2001: A Space Odyssey (film) its initial release. "2001: A Space Odyssey" is now considered one of the major artistic works of the 20th century, with many critics and filmmakers considering it Kubrick's masterpiece. Director Martin Scorsese has listed it as one of his favourite films of all time. In the 1980s, critic David Denby compared Kubrick to the monolith from "2001: A Space Odyssey", calling him "a force of supernatural intelligence, appearing at great intervals amid high-pitched shrieks, who gives the world a violent kick up the next rung of the evolutionary ladder". Poet and critic Dan Schneider wrote that "2001: A Space Odyssey"
2001: A Space Odyssey (film) of most films of the era released both as a "roadshow" (in Cinerama format in the case of "2001") and general release (in 70-millimetre in the case of "2001"), the entrance music, intermission music (and intermission altogether), and postcredit exit music were cut from most prints of the latter version, although these have been restored to most DVD releases. The following year, a United States Department of State committee chose "2001" as the American entry at the 6th Moscow International Film Festival. The film was rereleased in 1974, 1977, and again in 1980. In 2001, a restoration of the 70mm