

The middle segment of the film takes place on board Discovery and is perhaps the most memorable-and most straightforward. The spacecraft Discovery, manned by astronauts Frank Poole (played by Gary Lockwood) and Dave Bowman ( Keir Dullea), is sent to Jupiter to investigate. A similar monolith has been found under the Moon’s surface and transmits a signal to Jupiter. The scene subsequently switches to the future, the year 2001. The opening section, “The Dawn of Man,” shows apes in the prehuman era discovering a strange stone monolith that appears from nowhere and then using the first tools. One of the most original works in cinema history, 2001 defies simple explanation. Stanley Kubrick (foreground) directing a scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

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