2001 A Space OdysseyDIRECTOR: Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999)
Spartacus (1960), Dr. Strangelove (1964), Clockwork Orange (1971), Full Metal Jacket (1987), Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
A Space Odyssey (1968). Artistic interpretation of human journey.
Cultural references: Odyssey, Thus spoke Zarathustra
Technology. Watch for the discovery of (in film the computer takes over)
Is there any religious presence? What social signals are there?
https://books.google.ae/books?hl=en&lr=&id=YpritcZXPFoC&oi=fnd&pg=PP8&dq=2001+a+space+odyssey+film&ots=0jtfypbWBs&sig=C-J9_DxXk5Dp-KyTizMyEgJFNbA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=2001%20a%20space%20odyssey%20film&f=false
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML1OZCHixR0Paper
(1) Describe and
(2) interpret the scene you watched in class from Stanley Kubrick's, 2001 A Space Odyssey.
(3) What is your own response to the scene?
In your answer you can:
give background to director and the genre of science fiction and its aims
draw on what we have discussed in class about settlement theory and religion (Catalhoyuk, temple at Gobeklitepe)
Refer to art as a means of constructing meaning about the world
To submit by Feb 2 (2 weeks) in hardcopy.
1,500 words.