped (trilogy claim): Dr. Strangelove → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Ciment suggests a future trilogy; Kubrick, as quoted, rejects any deliberate pattern.
    “There is no deliberate pattern to the stories I have chosen to make into films.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:44:51 · Alex Ross Perry (0.70 sure it was them)

Jack Kirby: 2 lines unmapped ×1 lineage ×1

  1. lineage (comic adaptation): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Jack Kirby. Kirby's Marvel series began by adapting the movie in its first three issues, then went its own way.
    “Like, the 1st 3 issues are the movie... and he went bananas with it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 2:12:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Silent Running: 2 lines lineage ×1 unmapped ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Silent Running. 2001 spawned heady, serious, clean sci-fi like Silent Running.
    “2001 leads to a spat of things like silent running, you know, these movies that are like very heady.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:12:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Tree of Life: 2 lines unmapped ×2

  1. unmapped (in conversation): The Tree of Life → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Tree of Life is called a movie very much in conversation with 2001.
    “that was a movie that's very much in conversation with this film”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:23:18 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

2001: A Space Odyssey (novel): 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (companion novel): 2001: A Space Odyssey → 2001: A Space Odyssey (novel). Film and Clarke's novel were developed side by side, each holding the other hostage.
    “But the 2 of them were being done in tandem.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:54:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

2010: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (sequel): 2001: A Space Odyssey → 2010. Peter Hyams made a film sequel to 2001, following the books.
    “But, like, he rolled up his sleeves and he was like, 2001?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:48:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

2069: A Sex Odyssey: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (influence): 2001: A Space Odyssey → 2069: A Sex Odyssey. The porn parody is said to be very influenced by 2001.
    “actually is actually very influenced by this film.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:42:56 · Jordan Hoffman (0.30 sure it was them)

A.I. Artificial Intelligence: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (similar ending): 2001: A Space Odyssey → A.I. Artificial Intelligence. The ending of A.I. is so similar to 2001's: a familiar room built by far-future beings.
    “the ending of AI is so similar to the ending of 2001”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:55:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Ad Astra: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (cribbing): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Ad Astra. Ad Astra is called the one other film that feels realistic about space travel, and it cribs from 2001.
    “is cribbing from it so much where like the way at Astra depicts space travel”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:41:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Alex North: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (rejected score): Alex North → 2001: A Space Odyssey. North wrote a full commissioned score that Kubrick did not like and dropped.
    “Stanley Kubrick didn't like it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:44:29 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Aram Khachaturian: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (music cue): Aram Khachaturian → 2001: A Space Odyssey. The speaker's favorite music cue in the film is the Khachaturian piece over Bowman and Poole exercising.
    “Then the other thing, and it's my favorite piece of music in the film is Aram Cachutarians sad when you 1st see Bowman and Poole and they're exercising.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:45:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Being There: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme reused): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Being There. Being There used a funky version of 2001's Zarathustra theme for its big moment.
    “they were going to play the also Sprack Zarathustra, but they did the funky version instead”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:37:23 · Jordan Hoffman (0.50 sure it was them)

Capricorn One: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (wave of imitators): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Capricorn One. Capricorn One is named among the slower sci-fi films that followed 2001.
    “leading up to this, like silent running, Capricorn one and all these sorts of things.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:42:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Christopher Nolan: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (re-release): Christopher Nolan → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Nolan supervised an IMAX re-release off the 4K restoration, demastered to look like his childhood memory.
    “Nolan supervised this IMAX re-release, large format re-release”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:16:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

David Fincher: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (early commercial reference): David Fincher → 2001: A Space Odyssey. At 24 Fincher used a baby smoking, a 2001 reference, in an American Cancer Society ad.
    “a baby smoking a cigarette as a, as a, as a reference to 2001 is incredibly powerful iconography”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 1:17:15 · Adam Nayman (0.85 sure it was them)

