2001 A Space Odyssey Movie Analysis

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2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubick)

To me, the film raised more questions than it answered. Roughly it shows humans have conquered the outer space. On the moon, a monolith is mined whose origin and material are unknown, this monolith sends a signal to Jupiter. The space ship Discovery is sent to advance to the destination of the signals. Two of the team are awake, the rest of the team is sleeping. The board computer HAL 9000 is becoming more and more of a threat.

For me as a Sci-Fi enthusiast it is almost an impudence not to have seen Kubrick's 2001 yet. Now, after watching it in class, I realize, however, why I delayed viewing this film for so long
Without dissolution, it is almost impossible for me to conceive the background of this film. Apart from this, Stanley Kubrick offers us a stunning and stylistic masterpiece with his mammoth work. A symbiosis of music, perfection down to the last detail and a psychedelic atmosphere.
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McBain stood in the way of unscrupulous railroad contractor Morton, for whom Frank did the dirty work.
The farmer had to build a station along the new railway line to the Pacific. If McBain did not meet the deadline, Morton would be compensated for with McBain’s farm. Jill, who has a dubious past behind her and barely knew McBain, now enters the legacy of her husband.
In the beginning the bandit Cheyenne is suspected of the brutal murders. The mysterious harmonica player who appears in the area also believes in the guilt of Cheyenne. But soon he knows who the true murderer is. Frank, the man he has been looking for for years.
The killer had once forced him to play on the harmonica until he was exhausted, while his brother stood with a rope around his neck on his narrow shoulders. At some point, the boy collapsed, his brother fell into the rope and

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