Essays Tagged: "2001 Space Odyssey"

Arthur C. Clarke, A Science Fiction Legend

most successful science fiction authors ever! He has written many books, including: Hammer of god; 2001, a space Odyssey; Prelude to Space; The Sands of Mars; Islands in the Sky; Against the Fall of ... ed making a computer with a fellow science fiction author, and has finished his sequel to his book "2001- A Space Odyssey". The sequel is "3001 - A Space Odyssey".

(2 pages) 47 0 3.9 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

2001: A Metaphorical Odyssey

2001: A Metaphorical OdysseyMyths are created for the purpose of conveying a message with an interes ... is when a new myth must be introduced to take the place of the obsolete one. Stanley Kubrick shaped 2001: A Space Odyssey as a new myth to crack the archaic view of space, by using a hero, a dilemma, ... indling.Using Bowman as a hero that faces dilemmas to reach the target moment, Stanley Kubrick uses 2001: A Space Odyssey as a new myth to replace the old myths about space. This redefined what people ...

(3 pages) 139 2 4.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

The essay is about Arthur C. Clarke. Arthur C. Clarke showed himself as a visionary in his novels Rendezvous with Rama, Childhood's End and 2001: A Space Odyssey

aterrestrial life and mystic righteousness of knowledge. Rendezvous with Rama, Childhood's End, and 2001: A Space Odyssey, are all novels which describe in great detail the ideas that Arthur C. Clarke ... hur C. Clarke showed himself as a visionary in his novels Rendezvous with Rama, Childhood's End and 2001: A Space Odyssey.In Rendezvous with Rama, an object was found they named Rama. It was discovere ...

(7 pages) 71 0 5.0 Sep/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

This is an essay comparing and contrasting a sci-fi, 2001 A Space Odyssey, and a western, The Way West.

2001: A Space Odyssey vs. The Way WestBy ElectrostasisThe "Final Frontier" is something that people ... er barrier we must break through. We cannot overcome this barrier until we believe we can mentally. 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Way West both demonstrate clear examples of this issue. Both have spec ... ed foods and their oxen pulling their wagon. Unlike the crude wagons of the West, the astronauts in 2001 traveled in a highly advanced, super-fast space ship, most of them sleeping in cryo-sleep, rely ...

(3 pages) 35 0 3.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

2001 space oddysey

2001 Space Odyssey The film segment chosen was the final scene from Stanley Kubrik^s 2001 A Space Od ... narily positive on a revolutionary scale. Kubrik himself has never publicly discussed the ending to 2001 and admits that this was a very subjective film, while many people claim not to have understood ... journey on a tangible, viewable scale. Kubrik has been renowned for producing controversial films, 2001 being no exception. Unlike his other films, however, 2001 offers us an optimistic twist ^ a eup ...

(7 pages) 74 0 4.1 Jan/2003

Subjects: Art Essays

2001: A Space Odyssey.

2001 Space OdysseyThe film segment chosen was the final scene from Stanley Kubrik^s 2001A Space Odys ... dinarily positive on a revolutionaryscale.Kubrik himself has never publicly discussed the ending to 2001 andadmits that this was a very subjective film, while many people claimnot to have understood i ... le journey on atangible, viewable scale.Kubrik has been renowned for producing controversial films, 2001 beingno exception. Unlike his other films, however, 2001 offers us anoptimistic twist ^ a eupho ...

(6 pages) 59 1 4.3 Jun/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Show how the ways the author constructed one of the core texts helped you to understand the main ideas of the Blade Runner.

The author, Ridley Scott, has created one of the most thought provoking science fiction films since 2001: A Space Odyssey. Based on Philip K Dick's novella, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the f ...

(10 pages) 111 0 4.5 Aug/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Is violence innate of is it learned.

ell as video games affect the minds of kids and hence turning them violent little by little. In the 2001 Space Odyssey, a fellow monkey beat another monkey with a bone and the whole clan was watching. ...

(5 pages) 68 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

A General Analysis of Ridley Scott's 'Alien' (1979)

ction films ever made, on a par with other 'Hollywood greats' such as Blade Runner, The Terminator, 2001 - A Space Odyssey, and The Matrix.The man who made all this possible is Ridley Scott the direct ... y dates itself by the way it portrays computers and technology. Not unlike the HAL 9000 computer of 2001 - A Space Odyssey (made only ten or so years before Alien), the Mother computer and the 'androi ...

(4 pages) 107 1 4.4 Jan/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

2001 a space odyssey.

In the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, the plot sequences that are symbolic. The section of the movie called "The Da ...

(2 pages) 81 0 4.5 Feb/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Blade Runner, An Analysis

such as Harrison Ford, Sean Young, and Daryl Hannah. Although, if you are expecting a Star Wars or 2001 a Space Odyssey type movie, be prepared for disappointment. The movie is based on the story Do ...

(2 pages) 95 3 3.8 Jul/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

2001: A Space Odyssey

Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey explores the future of space from the director’s point of view. This movi ... e audience to see.BIBLIOGRAPHYWebsite- http://www.filmsite.org/twot.htmlDVD- Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

(8 pages) 38 1 3.8 May/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy