From the Google repository of Life Magazine photos, a shot from the set of 2001: A Space Odyssey with Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, and Stanley Kubrick taken on board USS Discovery.
If you ask me, Keir Dullea (as astronaut David Bowman) looks slightly surprised to see Kubrick, as in, “I didn’t know you were travelling to [...]

Wendy Carlos explains Stanley Kubrick’s use of the Eltro in the production of 2001: A Space Odyssey, to enhance Douglas Rain’s voice during his vocal performance as supercomputer HAL.
During the scene in which Dave (Keir Dullea) “lobotomizes” HAL, you’ll easily hear how the tempo of Rain’s voice becomes slowly expanded and pitch-shifted gradually downwards. Actually, [...]

For 2001: A Space Odyssey fans, a photo that apparently has not been previously published, featuring Stanley Kubrick, Keir Dullea, and Gary Lockwood on one of the USS Discovery sets.
Via Coudal Partners.

Very cool MySpace tribute, and resource, page dedicated to Stanley Kubrick, compiled by Carletto di San Giovanni.
Via Kottke.

The differences between Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey on 35mm and 70mm film are stark enough, to say nothing of viewing the movie on a small screen format.
I’ve seen 2001 well in excess of 100 times (it is, without peer, the greatest motion picture ever made), in formats as disparate as 70mm, laser disk, VHS, [...]

Best Films That Never Won a Best Picture Oscar
Some interesting examples of movies that generally enjoyed runaway success at the box office, yet did not receive Oscars for Best Picture, or even Best Director.
We can hope our favorite movie will come away with the big prize, but in the long run, some of the best [...]

2001: A Space Odyssey turns 40
I wonder if an anniversary screening of some sort is planned in Sydney? It’s been a (just a little) while since I last saw 2001.
“The genius is not in how much Stanley Kubrick does in 2001: A Space Odyssey but in how little. This is the work of an artist [...]

Arthur C. Clarke’s odyssey comes to an end
Science fiction author and visionary Arthur C. Clarke has died, aged 90, in Sri Lanka.
2001: A Space Odyssey, both the book and movie, which he co-wrote with Stanley Kubrick, are among my favourite stories and movies.
Update: link posted at Coudal Partners to a page with excerpts from Arthur [...]

USS Discovery: a LEGO Odyssey
Awesome LEGO model of the USS Discovery One, which was the ship that travelled to Jupiter in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.
As seen in the motion pictures 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010: The Year We Make Contact, the Discovery is one of my favourite science fiction vessels. This [...]

Anyone who has sat through even one screening of 2001: A Space Odyssey could be forgiven for thinking the two lead actors, Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood, who play astronauts Dave Bowman and Frank Poole, wouldn’t exactly be the life of the party, if you were ever to meet them.
After all nary a snigger, let [...]