To celebrate Stanley Kubrick’s cinematic milestone from 1968, the German Film Museum is presenting an exhibition devoted to the masterpiece that explored the themes of artificial intelligence and existentialism.
“The most dazzling visual happenings in the history of the motion picture,” wrote Time magazine in April 1968 after the groundbreaking “2001: A Space Odyssey” premiered.
Even before the first man landed on the moon, the film provided stunning, realistic-looking images of outer space using sophisticated new special effects, the experience heightened by a classical soundtrack that included Johann Strauss’s “The Blue Danube.”
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its release, the German Film Museum in Frankfurt am Main will present an exhibition that showcases Kubrick’s cult film with numerous original exhibits from international collections, and from the Stanley Kubrick Archive of the University of the Arts London.
Curator Hans-Peter Reichmann spoke to DW about the “2001” homage.
DW: What is your own personal relationship to Kubrick’s film “2001”?
Hans-Peter Reichmann: I can’t say exactly when I saw it for the first time. Certainly already in the 1970s. The film was shown in a small provincial cinema and we as teens were extremely impressed. Curiously, mainly due to the music. It was completely different listening to classical music in a science fiction movie.
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