Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey | The God Complex

Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey | The God Complex | Film Analysis

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8 ай бұрын

"I will say that the God concept is at the heart of 2001 but not any traditional, anthropomorphic image of God," so said master filmmaker Stanley Kubrick about his breakthrough movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The imagery throughout the film strongly suggests the monolith is the working of God, providing a guiding hand in human evolution. At the same time, the film itself is the work of human hands, where Kubrick is essentially God. He constructs the world the viewer sees, decides what to show and what not, and how it ends, both wonderful and strange. Much like the monolith itself, Kubrick through his choices leaves it up to the viewer to make out precisely what has happened.
*SPOILERS*
This video contains spoilers from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey
This episode was narrated and produced by Geoffrey Ciani (aka - Rummy).
This episode was written by Christian Twiste and Geoffrey Ciani.
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Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey | The God Complex Explained | Film Analysis Breakdown | Movie Review
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@burke9497 8 ай бұрын

This video is a gift. A commentary about one of my all time favorite movies from one of my all time favorite reviewers (based on your amazing Twin Peaks videos). And I could listen to your voice for hours. In fact, I HAVE listened to your voice for hours. Thank you sir! ❤

@WowLynchWow 8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for your kind and generous long time support. Most appreciated! 2001 has been what I've considered my favorite film for more than 30 years now dating back to when I was in high school. But even before that, I remember first watching it as a 10 year old with my father, and even back then, despite the fact I couldn't understand exactly what I was watching, I knew it was something special and different. 2001 (and The Elephant Man) were two films from my childhood that I always considered among my very favorites. I watched both when I was 10 years old or so, and these two favorites of mine were unlike any other movie I loved from my childhood. Thank you again! Cheers!

@fox_e_crow3276 8 ай бұрын

I think you’ve reached the next stage of *your* evolution, my man.

@WowLynchWow 8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much, appreciate that!

@fox_e_crow3276 8 ай бұрын

@@WowLynchWowHow do we support you? Can’t find you on Patreon, Kofi, etc.

@garyraymer 15 сағат бұрын

Well done, sir! I have just turned 65. As a Sci-Fi geek(dare I use that word?) I never experienced the full scope of 2001 on the big screen, though had I done so, my young mind may have thought it as garbage, only much later in life did I see for myself the grand scope of Kubrick and his masterpeice! It is, in my opinion, in my top 5 of sci-fi, but typing that is too easy, and trying to explain 2001 to friends and family have fallen on deaf ears, who won't, or, can't understand why this movie is much more than that. I enjoyed the video very much, and I have seen a few of these videos from other sources, and yours, is the best, thought-out and mind blowing as is the "jump-cut" in the film. Thanks again!!!

@WowLynchWow 10 сағат бұрын

Thank you very much for the kind words. Most appreciated. Cheers!

@Re-lx1md 8 ай бұрын

tight, tight tight

@mikebasil4832 7 ай бұрын

I first and just recently learned of your analysis of 2001: A Space Odyssey from a WordPress article. Thank you for sharing many more reasons why this film continues to stimulate our imaginations over time.

@good-questions 8 ай бұрын

i'm an avid fan from your lynch videos and i can't get enough film explication and analysis. thanks for the great video

@Jim-be8sj 8 ай бұрын

What a surprising and great presentation from one of the premier film analysts I've ever had the pleasure to discover. Thank you so much for sharing your interpretation of this magnificent film.

@WowLynchWow 8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you very much for watching and sharing.

@MichaelVLang 8 ай бұрын

Thought provoking Rummy. A few wrinkles I’d never considered. The silence of the humans vs the apes screams. Rebirth and consciousness. Thanks for taking the time.

@artursabli5966 Ай бұрын

One of the greatest analysis of the greatest cinematic masterpiece in history!

@WowLynchWow Ай бұрын

Thank you very much. Cheers!

@lumpielump3576 8 ай бұрын

what a great analysis of a movie that always seemed not to be analysed by any means - thanks a lot!

@tankndg26 7 ай бұрын

Wow, wow, wow...I'm a writer, and I've listened to countless KZfaq essays about 2001, your analysis is spot on! Your views made me see this movie on another level. Great insight! Your quote "sperm-shaped spacecraft" is priceless!

@michiganjack1337 5 ай бұрын

The Dawn of Man scene still gets me with the cheetah attack.

@biancachristie 8 ай бұрын

Wow WLW Wow! I needed this today. Things have seemed unusually dreary lately , and I needed a reminder to mindfully live and participate in all my experiences--as we all do. This is also really lovely reading of 2001. *And* we got a quote from Spinoza! Thank you!!

@robertbusek30 6 ай бұрын

18:55 Your discussion of the lack of emotion shown by the humans about Discovery reminds me that the only time we see Bowman show any kind of emotional stress is when he is “killing” HAL and asks him to sing the song “Daisy.”

