Kubrick finds expression for the mystery and awe of being alive in this universe, at this time, by invoking images of the unimaginably distant past ("The Dawn of Man") and the unimaginably near future ("Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite"). This is the original movie release intro, which I could not find on youtube. Chordify gives you the chords for any song. Released in 1968, before anyone actually had a full clear photo of our earth. I saw "2001" at the Cinerama Theater in Seattle when I was 10 years old. Chords for 2001 Space Odyssey opening theme- Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra /. And then, in the last few moments of the film, the spherical, planet-sized Star Child drifts into view. When we see the image of the planets and the monolith in alignment at the beginning of the film's last movement (the psychedelic star trip into inner/outer space), we have that momentous sense that this is the climax of the picture, and it could take us anywhere - even if we don't understand exactly what's going on. (I've said it before: " Eyes Wide Shut" is ridiculous if seen as a straight narrative it's magnificent when you look at it as a musical composition, using imagey the way musicians use sounds - thematic statements, colors, tempos, structure, repetition, development, variation.) Clarkes book, 2001: A Space Odyssey, differs from the famous movie, despite being developed at the same time. , 11:39 Updated:, 12:37 The first 22 bars of Also Sprach Zarathustra became a classical hit because of Kubricks masterpiece. Kubrick composed his films with a thoroughly musical technique unlike any other director I can think of. The landscape shots were filmed in Namibia, southwest Africa, the worlds second most sparsely populated country is famous for its desolate beauty Namib.
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