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, his entire performance as HAL has a mild amount of time stretching ... Read full entry

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, broadcast TV, DVD and even the awful, scratched, discolored 35mm print, complete with ... Read full entry

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 pictures ever made did not receive Best Picture Oscars. A good example would be ... Read full entry

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 so sublimely confident that he doesn't include a single shot simply to keep ... Read full entry

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 C Clarke's (I can never simply refer to him as ... Read full entry

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 model was over a year in the making and measures 185 ... Read full entry

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 alone the merest of smiles, ... Read full entry