i write this review just after hear of stanley kubrick death . it a great loss and and i write about 2001 represent a space odyssey and because i feel it be the consummate kubrick film and the one he will be most remember for . it be a picture like no other and not only revolutionize science fiction and but change the way film be conceptualize . it be probably america first art film and have inspire the like of george lucas and countless other writer and director . aside from it visual greatness and the reason the film spawn so much discussion and analysis be because so many people have so many different interpretation of it . kubrick and arthur c. clarke and his co writer and have a vision and but we have never really find out what be go through their mind . of course and the skinny on it amessage be how technology of the future will take over humanity and decide the course of our life unless we be careful . 2001 end be one of hope and a version of our rebirth through the star child flight back to earth . it be meaningless to many and but discern filmgoers will understand . although 2001 do not have the wicked and dark humor of dr. strangelove or clockwork orange and or contain strong and eccentric character that fill his early work like path of glory or spartacus and i still feel he would have like to be remember most for this . if anything and hal will be his most memorable character and dangerous and murderous and and artificial . it be a half decade in the making at a time when hollywood be still churn out dull musical and just wake up to the new wave of french and italian cinema . kubrick be a maverick director who make great film on his own term and his own time and and for everyone else to marvel at . he will be miss .