Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey

Kolker

• 11 mei 2006
• 9780195174533

Samenvatting:

Presents a collection of essays that examine in detail various possible readings of the film, "A Space Odyssey", its historical context, and its status as a quintessential science-fiction genre piece.



Though Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey boasts a large and ever-expanding fan-base, there are few among even the most avid enthusiasts that fully understands the film's inheritance, complexities, and ironies. The essays in this collection, commissioned from a wide variety of scholars, examine in detail various possible readings of the film, its historical context, and its status as a quintessential science-fiction genre piece.