With this kind of an impact, the legacy of the sci-fi classic is anything but monolithic.
The dramatic scenes in Kubricks2001were predominantly soundless, accurate of what space is really like.
That comes very much from, if not2001, then the films inspired by2001.
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A murder scene is accompanied by just breaths.
Its a thematic nod to Kubricks exploration of technologys relationship to humans.
It sort of evokes Dave alone on the spaceship, Hornbacher said.
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Some of this stuff is emotional or intuitive, not necessarily intellectual or visual.
I knew that it would paralyze me, he said.
Read Cuarons full essay,exclusive to EW.com, on how2001influenced him.
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