With subsequent viewings and exposure to the more demanding but wonderful Russian movie, Solaris, I came to realise that the significance of this section was a depiction of an encounter between humanity and something way beyond it's comprehension, and that such an encounter might not be describable in terms of any conventional narrative.

The first line of dialogue doesn’t happen until the 25-minute mark, and “when it first appears it’s spoken quietly and doesn’t make much sense,” says Kubrick biographer David Hughes, during the featurette “Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick,” which was carried over from the 2007 40th Anniversary Blu-ray set. This connection when Discovery reaches Jupiter, those living are sent through interstellar flight via a cosmic 'motorway' to be examined. com reviewers and contributors have once again come together to compile individual lists of their favorite releases of the year.Vision Of A Future Passed is another 20-minute featurette, featuring interviews with the same high-profile film industry people as the previous one. For the week of December 17th, Warner Home Entertainment is bringing the gorgeous 4K restoration of Stanley Kubrick's sci-fi masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey to Blu-ray. Extras: Anamorphic (16:9), Language(s): English, Castilian Spanish, French, German, Italian, Latin Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English, 4K: German, Italian, Subtitles: Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Castilian Spanish, Complex Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Korean, Latin Spanish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Interactive Menu, Screen ratio 1:2. Updated daily and in real-time, we track all high-def disc news and release dates, and review the latest disc titles. By the time the psychedelic Starchild sequence comes along, you’ll be very happy if you’re watching on a big screen with proper 4K HDR rather than the adequate but ultimately disappointing edit purveyed by the streamed counterpart.

After encountering this otherworldly device, one of the creatures inexplicably invents the first tool and uses it as a club to protect his tribe.The stark contrast between glowing human-made space stations and vehicles and the blackness of space, notably lacking overly-twinkling stars because 2001 aimed for scientific accuracy as much as possible. And when the same monolith on the moon is uncovered, this was this time an alarm to be sent to the sentient beings that humankind had reached the technological milestone of interplanetary flight. Treated like any other crew member, HAL talks to the pilots and mimics human behavior and intelligence. The test involved watching the film on two major streaming platforms that shall remain unnamed, then comparing the experience to our 4K UHD HDR Blu-ray of the same movie.

Plus, the special effects optical shots are still breathtaking, without losing detail — a common problem with older films.sheet identifies as having been "completed in 1999 (for the previous DVD and Blu-ray releases)" and a new 5. And having other cookies switched off can seriously affect the way you’ll be able to enjoy our services. This lets you appreciate better the detail in the 4K picture, and makes it easier to become fully lost in Kubrick’s brilliantly realized world. Featuring such luminaries as George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, it’s the perfect partner piece for the first documentary, filling in that documentary’s ‘gaps’. Discovery and Universal Pictures catalogues that comprises of Jaws, The Shawshank Redemption, Apollo 13, and today’s focused review: Stanley Kubrick’s unforgettable 2001: A Space Odyssey.

a three-minute showcase of many of the photographs Kubrick took while working as a photographer in the 1940s for Look magazine. We recently conducted a viewing test using Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 science fiction magnum opus, 2001: A Space Odyssey. The film suddenly leaps forward to the future where man inhabits space in ships and orbiting stations. We also have interview shows which feature people from an eclectic mix of the entertainment industries.When you see art from the same artist over and over it just starts to blur together, this less than others to be fair but still. To be honest, in my experience, this scan of 2001 and that of Blade Runner are two of the best reasons to go 4K. The ending is the thoughts of an astronaut dying in his bed in a dream and thinking ultimately if this is outstanding, then - with the Starchild appearing - think what our offspring will be capable of doing? Nothing but unconventional, it’s an excellent example of Kubrick’s vision in many of his movies and so inventive.