David and Lisa: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (casting source): David and Lisa → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Keir Dullea's break was David and Lisa, a small indie, before being cast in 2001.
    “I mean, cure delay, like, yeah, breaks on David and Lisa, which is this like small sort of like searing relationship trauma.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:11:11 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

Elvis Presley: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (music borrowed): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Elvis Presley. Elvis took the Zarathustra overture from the film almost immediately and opened his concerts with it.
    “Almost immediately after the movie took this took the music.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:38:21 · Jordan Hoffman (0.40 sure it was them)

Fear and Desire: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career arc): Fear and Desire → 2001: A Space Odyssey. An artist can make Fear and Desire and later make 2001.
    “So I just think as like a filmmaker. It's just invaluable to be like, you can make fear and desire.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:29:41 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them)

Forbidden Planet: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (score contrast): Forbidden Planet → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Kubrick did not want futuristic-sounding music like Forbidden Planet's electronic score.
    “Yeah, like forbidden Planet had the Fheramins and he...”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:35:37 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Forrest Gump: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (effects technique): Forrest Gump → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Forrest Gump's leg-removal effects and the 2001 pen shot both keep the audience guessing how it was done.
    “And the pen shot is just like, even for such an early point, they're doing that”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:34:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Full Metal Jacket: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (location myth): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Full Metal Jacket. Kubrick's later sets-bound movies rewrote the memory of the earlier location-shot ones.
    “it just sort of changed the perception of the earlier works”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:34:28 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50 sure it was them)

George Lucas: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast in pace): George Lucas → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Lucas's pioneering move in Star Wars was to make space move fast, against 2001's floaty slowness.
    “the single most pioneering element of Star Wars was Lucas being like, we can move fucking fast here.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:40:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

György Ligeti: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (music discovery): György Ligeti → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Kubrick's wife heard Ligeti's scary music on BBC radio, and Kubrick tracked it down for the film.
    “Kubrick's wife was had the BBC radio on and it was their like new music hour and she heard this scary music”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:45:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

History of the World, Part I: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (parody): 2001: A Space Odyssey → History of the World, Part I. Monty Python and History of the World Part I did 2001 parodies.
    “they did 2001 of Space Odyssey parodies. History of the World Part one.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:28:00 · Jordan Hoffman (0.60 sure it was them)

Interstellar: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (robot and plot echo): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Interstellar. Interstellar contains a go-into-a-crazy-thing sequence and the offhand robot Tars, compared with HAL.
    “Obviously, Interstellar, which is a supreme masterpiece and also contains a sequence where someone goes into a crazy thing and then a bunch of crazy stuff happens.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:19:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Jurassic World Dominion: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if homage): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Jurassic World Dominion. A hypothetical Dominion opening with planet and Zarathustra would draw the answer that it is an homage to 2001.
    “He was like, oh, it's an homage to 2000.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:02:12 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Lawrence of Arabia: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (intermission cut): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Lawrence of Arabia. Lawrence of Arabia is said to have a good cut to intermission, versus 2001's at peak tension.
    “I feel like Lawrence of Arabia has a good cut to intermission.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:57:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Men in Black: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (joke comparison): Men in Black → 2001: A Space Odyssey. The film's ending aliens are compared to the cigarette-smoking aliens of Men in Black.
    “it's the cigarette smoking aliens from Men in Black, who are like, we created everything.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 2:05:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Mission: Impossible (modern films): 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (production process): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Mission: Impossible (modern films). The chaotic making of 2001 is compared to modern Mission Impossible, which writes scenes around locations.
    “It's like one of the fucking modern Mission Impossible movies.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:02:10 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Saving Private Ryan: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Saving Private Ryan → 2001: A Space Odyssey. The Normandy sequence is compared to the longest virtuoso stretches in film, like the openings of 2001 and There Will Be Blood.
    “The opening of 2001, the opening of there will be blood.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:11:16 · Chris Ryan (0.80 sure it was them)

