2001 Essays

  • Symbolism In 2001: A Space Odyssey

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    and a more complex idea. In all of his previous films Kubrick want’s to get the viewer to engage with the film and form their own opinions on the ideas presented. In “2001” he uses symbolism, mainly the monolith, in a purposely ambiguous way to target people's curiosity. Behind all of the symbolism and philosophical messages in “2001: A Space Odyssey” there is a clear aim to stress the importance of space travel. The monolith, a symbolic representation of humanity's progression, is shown three times

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey, By Stanley Kubrick

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    Stanley Kubrick (1928 - 1999) was a multitalented American film director, best known for films that sparks the imagination, 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), the obligatory, A Clockwork Orange (1971), the horror, The Shining (1980), and the polarizing, Full Metal Jacket (1987). Highly influential, a true auteur of his generation, much like the popular French New Wave that included famous directors Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Kubrick was famously part of those

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey: Movie Review

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    2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY BRIEF IN-DEPTH STORY OF THE FILM 2001: A space odyssey is a Science Fiction classic genre released, directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick in the year 1968, and probably considered as the best science-fiction film of all time about man’s exploration of space and ourselves. The film is a story of human evolution based on a short story called ‘Sentinel’ written by Arthur C. Clarke. The movie consists of 3 main parts: pre-history, the future and technology, and back to earth

  • Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey

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    Director Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey paints a 1968 image of the year 2001 and the predicted progress that humanity has made. The film takes the audience on a journey through space, to places that even today, we could only dream of. Kubrick’s brilliance shines throughout this film exposing a dark image over human progress. The two particular scenes that most accurately show this dark image is the “Dawn of Man” scene, where Kubrick shows humanities first use of tools, and the “Hal versus

  • 2001 A Space Odyssey: Movie Analysis

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    2001: A Space Odyssey D. Clark Ragsdale Perhaps one of the most widely discussed films, 2001: A Space Odyssey contains 4 main “chapters” or subdivisions that are open to the viewer for interpretation. At the center, and playing a seemingly noteworthy role in the meaning of the movie, a large black monolith frequently appears before significant changes occur. After the apes encounter the entity they learn to use tools, which eventually leads to mankind exploring space millennia later. After encountering

  • Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey

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    2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 movie by Stanley Kubrick based on Arthur Clarke's short story The Sentinel. The story and the movie discuss many themes, but the most important one would be the theme of evolution of mankind; it is important because one can see how the actor/author focused on it more than any other theme. The movie opens up with a tribe of apes, (and as it is believed by many, apes are humans' ancestors.) The theme of evolution starts being discussed or viewed in the movie when suddenly

  • Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey

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    Film and Television are art forms that I have both dedication and devotion towards as it allows me to combine my passions in cinematography, storytelling and music together. My biggest inspiration is director Stanley Kubrick, the film ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ began my absorption into the creative world of film. Television shows such as ‘Hannibal’ have really inspired me due to it’s clever use of mise en scene, Using symbolism such as a stag, which can be seen in statue form in Hannibal’s office directly

  • What Are The Similarities Between 2001 Space Odyssey And Frankenstein

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    2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick, is not only a thought provoking movie, but one with many themes exploring subjects of human creation, evolution, artificial life and human meaning. For this reason, historical figures such as Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, and philosophers Voltaire and Neitzshe would likely have enjoyed the movie and would find themes that align with their own ideologies and outlooks of the human condition. Being based around human creation and evolution

  • Home Depot Incorporation Case Study

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    The Home Depot Incorporation is a home improvement retailer located in Atlanta, the capital city of United States of Georgia that sells a wide assortment of building material, home improvement products and lawn and garden products, lumber, plumbing supplies, paints, tools, appliances and provides a number of services relating to doors and windows, Décor, bath, flooring, exterior home, heating cooling, kitchen, roofing and gutters, water heaters etc. with minimum one year of warranty on labor. The

  • Jay Walker Essay

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    Jay Walker was a prominent figure in the dot com boom of the late 1990s. The then 43 years old tycoon’s claim to fame and fortune was centered around Priceline (in which Walker had a $4.7Bn stake) and the idea of “buyer driven commerce” that Walker claimed on one occasion will “reinvent the environmental DNA of global business”. Priceline was founded in 1998 as one in a series of Jay Walker’s entrepreneurial projects. The website was marketed to consumers as the first business ever to allow for

