Amazon’s Prime Deal Days have already revealed some interesting offers, such as excellent 4K TVs or over 1,000 discounted anime offers. With 2001: A Space Odyssey there is also an absolute sci-fi masterpiece on offer, which is ranked 6th among the best films of all time by Sight and Sound and is therefore a must for every film fan.
Amazon has the highly praised classic by director legend Stanley Kubrick and writer Arthur C. Clarke in 4K Ultra HD with HDR and two additional Blu-rays currently reduced by 25 percent *. The Collector’s Edition, which was just released in October, is unfortunately already sold out and is only available through marketplace providers *.
That’s what 2001: A Space Odyssey is all about
The film begins with a legendary scene in which ape-men encounter a black monolith that completely unnerves them. Millions of years later, a space shuttle with scientist Dr. Floyd (William Sylvester) boarded to the lunar station Clavius, where a similar monolith was discovered.
18 months later, David Bowman (Keir Dullea) and his crew fly on a secret scientific mission to Jupiter, where the infallible computer HAL has complete control over everything in the ship. But the closer the astronauts get to their destination, the stranger HAL seems to become and strange things start to happen.
The film gives in to this in many places mysterious and ambiguous, which is why, for example, the director himself had to explain the ending, although the accompanying novel also explains a lot about it. Details about the useful bonus material of the 3-disc edition offered, such as an audio commentary and four insightful specials, can be found on Amazon *.
2001: A Space Odyssey – critically acclaimed
The FILMSTARTS review also confirms that 2001: A Space Odyssey is an absolute masterpiece of science fiction in particular and of film history in general, despite its often staged heaviness, with its multifaceted nature and scope for interpretation, with 5 out of 5 stars.
It says that the film looks like an opera composition, with an overture, main part and tragic conclusion, “yet at the same time it is as open and vulnerable as a deep wound.” Therefore there can be no final conclusion. Or as author Arthur C. Clarke himself puts it: ‘If you fully understood 2001, we failed: we set out to ask far more questions than we answered.’
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