Hi, this is Steve. At the heart of Stanley Kubrick's slow abstract and meditative film

2001 A Space Odyssey is one of the most thrilling, disturbing, and unusual sequences in the history of science fiction. In it, the frail, vulnerable

human is pitted against the nearly omniscient and omnipotent supercomputer, HAL.

But what makes the sequence so disturbing is how complicated our feelings

are towards what can only be described as the film's only villain. Rather than clarifying things

into a simple battle between good and evil,

2001's most recognizable narrative only serves to heighten the film's essential unknowability.

Is how truly sentient, why does Dave choose to leave the ship for the monolith?

What is the nature of the stargate he travels through? And what exactly happens to him at the

end of the movie? 2001 is a film that never stops challenging us,

and in part two of our exploration,

we continue to wrestle with what Stanley Kubrick is trying to tell us.

So, if you still haven't watched the movie I highly recommend buying

or renting it through our website cinephiles.net where you can get 2001 and every

other movie we've ever reviewed. So that's part two of our exploration of 2001 a space

Odyssey with special guest Scott Mance this Friday on the cinnophiles.

How I would argue with you anymore.

Open the doors.

Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore.

Goodbye.

How?

How?

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