Robert Todd
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- Mar 5, 2004
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What I most appreciate about this film, is the way it uses symbolic language to express profound ideas so effectively. The moniliths are mathematical, geometric representations of an intelligence which would only be trivialized by a more literal, concrete depiction. The star-gate sequence, along with the final shot in the movie also invite the viewer to participate in the story-telling process, because the writer and director haven't dotted every I, and crossed every T.
2001, above any other science fiction film yet made, invites the audience to enter into a dialog exploring the most fascinating and relevant questions any self-aware consciousness must inevitably ponder, and treats the audience as an equal partner in that converstion. That, in itself, distinguishes this work from the overwhelming majority of "product" ever produced in Hollywood or anywhere else.
2001, above any other science fiction film yet made, invites the audience to enter into a dialog exploring the most fascinating and relevant questions any self-aware consciousness must inevitably ponder, and treats the audience as an equal partner in that converstion. That, in itself, distinguishes this work from the overwhelming majority of "product" ever produced in Hollywood or anywhere else.