LOS ANGELES — An unrestored 70mm print of Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece “2001: A Space Odyssey” is coming to select U.S. theaters in May in celebration of the film’s 50th anniversary.Warner Bros. Pictures says Wednesday that the cut will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 12 before launching in select U.S. theaters on May 18. Filmmaker Christopher Nolan will introduce the film at the Cannes premiere, where members of Kubrick’s family will also be in attendance. Kubrick died in 1999.The studio says that the unrestored film, created from the original camera negative, will allow audiences to experience it as they did upon the film’s release in 1968.Warner Bros. will also later in the year release the film for home viewing in 4K resolution.
The studio says that the unrestored film, created from the original camera negative, will allow audiences to experience it as they did upon the film’s release in 1968.
The premier was before people discovered that you had to read the book and watch the movie stoned.
Quote from: Nomadd on 04/03/2018 12:51 am The premier was before people discovered that you had to read the book and watch the movie stoned.Clarke wrote in a companion book to the novelization of 2001 that many people tried to give him acid, saying he would enjoy his movie more if he was tripping[1]. He said he flushed it down the toilet every time.I've seen it multiple times and love it. The visuals are just amazing, and at this remove, the anachronisms like the PanAm and old Bell System logos are charming rather than jarring.1- I can neither confirm nor deny that I was tripping at least once, but I suspect I am not the only one that isn't quite sure they remember the 70's well enough to be sure....
When I was a kid I first read the book, which told us a story about a trip to Saturn.Later, I watched the movie and was disappointed of course But I still love Arthur Clarke's first odyssey.
When asked about complaints that the movie plot was incomprehensible, Arthur C. Clarke responded "Stanley and I are laughing all the way to the bank."
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