@A_real_Ha_So 8 ай бұрын

Very good synopsis, Sir. Honestly, I've watched this film and it was one of those times I heard but didn't LISTEN to the full context. It's rare but this was one of those and I thank you.

@brianstiles1701 8 ай бұрын

One of my favorite movies as well. You're on a roll lately dude. Just like Quasimodo predicted.

@boblydecker5951 8 ай бұрын

“Open the pod bay doors, HAL.” Absolute PERFECTION!!! Some of the greatest minimalist acting EVER. You can see the rise of Bowen’s anger and frustration immediately pacified by his realization that it is illogical and futile to be mad at this “Tool”, no matter how advanced it may be. Great video!! I love the little Twin Peaks and Lynch references throughout. 🏔🦉🏔

@georgieramone 8 ай бұрын

Great analysis. One of the best I’ve seen on the subject of 2001. I’d love to see more movie analyses from you.

@sergioreyes298 5 ай бұрын

Excellent summary and review of ome of my top three films.

@jakobymaster 7 ай бұрын

2001 a breakthrough? No no, it is a peak, a culmination of a filmmakers career.

@WowLynchWow 7 ай бұрын

Fair enough. I do not disagree with that, and I am a fan of all of Stanley's earlier work. At the sane time, I do feel 2001 is the tangible point in time where Stanley elevated his filmmaking prowess to new heights. Cheers!

@jamesn3122 8 ай бұрын

Wow you are on a roll lately! Thanks for more of your perspective.

@RichEdwards 8 ай бұрын

Great work Rummy. Love your range and choice of this film. Another angle on this, looking at it as a product of its time in the late '60s, is the Cold War/nuclear tension. Humanity created a tool, HAL, that they thought was entirely in their control. But of course, they didn't fully understand, or we were able to contain it. The video at the end of the HAL shutdown is Dr. Floyd explaining how they instructed HAL to conceal the true nature of their mission until reaching Jupiter. Much like the paperclip maximizer problem, an AI given a narrow set of goals is theorized to throw everything else out to achieve that goal, even humanity itself. AI can be seen as the stand-in for the nuclear standoff rapidly escalating and humanity's potential to hoist itself on its own petard, even accidentally.

@WowLynchWow 8 ай бұрын

Excellent points and observations! Thanks for watching, and thanks for sharing!

@jeCktHeReal 8 ай бұрын

This upload reminds me that I need to watch the movie. Have you seen 1981's Possession? Dunno if you care for requests, but if you have seen it or 'd like to, I think you should cover it.

@WowLynchWow 8 ай бұрын

I'm not sure I have. I'll look into it and give it a look down the line.

@CNTconnoisseur 7 ай бұрын

Great video. FYI, the bone shot actually cuts to a nuclear missile launcher in orbit. It goes from the most primitive weapon to the most advanced. This also shows humanity's legacy of violence.

@TomCarrell1 8 ай бұрын

Wow Ciani/Twiste Wow! An analysis of 2001 worthy of the movie! I first saw 2001 the week it was released when I was 17. I am 70 years old now and your video added yet another lens through which I have deeply enjoyed the story and production of 2001.

@WowLynchWow 8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for sharing that, Tom. Appreciate it!

@rocksparadox 4 ай бұрын

I'm waiting like patience on a monument for quality analyses of the greatest movies and series of all time to be handed out! Old man Profaci knew how to keep the podbay doors closed for his enemies. Thank you for these clear and detailed studies, you deserve a lot more subscribers!

@ivankeppl Ай бұрын

I found your view similar to mine. Also, your analysis is highly enlightening. Cannot wait to hear more from you. Keep up with your magnificent job. Cheers from Argentina 🇦🇷

@Zen.Connection 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for helping this knucklehead appreciate the themes and ideas behind this movie. I always knew there was something I wasn't really grasping, but let it just be a movie that wasn't one of my favourites. Excited to give it a rewatch with a different lens now!

@jesustovar2549 8 ай бұрын

An even better way to understand it's themes is reading Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche, speaking about the man going in evolution towards the "superman" (also, John Williams' Superman Theme, has the same chords as the Zarathustra's introduction by Richard Strauss).

@shoddyworkmanship4934 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video! I really liked your theories (?) for this movie.

@bobvp9434 8 ай бұрын

beautiful movie, excellent analysis!

@ModernMythMuseum 8 ай бұрын

Read the book by Arthur C. Clarke. Someone once noted, "Kubrick touched the monolith. But Clarke went inside."

@nickd8719 8 ай бұрын

Awesome analysis of my favourite movie. Thank you

@WowLynchWow 8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. Glad you enjoyed it!

@AlanDavidDoane 8 ай бұрын

I've tried to watch this film every ten years or so since I was in my teens. I'm nearly 60 now and still think of it as incredibly boring and slow, despite loving some of the greatest films in the world (including a couple of Kubrick's) and adoring the work many of the greatest filmmakers, especially David Lynch and Orson Welles. Your video makes me want to give it another try, so thanks for your insights.