Sleeper: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (look and Hal voice): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Sleeper. Sleeper has the voice of HAL and a lot of the look of 2001.
    “Sleeper, Woody Allen Sleeper, has, I mean, Hal, the voice of Hal is in Sleeper, and a lot of the look is 2001.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:28:10 · Jordan Hoffman (0.60 sure it was them)

Spartacus: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (intermission): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Spartacus. The third intermission movie covered that year, after Spartacus and Sweet Charity.
    “this is now the 3rd movie we've covered with an intermission this year”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:38:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (slowness comparison): Star Trek: The Motion Picture → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Star Trek TMP's slowness feels more self-indulgent than 2001's, ten years later.
    “The slowness of that film feels more self-indulgent that this does, and that is 10 years after this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:43:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (post-Star Wars sci-fi resemblance): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. The post-Star Wars studio sci-fi boom resembles 2001 more than Star Wars.
    “The post-Star Wars boom of sci-fi movies from the studios, bear more resemblance to this than to Star Wars.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:42:39 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Steven Spielberg: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (owns print): Steven Spielberg → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Spielberg owns a print and has a screening room but still went alone to see Nolan's version.
    “he owns a print of 2001 and he's got a screening room”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:20:47 · Jordan Hoffman (0.50 sure it was them)

Terrence Malick: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (inverse sequence): Terrence Malick → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Malick's raptor scene in Tree of Life does a 2001-style sequence but as the first act of mercy rather than violence.
    “Malik always described that as like the 1st act of kindness or the 1st act of mercy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:23:22 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

The Black Hole: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if contrast): The Black Hole → 2001: A Space Odyssey. The Black Hole has the vibes but also face-bearing Disney robots, unimaginable in 2001.
    “Like, imagine if those guys were in 2001.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:43:33 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Sands of Mars (novel): 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (prefigures): The Sands of Mars (novel) → 2001: A Space Odyssey. In Sands of Mars the Clarke proxy is famous for a runaway bestseller much like 2001, written years earlier than the film.
    “wrote a phenomenal runaway bestseller, much like 2001 of Space Odyssey, which came out in 68”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:13:24 · Jordan Hoffman (0.70 sure it was them)

The Sentinel (short story): 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (source story): The Sentinel (short story) → 2001: A Space Odyssey. The film and companion novel drafted off Clarke's short story The Sentinel, which had the germ of the monolith idea.
    “So it's going off drafting off of the Sentinel.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:52:22 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Tron: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (dated look): Tron → 2001: A Space Odyssey. The Stargate diamond shapes feel a little Tron and date the film to its moment.
    “It's a little tron.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 2:06:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (structural echo): Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 → 2001: A Space Odyssey. The abstract atomic-origin sequence is likened to 2001 for television, and the speakers note 2001 also comes after two hours of conventional narrative.
    “you're like, oh, we're watching something that is 2001, a Space Odyssey for television.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Twin Peaks: The Return (Episode 8) with Connor Ratliff · 1:22:42 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Universe (short film): 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (shared voice): Universe (short film) → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Douglas Rain had been in a short film called Universe before voicing HAL.
    “had apparently done a voice or had been in a short film called Universe.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:14:03 · Jordan Hoffman (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career arc): Fear and Desire → 2001: A Space Odyssey. An artist can make Fear and Desire and later make 2001.
    “So I just think as like a filmmaker. It's just invaluable to be like, you can make fear and desire.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:29:41 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. career (career sequence): 2001: A Space Odyssey → A Clockwork Orange. After the grandest film he moves to a punk movie within two years.
    “It just feels so exciting to be like, you just made 2001.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:06:45 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50 sure it was them)

contrast (5)