  • Chanel Brand Equity

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    mouth is such a powerful tactic the brand could perform to associate with consumers. With word of mouth, customers will develop brand awareness, brand knowledge, and brand image that lead to customer-based brand equity or CBBE (Keller 2003). Keller (2001) developed pyramid models of consumer-based brand equity building steps as shown in figure 2, and six brand building blocks as displayed in figure 3. Successful brand building is to create resonance that builds relationships between the brand and its

  • Shah Bros Case Summary

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    Shah Bros. Inc. v United States No. 10-00205 (Ct. Int'l Trade 2013) Facts Shah Bros is an importer of a smokeless tobacco product. The company imports a product called gutkha from India. The product was classified by the customs department as snuff. Shah Bros protested this classification and contended that the product should be classified as chewing tobacco. The product was subsequently reclassified by the customs department. The company had sought reclassification of a similar product in the past

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey

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    2001: A Space Odyssey is now widely acclaimed to be revolutionary, but the reviews upon its release were more divisive. Aside from the special effects, which were universally praised, many aspects of the film evoked wildly differing responses from critics, ranging from “extraordinary” to “immensely boring”. A common complaint was the lack of exposition, which made the film more confusing to some. To those critics, the homonymous novel by Arthur Clarke was a godsend, a treasure trove of information

  • 2001 A Space Odyssey Essay

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    2001: A Space Odyssey is certainly a sweeping epic. The film is largely silent, with periodic groupings of dialogue throughout. The dialogue is therefore inherently more noteworthy. Classical music fills some of the empty background, yet the bulk of the

  • 2001 Space Odyssey Analysis

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    Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey was a science fiction novel ahead of its time when it was first published. Humankind had not yet set foot on the moon, yet Clarke dreamed of reaching for the stars. This dream, however, was accompanied by some questions. 2001: A Space Odyssey offered its reader the chance to debate, among other things, the definitions of evolution and intelligence and also made them doubt their reliance on their trusted electronics. The first question that is posed in 2001: A Space

  • 2001 Space Odyssey Essay

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    2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY BRIEF IN-DEPTH STORY OF THE FILM 2001: A space odyssey is a Science Fiction classic genre released, directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick in the year 1968, and probably considered as the best science-fiction film of all time about man’s exploration of space and ourselves. The film is a story of human evolution based on a short story called ‘Sentinel’ written by Arthur C. Clarke. The movie consists of 3 main parts: pre-history, the future and technology, and back to earth

  • 2001 Space Odyssey Summary

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    Film Review 2001 A Space Odyssey The four main characters in 2001 A Space Odyssey are Dr. David Bowman, Dr. Frank Poole, Dr. Heywood R. Floyd, and HAL 9000. Dr. Bowman and Poole are both scientist and astronauts onboard the Discovery One which is set for Jupiter so that they can research an unknown radio signal they received from there. Dr. Heywood is the chairman of the NCA (National Council of Astronautics). He was there when they first encountered the monolith on the moon and he is the leader

  • The Sentinel And 2001: A Space Odyssey

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    SENTINEL AND 2001:A SPACE ODYSSEY Have you ever wondered the existence of qualified creatures from outer space? If your answer is “Exactly!”, here are the masterpieces of the science fiction stories referring to genius aliens: “The Sentinel” and “2001: A Space Odyssey”. “The Sentinel” is a story written by British writer Arthur C. Clarke in 1948. The story is about an astrogeologist’ s discovery of a construction beyond mankind on the surface of the moon. The other piece of art, “2001: A Space Odyssey”

  • Monolith In 2001 A Space Odyssey

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    Directed by Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey is one of the most highly acclaimed science-fiction movies of all time. Based on the short story “The Sentinel” by Arthur C. Clarke, the movie tells about the evolution of man. Titled the “Dawn of Man,” the first part of the movie shows a two rival groups of apes, and after a monolith is discovered, the leader of one of the groups beat the other with a bone. Jumping forward a couple of millions of years, a group of scientists, led by Dr. Floyd, are

  • 2001 A Space Odyssey Analysis

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    MEANING OF THE MONOLITH A monolithic tale from outer space in the 1960s, has presented a classic example of a multi-discursive object. It is the story of the mysterious monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey (directed by Stanley Kubrick, 1968), a story that extents years of time, from early history to the future and into the infinite. The importance of the theme (monolith) tracks the film’s four episodes, (three of which are titled, documentary style) and casts the monolith as the key narrative connection