{"id":355323,"date":"2018-04-05T07:44:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T06:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/50-years-later-were-still-arguing-about-it\/"},"modified":"2018-04-05T07:44:58","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T06:44:58","slug":"50-years-later-were-still-arguing-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/50-years-later-were-still-arguing-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Years Later, We\u2019re Still Arguing About It"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Stanley Kubrick\u2019s\u00a0<em>2001: A Space Odyssey<\/em>\u00a0was a watershed moment in filmmaking. The epic sci-fi story of extraterrestrials and higher planes of existence bridged the gap between studio pictures and art films, all because of the inimitable genius of its writer\/director. Here are 12 facts about the sci-fi classic, on the 50th anniversary of its release.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. THE BOOK AND THE MOVIE WERE DEVELOPED CONCURRENTLY.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XHjIqQBsPjk\" width=\"600\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>2001: A Space Odyssey<\/em>\u00a0sprang from a February 1964 lunch between director Stanley Kubrick and Roger Caras, the publicist for Kubrick\u2019s previous film\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dr-Strangelove-Learned-Worrying-Special\/dp\/B000055Y0X?SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;tag=lrc18-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=B000055Y0X\"><em>Dr. Strangelove<\/em><\/a><i>.\u00a0<\/i>Kubrick told Caras that for his next movie he wanted to do a movie about extraterrestrial life, which prompted Caras to suggest he get in touch with his friend, collaborator, and science fiction author,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=v2kdBQAAQBAJ&amp;lpg=PA24&amp;ots=qJP-akSt4F&amp;dq=columbia%20pictures%20roger%20caras&amp;pg=PA25#v=onepage&amp;q=columbia%20pictures%20roger%20caras&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arthur C. Clarke<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Caras introduced the two, with Clarke sending a telegram\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=CQjYUJEjJLgC&amp;pg=PA23&amp;lpg=PA23&amp;dq=%22Frightfully+interested+in+working+with+enfant+terrible%22&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=YnaWq8jxql&amp;sig=Sv_p-vPIskBEYs3zkMLQwqOiJ5I&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiG6-fm2YfMAhVLshQKHeOgDCUQ6AEIIzAC#v=onepage&amp;q=%22Frightfully%20interested%20in%20working%20with%20enfant%20terrible%22&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saying<\/a>, \u201cFrightfully interested in working with enfant terrible,\u201d and soon the two were working on expanding Clarke\u2019s short story \u201cThe Sentinel\u201d into a movie treatment. Per\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.visual-memory.co.uk\/amk\/doc\/0069.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kubrick<\/a>, \u201cThe novel came about after we did a 130-page prose treatment of the film at the very outset. This initial treatment was subsequently changed in the screenplay, and the screenplay in turn was altered during the making of the film. But Arthur took all the existing material, plus an impression of some of the rushes, and wrote the novel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"amazon-element-wrapper-custom align-right\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-med-image\"><span class=\"amazon-image-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/2001-Space-Odyssey-Stanley-Kubrick\/dp\/B004L9GMBC?SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;tag=lrc18-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=B004L9GMBC\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51gDDxs-xlL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"amazon-image amazon-image-medium\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-title\"><span class=\"appip-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/2001-Space-Odyssey-Stanley-Kubrick\/dp\/B004L9GMBC?SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;tag=lrc18-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=B004L9GMBC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">2001: A Space Odyssey<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-author\"\/><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-lowest-used\"><span class=\"appip-lowest-used\"><span class=\"appip-label label-lowest-used\">Best Price: <\/span>$4.47<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-formatted-price\"><span class=\"appip-formatted-price\"><span class=\"appip-label label-formatted-price\">Buy New <\/span>$7.99<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-disclaimer-new\"><span style=\"display:block;color:#888;font-size: .80em; padding: 0 0 3px 0;\">(as of 03:55 EDT &#8211; <span style=\"cursor:pointer;\" title=\"Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date\/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on Amazon.com at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.\">Details<\/span>)<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-button\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/aws\/cart\/add.html?AssociateTag=lrc18-20&amp;SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;ASIN.1=B004L9GMBC&amp;Quantity.1=1\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/wp-content\/mu-plugins\/amazon-ad-link-lr\/img\/buy-from-tan.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. IT HAD A FEW ALTERNATE TITLES.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During development on the movie, Kubrick and Clarke humorously referred to their lofty project as \u201cHow the Solar System Was Won,\u201d a play on the title of the 1962 western epic,\u00a0<em>How the West Was Won.<\/em>\u00a0It was never a serious title option, though in author Jerome Agel\u2019s 1972&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/2018\/04\/no_author\/2001-a-space-odyssey\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stanley Kubrick\u2019s\u00a02001: A Space Odyssey\u00a0was a watershed moment in filmmaking. The epic sci-fi story of extraterrestrials and higher planes of existence bridged the gap between studio pictures and art films, all because of the inimitable genius of its writer\/director. Here are 12 facts about the sci-fi classic, on the 50th anniversary of its release. 1. 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