Humanity finds a mysterious, obviously artificial, object buried beneath the Lunar surface and, with the intelligent computer H.A.L. 9000, sets off on a quest.
A visual (and acoustic!) journey rather than a story with a conventional plot this masterpiece is an audacious experiment that still holds its own as one of the great achievements in movie history.
Rewatched it just to take in the acoustic journey.
Halliwell****: "A lengthy montage of brilliant model work and obscure symbolism, this curiosity slowly gathered commercial momentum and came to be cherished by those who used it as a trip without LSD."
Maltin****: "A unique masterpiece, immensely influential...A visual feast, film also boasts distinction of having put Richard Strauss into the Top 40 with "Also Sprach Zarathustra.""
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