  1. contrast (contrast): 2010: The Year We Make Contact → 2001: A Space Odyssey. 2010 tries to answer Kubrick's questions and is more loyal to Arthur C. Clarke's ideas.
    “it's much more... As I remember loyal to Arthur C. Clark's science fiction ideas”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:26:18 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (Oscars contrast): A Clockwork Orange → 2001: A Space Odyssey. This film was nominated for best picture while 2001 was not.
    “Wild that a clock recording was nominated for best picture in 2001 wasn't.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:07:19 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast in pace): George Lucas → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Lucas's pioneering move in Star Wars was to make space move fast, against 2001's floaty slowness.
    “the single most pioneering element of Star Wars was Lucas being like, we can move fucking fast here.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:40:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. contrast (inverse sequence): Terrence Malick → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Malick's raptor scene in Tree of Life does a 2001-style sequence but as the first act of mercy rather than violence.
    “Malik always described that as like the 1st act of kindness or the 1st act of mercy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:23:22 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. contrast (score contrast): Forbidden Planet → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Kubrick did not want futuristic-sounding music like Forbidden Planet's electronic score.
    “Yeah, like forbidden Planet had the Fheramins and he...”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:35:37 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

craft (9)

  1. craft (structural echo): Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 → 2001: A Space Odyssey. The abstract atomic-origin sequence is likened to 2001 for television, and the speakers note 2001 also comes after two hours of conventional narrative.
    “you're like, oh, we're watching something that is 2001, a Space Odyssey for television.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Twin Peaks: The Return (Episode 8) with Connor Ratliff · 1:22:42 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Saving Private Ryan → 2001: A Space Odyssey. The Normandy sequence is compared to the longest virtuoso stretches in film, like the openings of 2001 and There Will Be Blood.
    “The opening of 2001, the opening of there will be blood.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:11:16 · Chris Ryan (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. craft (borrowed music): 2010: The Year We Make Contact → 2001: A Space Odyssey. The only thing 2010 borrows from 2001, apart from plotting, is the music, including the Zarathustra drop at the end.
    “Yeah, is the music.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:07:40 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. craft (shot echo): 2001: A Space Odyssey → The Shining. Bowman about to kill HAL is shot from below, handheld, like a Shining shot.
    “He's about to kill Hal, and it's a shining shot.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:57:45 · Jordan Hoffman (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. craft (effects technique): Forrest Gump → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Forrest Gump's leg-removal effects and the 2001 pen shot both keep the audience guessing how it was done.
    “And the pen shot is just like, even for such an early point, they're doing that”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:34:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. craft (music borrowed): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Elvis Presley. Elvis took the Zarathustra overture from the film almost immediately and opened his concerts with it.
    “Almost immediately after the movie took this took the music.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:38:21 · Jordan Hoffman (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. craft (rejected score): Alex North → 2001: A Space Odyssey. North wrote a full commissioned score that Kubrick did not like and dropped.
    “Stanley Kubrick didn't like it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:44:29 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  8. craft (music discovery): György Ligeti → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Kubrick's wife heard Ligeti's scary music on BBC radio, and Kubrick tracked it down for the film.
    “Kubrick's wife was had the BBC radio on and it was their like new music hour and she heard this scary music”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:45:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  9. craft (music cue): Aram Khachaturian → 2001: A Space Odyssey. The speaker's favorite music cue in the film is the Khachaturian piece over Bowman and Poole exercising.
    “Then the other thing, and it's my favorite piece of music in the film is Aram Cachutarians sad when you 1st see Bowman and Poole and they're exercising.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:45:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (re-release): Christopher Nolan → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Nolan supervised an IMAX re-release off the 4K restoration, demastered to look like his childhood memory.
    “Nolan supervised this IMAX re-release, large format re-release”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:16:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

lineage (8)

