Before the first strains of Richard Strauss’ “Also Sprach Zarathustra” echoed in movie theaters (and the public consciousness for decades to come), 2001: A Space Odyssey was a novel by Arthur C. Clarke. Stanley Kubrick made a lot of adjustments in his adaptation, and we’ll give you the full tour! Subscribe: http://goo.gl/9AGRm
2001: A Space Odyssey is a landmark in visual and cinematic storytelling, but it was a book first or not first… or simultaneously? We’re not sure. So, how did the story get from the stage to the screen? There were a lot of changes involved. So many changes, in fact, that we had to split this video into two! Come back in two weeks for the rest of the differences!
Have you read 2001: A Space Odyssey, or Arthur C. Clarke’s other works? What do you think of the changes Kubrick made in his adaptation? Did we leave anything out of part 1 that you hope to see in Part 2? What’s your favorite Stanley Kubrick movie?
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