If Kubrick had explained it, perhaps by having some little green men from Mars lower it into place, would that have been more satisfactory? Does everything need an explanation? Some people think so. It's the fact that man can't explain it that makes it interesting. It stands for a monolith without an explanation. But audiences don't like simple answers, I guess they want the monolith to "stand" for something. Now it would seem that these are obvious observations. One for every time Kubrick needs one in his film. Intelligent beings since it has right angles and nature doesn't make right angles on its own.Ī. The people who surrounded me the other night had lots of questions for each other about that monolith.Ī. What about that enormous black monolith, for example, which follows Man through Kubrick's universe? But in Kubrick's movie, there are questions harder to answer.
In a linear movie, you never ask why John Wayne wants to kill the bad guys (although perhaps you should). Kubrick himself has speculated that his film wouldn't have much luck with audiences raised on "linear movies" - that is, on movies that follow a plotted story line from beginning to end. Because "2001" needs to be seen this way, I think it will have a better chance with younger audiences. But while it is there on the screen, you should simply let it happen to you. Then, afterwards, you can go back and fill in the missing places. You cannot really understand part of it until you have seen all of it. Silence and attention are especially useful during "2001: A Space Odyssey" because here for once is a film that makes a total statement. If people do not have the courtesy to shut up during a film, they should at least be segregated into special Saturday kiddie matinees, no matter how advanced their years. Making up grocery lists, I guess.Īfter the film was over, someone suggested that maybe MGM should require an IQ test before allowing people into the theater. Some of the whisperers were trying to figure out what was going on. Why, then, has this film already infuriated and confused so many audiences? I went to see it again last week and was surrounded by the mumble of many conversations. The same is true, I believe, of Stanley Kubrick's parable " 2001: A Space Odyssey." It contains the answers to all the questions it advances. After you have read the story of Lazarus in the Bible, you don't need anyone to explain it to you.
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