  1. lineage (lineage): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Silent Running. 2001 spawned heady, serious, clean sci-fi like Silent Running.
    “2001 leads to a spat of things like silent running, you know, these movies that are like very heady.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:12:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): 2010: The Year We Make Contact → 2001: A Space Odyssey. 2010 was made because the novel sequel existed, a movie made just because they had to.
    “Because Arthur C. Clark had come out with a 2010 novel.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 2:54:20 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (sequel): 2001: A Space Odyssey → 2010: The Year We Make Contact. 2010 is the sequel to 2001; the speaker's reaction to the Kubrick film is the benchmark throughout.
    “And I said, oh, you know, 2010, the sequel to 2001 and they were like, the what?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:02:34 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (sequel): 2001: A Space Odyssey → 2010. Peter Hyams made a film sequel to 2001, following the books.
    “But, like, he rolled up his sleeves and he was like, 2001?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:48:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (sequel): 2001: A Space Odyssey → 2010: The Year We Make Contact. The film has a sequel, and Clarke wrote three sequel novels.
    “Obviously, the sequel exists.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:11:43 · Jordan Hoffman (0.70 sure it was them)
  6. lineage (influence): 2001: A Space Odyssey → 2069: A Sex Odyssey. The porn parody is said to be very influenced by 2001.
    “actually is actually very influenced by this film.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:42:56 · Jordan Hoffman (0.30 sure it was them)
  7. lineage (source story): The Sentinel (short story) → 2001: A Space Odyssey. The film and companion novel drafted off Clarke's short story The Sentinel, which had the germ of the monolith idea.
    “So it's going off drafting off of the Sentinel.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:52:22 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  8. lineage (comic adaptation): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Jack Kirby. Kirby's Marvel series began by adapting the movie in its first three issues, then went its own way.
    “Like, the 1st 3 issues are the movie... and he went bananas with it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 2:12:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (casting source): David and Lisa → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Keir Dullea's break was David and Lisa, a small indie, before being cast in 2001.
    “I mean, cure delay, like, yeah, breaks on David and Lisa, which is this like small sort of like searing relationship trauma.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:11:11 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (companion novel): 2001: A Space Odyssey → 2001: A Space Odyssey (novel). Film and Clarke's novel were developed side by side, each holding the other hostage.
    “But the 2 of them were being done in tandem.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:54:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

theme (7)

  1. theme (location myth): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Full Metal Jacket. Kubrick's later sets-bound movies rewrote the memory of the earlier location-shot ones.
    “it just sort of changed the perception of the earlier works”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:34:28 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme: Ludovico as 2001): 2001: A Space Odyssey → A Clockwork Orange. The Ludovico technique takes the technology theme and makes it the main course.
    “And the Ludovico technique in this movie is just that writ large, which is why I love this movie so much”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:48:11 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. theme (theme: human error): 2001: A Space Odyssey → A Clockwork Orange. HAL's human error is read alongside the Ludovico technique as the flaw that is always there.
    “What's the human error in the Ludovico technique.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:50:39 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. theme (slowness comparison): Star Trek: The Motion Picture → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Star Trek TMP's slowness feels more self-indulgent than 2001's, ten years later.
    “The slowness of that film feels more self-indulgent that this does, and that is 10 years after this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:43:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. theme (robot and plot echo): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Interstellar. Interstellar contains a go-into-a-crazy-thing sequence and the offhand robot Tars, compared with HAL.
    “Obviously, Interstellar, which is a supreme masterpiece and also contains a sequence where someone goes into a crazy thing and then a bunch of crazy stuff happens.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:19:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. theme (theme reused): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Being There. Being There used a funky version of 2001's Zarathustra theme for its big moment.
    “they were going to play the also Sprack Zarathustra, but they did the funky version instead”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:37:23 · Jordan Hoffman (0.50 sure it was them)
  7. theme (joke comparison): Men in Black → 2001: A Space Odyssey. The film's ending aliens are compared to the cigarette-smoking aliens of Men in Black.
    “it's the cigarette smoking aliens from Men in Black, who are like, we created everything.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 2:05:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

unmapped (24)

