Review of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) by Marc R — 30 Nov 2015

The cinema as aesthetic purity and intellectual provocation, taking full advantage of cinema's power to enthrall through images and sound. Kubrick shows a sublimely exacting control that paradoxically results in a film that seems to break free from control.

This is visual poetry at its most profound, evoking the mysteries of space and life. It is one of the few films ever made to truly inspire awe, a transcendent meditation on the evolution, danger, and potential of human intelligence.