In the long legacy of film directors, few demand as much reverence and appreciation asStanley Kubrick.

Strangelove,a film that lamented the lunacy of modern times in hilarious fashion,2001would instead look toward our future.

Kubrick believed it might very well find aliens on Mars.

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Why Would Aliens Be a Problem for Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’?

For Malcolm McDowell, art mirrored reality a little too closely.

Kubrick certainly did not think audiences would care to see his film under such circumstances.

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After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.

Stanley Kubrick was a brilliant filmmakerthat set standards for so many disparate genres.

2001: A Space Odysseyis available to watch on Max in the US.

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After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.

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2001: A Space Odyssey