  1. unmapped (early commercial reference): David Fincher → 2001: A Space Odyssey. At 24 Fincher used a baby smoking, a 2001 reference, in an American Cancer Society ad.
    “a baby smoking a cigarette as a, as a, as a reference to 2001 is incredibly powerful iconography”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 1:17:15 · Adam Nayman (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (over-read): 2001: A Space Odyssey → The Shining. Like 2001, Kubrick's films prompt people to ask what they mean.
    “2001, obviously, is one of those like, wait, what's the meaning of that?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 0:57:06 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (trilogy claim): Dr. Strangelove → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Ciment suggests a future trilogy; Kubrick, as quoted, rejects any deliberate pattern.
    “There is no deliberate pattern to the stories I have chosen to make into films.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:44:51 · Alex Ross Perry (0.70 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (self-reference): 2001: A Space Odyssey → A Clockwork Orange. The record store scene shows the 2001 soundtrack, which the speakers read as Kubrick nodding at his own movie.
    “but he's kind of like being like, guys, I made that movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:44:54 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. unmapped (cultural shadow): 2001: A Space Odyssey → The Shining. The Shining and 2001 are the two Kubrick films casting the largest cultural shadows.
    “These are the 2 movies that cast the largest cultural shadows to this day.”
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  6. unmapped (prefigures): The Sands of Mars (novel) → 2001: A Space Odyssey. In Sands of Mars the Clarke proxy is famous for a runaway bestseller much like 2001, written years earlier than the film.
    “wrote a phenomenal runaway bestseller, much like 2001 of Space Odyssey, which came out in 68”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:13:24 · Jordan Hoffman (0.70 sure it was them)
  7. unmapped (owns print): Steven Spielberg → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Spielberg owns a print and has a screening room but still went alone to see Nolan's version.
    “he owns a print of 2001 and he's got a screening room”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:20:47 · Jordan Hoffman (0.50 sure it was them)
  8. unmapped (parody): 2001: A Space Odyssey → History of the World, Part I. Monty Python and History of the World Part I did 2001 parodies.
    “they did 2001 of Space Odyssey parodies. History of the World Part one.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:28:00 · Jordan Hoffman (0.60 sure it was them)
  9. unmapped (look and Hal voice): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Sleeper. Sleeper has the voice of HAL and a lot of the look of 2001.
    “Sleeper, Woody Allen Sleeper, has, I mean, Hal, the voice of Hal is in Sleeper, and a lot of the look is 2001.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:28:10 · Jordan Hoffman (0.60 sure it was them)
  10. unmapped (intermission): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Spartacus. The third intermission movie covered that year, after Spartacus and Sweet Charity.
    “this is now the 3rd movie we've covered with an intermission this year”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:38:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  11. unmapped (wave of imitators): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Silent Running. After 2001 came a wave of slower sci-fi imitators, naming Silent Running and Capricorn One.
    “But it is funny, like after this, there's a wave of imitators, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:42:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  12. unmapped (post-Star Wars sci-fi resemblance): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. The post-Star Wars studio sci-fi boom resembles 2001 more than Star Wars.
    “The post-Star Wars boom of sci-fi movies from the studios, bear more resemblance to this than to Star Wars.”
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  13. unmapped (wave of imitators): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Capricorn One. Capricorn One is named among the slower sci-fi films that followed 2001.
    “leading up to this, like silent running, Capricorn one and all these sorts of things.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:42:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  14. unmapped (preceded): Dr. Strangelove → 2001: A Space Odyssey. 2001 came after Dr. Strangelove, as sci-fi was heating up.
    “Um, post Dr. Strangelove.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:49:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  15. unmapped (similar ending): 2001: A Space Odyssey → A.I. Artificial Intelligence. The ending of A.I. is so similar to 2001's: a familiar room built by far-future beings.
    “the ending of AI is so similar to the ending of 2001”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:55:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  16. unmapped (led to Kubrick mythology): 2001: A Space Odyssey → The Shining. 2001 is the reason for Kubrick's godlike mythology, without which people would invest less in The Shining.
    “I don't think people would invest as much into The Shining if this movie didn't exist.”
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  17. unmapped (production process): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Mission: Impossible (modern films). The chaotic making of 2001 is compared to modern Mission Impossible, which writes scenes around locations.
    “It's like one of the fucking modern Mission Impossible movies.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:02:10 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  18. unmapped (shared voice): Universe (short film) → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Douglas Rain had been in a short film called Universe before voicing HAL.
    “had apparently done a voice or had been in a short film called Universe.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:14:03 · Jordan Hoffman (0.40 sure it was them)
  19. unmapped (in conversation): The Tree of Life → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Tree of Life is called a movie very much in conversation with 2001.
    “that was a movie that's very much in conversation with this film”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:23:18 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  20. unmapped (cribbing): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Ad Astra. Ad Astra is called the one other film that feels realistic about space travel, and it cribs from 2001.
    “is cribbing from it so much where like the way at Astra depicts space travel”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:41:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  21. unmapped (intermission cut): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Lawrence of Arabia. Lawrence of Arabia is said to have a good cut to intermission, versus 2001's at peak tension.
    “I feel like Lawrence of Arabia has a good cut to intermission.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:57:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  22. unmapped (dated look): Tron → 2001: A Space Odyssey. The Stargate diamond shapes feel a little Tron and date the film to its moment.
    “It's a little tron.”
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  23. unmapped (sequence length): The Tree of Life → 2001: A Space Odyssey. The Stargate sequence is shorter than Tree of Life's creation sequence.
    “It's shorter than the creation sequence in Tree of Life.”
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  24. unmapped (led to Fourth World): Jack Kirby → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Kirby's Fourth World is said to come out of his 2001 work.
    “Yeah, and I think like 4th world essentially comes out of it.”
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what-if (2)

