![]() On May 18, director-writer-producer Christopher Nolan ( Batman Begins Inception Dunkirk) will step onto the stage at the Cannes film festival and introduce an “unrestored, unaltered” 70 mm print version of 2001: A Space Odyssey to event attendees. (See our ancient article from 2012: "A Few Movies You Must Own on Blue Ray or DVD").īetter still, plan to catch it this spring in selected theaters upon its rerelease to celebrate the film’s 50th birthday. ![]() Even if you do not have the opportunity to see these in a theater (in larger cities, there have been occasional retrospective releases of all four over the years), when you get around to making your next television screen upgrade in your home, you should make it a priority to rent or purchase 2001 on DVD or Blu-ray. Indeed, if one were to objectively name only a dozen contemporary films that fall into the category of must-see on the large screen (a list that might also include Ben Hur, Star Wars, Gone With The Wind) Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey would certainly make the cut. And one of the things I am proud of to this day-in addition to bragging to Gen-X hipsters and Gen-Y tikes that I saw all the good rock concerts-is that I had the courage, determination (and $3.50 in hard-earned lawn care money) to see 2001: A Space Odyssey on the biggest of the big screens with a group of friends who appreciated both science and science fiction. Then, as an adult, I decided I did like The Sound of Music and Patton, and I thank my conservative parents for insisting I participate in what-even at that tender age-I considered cornball movie experiences. The motion picture is-generally, and depending on director and cinematographer-an art form requiring a large canvas. Only now, comfortably in my middle age, do I fully grasp the concept of the big screen experience-especially those in cavernous theaters with the enormous screens and the wide projection systems. Often, it is the vision and skill of the director which can make the difference.Īs a baby boomer I look back across my lifetime and only now appreciate some of the stuff my parents dragged me to see in theaters, often against my preference- The Sound of Music (my mother’s personal favorite from that era) and Patton (one of my dad’s top choices) to name two examples-as well as the films I went to see at the theater on my own or with friends Mary Poppins, Planet of the Apes, Barry Lyndon, and American Graffiti all come easily to my memory. Home TV screen size doesn’t matter, nor does your aversion to crowded multiplexes with high- priced tickets, expensive popcorn and $5 soft drinks: some movies are best enjoyed in a theater, power and grandeur intact. This may be a cliché, but as several of our Thursday Review writers have pointed out over the years (Michael Bush, Maggie Nichols, Cameron Dale, Katie Mineer, to name a few) it’s a cliché which still rings true once or twice each cinema season. Some films are meant to be seen on the big screen. Images courtesy of MGM 2001: A Space Odyssey:įifty Years Ago Science Fiction Changed Our World | published Ap|īy R.
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