@jesustovar2549 8 ай бұрын

An even better way to understand it's themes is reading Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche, speaking about the man going in evolution towards the "superman". I also think the movie is even more relevant now, many technological inventions from the film exists today, video calls, memory cards, even microwaves YES, they date back since the 40s but they did not become widespread after the 70s, the same with Artificial Intelligence since the late 90s, now it's important Though, if we're going to compare a Kubrick film with today's world, I think it would be a bit more like A Clockwork Orange (which might feel more fast paced compared with 2001), even Jan Harlan (Kubrick's brother in law and producer) said that the film that is more likely with today is Dr. Strangelove, sadly and funny.

@wasteyelo1 8 ай бұрын

This was fabulous.

@adamofgrayskull7735 8 ай бұрын

In the second movie it explains exactly what went wrong with HAL ,he was given 2 conflicting orders and couldnt processes it

@WowLynchWow 8 ай бұрын

I enjoyed 2010, and I especially enjoyed Roy Scheider's performance and Bowman/HAL actors revisiting the roles. But I view that as separate from Kubrick's 2001, something more closely aligned with the books (same thing with The Shining sequel, which to me is more about the books and does not really have much of anything to do with Kubrick's interpretation - at least not in my view).

@adamofgrayskull7735 8 ай бұрын

@@WowLynchWow yeah dude I see what you mean ,keep the first movie as an isolated entity. 🤘😆🤘

@hello2jello4mellow34 7 ай бұрын

I agree. A masterpiece and the no. 1 movie in my opinion. Thank you for this analysis!

@robzilla730 8 ай бұрын

Liked and SUBBED!

@SLqB11 2 ай бұрын

Wow, Lynch, wow.

@TheTimeRocket 3 ай бұрын

"Till imagination-the dawn of the East-suddenly begining" -William Blake

@Buford_T_Justice1 8 ай бұрын

This film is the perfect example of how movies used to make you think and rethink how you feel about everything. Movies today are literally ret@rded by comparison.

@jesustovar2549 8 ай бұрын

It wasn't like this all the time, but a recent example of a film that made me think about world's situation and government manipulation, Oppenheimer might be close to that, a bio-pic like the ones Hollywood dosen't make anymore, took me back to films like JFK (I know, very conspiranoic).

@grahammcdonald 8 ай бұрын

Sure makes 2010: The year we make contact, feel very messy on comparison.

@robertbusek30 6 ай бұрын

11:29 - Your comments about humanity and the moon monolith remind me of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. Is that why it directs humanity to the Jupiter monolith? To break some men away from the “cave” that Earth has become?

@labstan 2 ай бұрын

really good

@WowLynchWow 2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. Cheers!

@Wetcamerainc 8 ай бұрын

Okay thats tight

@robertbusek30 3 ай бұрын

15:36 - I’ve heard on other videos on 2001 that HAL declaring victory in the chess match is an example of HAL “making a mistake,” that the chess match would not have led to HAL’s victory like he claimed. I’m not a real chess expert myself, so I have no idea if this theory holds any water, but what do you think?

@WowLynchWow 3 ай бұрын

I do recall reading something about that. I think had something to do with HAL using incorrect notation, which is a mistake an avid chess player like Kubrick would never have made unless it were deliberate. I think that fits with the theme of HAL mimicking the human art of deception.

@robertbusek30 3 ай бұрын

@@WowLynchWow And the human simply accepts it, because the computer is never wrong. Until it is…

@jjkopac2069 2 күн бұрын

RUMMY🗣️

@Guiltyangel605 8 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@javigalindo3334 8 ай бұрын

Gorgeous analysis, fascinating, deep, thought-provoking, and very moving. Bravo!

@WowLynchWow 8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@BananaPhoPhilly 7 ай бұрын

Have you thought about reviewing koyaanisqatsi?

@et2petty 8 ай бұрын

The official Catholic church endorsed the film based on the same themes your video outlines. (They did not feel the same about "Lolita", quite the opposite in fact)

@jesustovar2549 8 ай бұрын

Oh man, I've seen you on the recent Rob Ager video about Han Solo, and now you're here? the algorythm brought us here. Didn't know that about the Catholic Church, although I do know that Ben-Hur is part of the Vatican film list, in the religion category, 2001 is in the art category I think along with Nosferatu (YES), Napoleon (1927), Metropolis, The Wizard of Oz, Citizen Kane, Stagecoach, Fantasia, was a big surprise on that list, the values category includes Schindler's List, It's a Wonderful Life and One the Waterfront. I wonder about the Catholic Church views on Kubrick's next films, like A Clockwork Orange.

@TheTimeRocket 3 ай бұрын

"To hide the most evident God in a hidden covert, even In the shadows of a Woman & a secluded Holy Place That we may pry after him as after a stolen treasure Hidden among the Dead & mured up from the paths of life Hand! art thou not Reuben enrooting thyself into Bashan Till thou remainest a vaporous Shadow in a Void! O Merlin! Unknown among the Dead where never before Existence came." -William Blake