  1. what-if (what-if homage): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Jurassic World Dominion. A hypothetical Dominion opening with planet and Zarathustra would draw the answer that it is an homage to 2001.
    “He was like, oh, it's an homage to 2000.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:02:12 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if contrast): The Black Hole → 2001: A Space Odyssey. The Black Hole has the vibes but also face-bearing Disney robots, unimaginable in 2001.
    “Like, imagine if those guys were in 2001.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:43:33 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about 2001: A Space Odyssey: Nolan's IMAX re-release was deliberately demastered to look yellowed and imperfect, how he remembered seeing it as a child.
    “He didn't want it to be like perfectly smooth.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:17:05 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about 2001: A Space Odyssey: A focus problem at a 70mm screening made the monolith shudder, the best Jordan has ever seen the film.
    “It was like the monolist was freaking out, man.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:19:15 · Jordan Hoffman (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about 2001: A Space Odyssey: The ending room is actually meant by the aliens to be a hotel room for Bowman.
    “The van, the aliens created it for him thinking that it was supposed to be a hotel room.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:55:24 · Jordan Hoffman (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about 2001: A Space Odyssey: The film is documentary-handheld for 90 seconds when the astronauts walk down to the monolith on the moon, breaking Kubrick's locked-off rules.
    “Everything is locked off, square, very symmetrical, you know, hyperstylized, and then it's documentary style for like 90 seconds, and then that weird sound happens.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:56:54 · Jordan Hoffman (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about 2001: A Space Odyssey: The Dawn of Man to space cut: those first orbiting objects are nuclear weapons, with flags on them, a detail Jordan learned decades later.
    “But specifically, those 1st images you see in space, those are nuclear weapons.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:58:48 · Jordan Hoffman (0.60 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about 2001: A Space Odyssey: MGM marketing found the hippies; a Christian Science Monitor review called it the ultimate trip, and the poster used it.
    “referred to it as the ultimate trip, but didn't mean it in a psychedelic way.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:17:39 · Jordan Hoffman (0.50 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about 2001: A Space Odyssey: The watering-hole reading: Americans and Russians in orbit gather in a circle with drinks like the apes at the pond, same instincts with new technology.
    “The Kubrick thing of like, we evolved to a point where we think we've evolved.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:26:25 · Jordan Hoffman (0.50 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about 2001: A Space Odyssey: Kubrick's premiere reaction was misery after 240 walkouts; he cut about 12 minutes.
    “apparently 240 people walked out.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 2:14:39 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.