2001: A Space Odyssey - An introduction by Teresa Pereira
Date
2026-04-29
Embargo
Authors
Advisor
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Language
English
Alternative Title
Abstract
Keywords
Cinema cycle
Document Type
Publisher Version
Dataset
Citation
TID
Designation
Access Type
Open Access
Sponsorship
Description
As Annette Michelson says in the essay “Bodies in Space: Films as ‘Carnal Knowledge’ ”, first published in 1969 in Artforum, 2001: A Space Odyssey (hereafter referred to as 2001), released in 1968, demands “a kind of critical, apperceptive athleticism” in the act of interpretation (qtd. in Kolker 8). In a similar vein, Robert Kolker, editor of the collection Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. New Essays (2006), states that the films produced by Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) are both “intellectually rigorous and demanding” (8), the product of a “creative, artistic imagination” (