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“That’s always stayed with me as an inspiration for what movies could do.”
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN:2001is one of the most radical movies ever made.
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Have you found yourself making subtle references or homages to2001within your work?
It’s pretty daunting anytime anybody is mentioning your work in the same breath as2001.
It was a real pleasure.
Alfonso Cuaron said the same thing about not watching2001while he was makingGravity.
Yeah, you could’t.
It’s so authoritative.
[Laughs]
Which scenes do you think benefit most from this “unrestored version” of the film?
I would have to point to the visual effects though.
[Laughs] It’s humbling, but the way a great masterpiece should be.
But it never has.
At the end of the day, you have to have faith and confidence in the original.
That is to say,2001transcends anything that anybody would reinterpret afterwards.
It’s almost like it folded space and time and managed to circumvent the 50 years.
It’s pretty amazing.
