I played the recording used in 2001 and watched the docking of the first official ISS Crew docking of the Dragon Capsule and was moved to tears.

The Blue Danube Waltz was originally used in the film Grand Hotel. That's where Kubrick got the inspiration to use it in 2001.

Breathtaking genius

"Here you are sir, main level."

A true marriage of music and film

Brilliant - but what I don't get is why was Floyd the only passenger? Yes - it was an unusual circumstance for sure, but they were trying to keep the discovery on the moon secret, laying on a special shuttle launch just for one man (however important) would have been a dead giveaway that something strange was going on.

@brianarbenz7206

3 жыл бұрын

Probably a security thing. He knew the most classified secret of the time. They didn't want him mumbling it in his sleep to passengers.

@ericderiel6224

3 жыл бұрын

Everyone already knew that something strange was going on, because of the quarantine. It's a good question though... I always figured it was urgency. They sent him absolutely as soon as they realized what they had found, without waiting for the next scheduled flight or whatever -- keep in mind that by the time he gets to the orbital it's 3 or 4 days later, the excavation has been ongoing over that time, along with the incident that Floyd's Russian colleagues mention. Another half day to Clavius Station and by then everyone is already getting really antsy... if he had waited for a regularly scheduled flight it would have taken even longer.

@scottsheckman3161

2 жыл бұрын

Great observation. One theory is to demonstrate that Floyd is not only a US Space Program VIP, but thinks of himself that way, which we see at the briefing on the moon (which is weirdly earth gravity, despite the scenes afterwards on other parts of the moon)...hence the space shuttle all to himself to the space station, and not too many passengers on the ship to the moon from the space station...some scholars think Kubrick is trying to subtly show alpha male dominance, like the ape-men in the sequence before where we assume the aggressive apes are all male. There are actually very few women characters in 2001, and besides the nosy Russian scientist ladies (led by a male) and a no-name woman we see at the male-dominated briefing, the few women characters in 2001 are basically servers of some sort, or mom in the video. Even HAL is a male voice, and discovery spaceship looks very phallic. Perhaps that's a 60's thing, but it was to be a forward-thinking film...but in the year 2021, a woman has only made it to the VP office in the USA, so maybe Kubrick got it right.

Queue the spaceships and walking in 0 gravity

rather, make that "Lose the "live orchestra"'"!!

Tour de force

Anyone for Elite Dangerous?

@Wifi_Thief

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, me

爽快的音楽宇宙満願笑美。

How did she know it was Floyd's pen? 3:50

@EASYTIGER10

4 жыл бұрын

Hang on...he was the only passenger. Move along please...

@brianarbenz7206

3 жыл бұрын

That's one of the mysteries of this movie. We could do a KZread on what her presumption that it was his pen represents in the universal scheme.

Loose the "live orchestra"!