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70MM Print
$8 members and seniors$10 general public$5 studentsFree for Ohio State students!
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Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 space epic continues to influence filmmakers, question technology, and visually dazzle audiences—especially when presented in 70mm.
If there was ever a film that demands to be seen on the big screen it is Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Written by Kubrick and sci-fi titan Arthur C. Clarke, the film is a genuine visual tour de force unlike anything seen in movies before or since—especially when screened in stunning 70mm as in this presentation that’s free for Ohio State students.
Both slyly comic and truly chilling, 2001 is also notable for the way its nominal stars (Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood) are utterly upstaged by the selfless, ever-obliging, ultimately tragic HAL, perhaps the first cinematic villain to demonstrate the dangers of artificial intelligence. Visual effects artist Douglas Trumbull set a standard in this picture that influenced countless sci-fi films ever since. In 2022, the film finished first in Sight & Sound’s once-per-decade worldwide poll of filmmakers to determine the greatest films ever made. (141 mins., 70mm)
IMAGE CAPTION2001: A Space Odyssey, courtesy of Warner Bros.
FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY National Endowment for the Arts Ohio Humanities
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Rohauer Collection Foundation
WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY Ohio Department of Development Greater Columbus Arts Council The Wexner Family Institute of Museum and Library Services Ohio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts CampusParc Nationwide Foundation Ohio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme The Columbus Foundation Axium Packaging Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Mike and Paige Crane Nancy Kramer Ohio State Energy Partners Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection Larry and Donna James David Crane and Elizabeth Dang Bruce and Joy Soll Melissa Gilliam and William Grobman Rebecca Perry Damsen and Ben Towle Jones Day Alex and Renée Shumate
Past Film/Video
2001: A Space Odyssey
