@TecnoButter
Kubrick just made one masterpiece after another, good god, imagine making the best space horror film without making it a horror movie
@AminatouFateshifter
Sees thumbnail Welp, thats 2001 a space oddyssey. I can actually HEAR that scene which is crazy consdiering... You know... The sound in that scene.
@javiersuarezleiva
As SK put it: "The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent"
@JobKiriaku
Its super easy to forget just how big space actually is. Its frightening and amazing.
@Curry.N
What frightens me the most is the idea of time dilation in space, much like what is depicted in "Interstellar" and "Foundation."
@ilir_lluka
Personally "Sunshine" was the movie that gave me space phobia. "... the only dream I ever have...is the surface of the Sun...every time I shut my eyes... " One of the most beautiful and the most terrifying phrases ever uttered in a sci-fi dialogue.
@JohnDeF2112
The cold precision with which events take place in the movie is also startling. No gasping for air, cries for help, or close ups of an anguished face. Just suddenly the astronaut is floating away into the void.
@SeattleWaffle
Aniara (both the poem and movie) is what brought back my fear of space (and existential dread), the sheer distance between everything
@manosgasteratos6782
Also "Aniara" a low budget Swede film, conveyed perfectly this space - cosmic desolation. Got a pretty hefty existential crisis after watching it.
@yvespochara
It‘s such a phenomenon to me how you always deliver the right film to the right moment for me. I saw 2001 just a few weeks ago for the first time and I was absolutely blown away by just everything, especially the whole ending sequence.
@yahyabarzak4525
Huge fan of your videos, your descriptions of shot breakdowns, use of sound and lighting are really enlightening! Please keep up the awesome work
@Orion225
Kubrick not only make movies, he defines cinematic experience.
@DuskXJolt
I've had a massive terror of the vastness and nothingness of space since I was a child (I accidentally flipped to a page about black holes in a science book and the terror of the concept changed me). 2001: A Space Odyssey genuinely encapsulates that same terror in film and I adore it for that reason. Great analysis!
@dale3968
The timing of this video couldnt be more perfect as I just watched 2001 last night for the first time and loved it!
@rbruch98
The opening "single-shot" sequence at the beginning of "Gravity" induced a panic attack in me. To be fair, I saw it in IMAX. Then, the sequence you showed from Interstellar (also seen in IMAX) instilled a bizarre sense of both fear and wonder.
@petergivenbless900
On editing: one of the scariest "edits" is what I call the "intensifying cut" (I don't know if it has an official name), where a film cuts unexpectedly tighter and tighter on a subject. Kubrick uses it noticeably when HAL turns Frank's Pod toward him during his spacewalk; we cut from a medium "face-on" shot of the Pod to closer shots centering on HAL's "eye" in rapid sequence. I first noticed this type of cut(s) in Hitchcock's 'The Birds' when Melanie's mother checks on a neighbour whose farm was attacked to find him dead, with his eyes pecked out; the image cuts from wide shot to medium to close-up of the face with hollowed sockets as if to rub your nose in the horror! I have noticed the effect used in other films too; Spielberg has used it in a few films with varying effect. To me, one of the scariest thoughts about being in space is weightlessness; it seems like fun until you realise that it is actually the result of being in freefall, you feel "weightless" because you are falling!
@ThePitchblue
2001, if anything, gave me astrophilia, or rather cemented it, since I was already obsessed with sci-fi. I was around 7-8 years old, and I think that it literally changed my psyche in ways that I am still discovering at the current age of 42. It is to interesting to see how it affected other people in a completely different manner, yet that furthermore intensifies my love for this film somehow, just as any astrophobia video would do with my astrophilia, strangely enough. thank you for the insight into your phobia, as our fears are one of the most intimate experiences that we can possess. and you laid it out so perfectly in this essay.
@SebV-g8m
I finally saw this film few months ago when it reopened in Korea. I always knew that this film was basically bible of SF movie, but actively avoided getting any information about it because I wanted the best possible experience. And it really paid off. It was the best cinematic experience I think I would ever get.
@qelgrun
I’ve always loved 2001, it’s one of the few movies I own on blu-ray. I love that you described it as haunting - I’ve always thought that also. Thanks again for the analysis, I’d love for you to have discussed it further! 👍
@SpikimaMovies