I can't help but wonder what was it like to see this movie 46 years ago. This still looks more realistic and stunning than CGI movies of today. Kubrick was way, WAY ahead of his time.
I saw it during first week run at the Hollywood Pacific Theatre. Waiting for the movie to start, I realized some music (György Ligeti's "Atmospheres") was playing softly in the auditorium and growing in volume. As it grew louder I knew that the movie was starting. After what seemed like a really long time, the house lights dimmed and the curtains opened and eventually the MGM logo came up (I think), the Strauss theme started and away we went!
I saw the premiere of 2001 in Cinerama, Toronto; 1968. I'll always remember the hushed anticipation of the audience as the lights dimmed down to black. Then came this introduction. We knew we were in for an incredible experience. It must be remembered that hardly anyone had ever heard Strauss' " Also Sprach Zarathustra " before this film. I later learned that the opening theme, titled ' Sunrise ' by the composer, had used an organ with a 32 foot pipe playing a sustained C note. Humans feel this note more than hear it. From the first frame, Kubrick was playing us! In retrospect, using the music choices of Kubrick was glorious.
I'd watched it many times on many screens in my life, but seeing it at the Cineramadome in Hollywood was like viewing 2001 for the first time. The sound editing and overwhelmingly huge screen really brought out the details. It really needs a big theater screen to properly be appreciated.
We saw it at the Cinerama - 3 screens around! God said, Let there be Light! The Strong Anthropic Observers saw that it was Good, therefore, there will be No such thing as Star Wars. Amen. "Our God IS a consuming Fire!"
I think the most epic part of this intro is when the title comes up. There’s just something so well orchestrated with the music, the font they used for the title and EVEN the small text below the title. Everything lined up so perfectly I wouldn’t be surprised if Kubrick spent days figuring out how to present it all.
Salacious Crumb Haha, well, if I only watched crappy movies like BvS, you'd be right, but of course that's not the case ;) I also watch more intelligent and artistic movies.. like Pineapple Express or The Room^^
This movie makes you feel so small. At the same time it shows how far our potential can reach. Never has hope and despair been captured so perfectly. Stanley knew he had a masterpiece, hence the epic intro.
It looks so HD because MGM recorded 2001: A Space Odyssey using film larger than usual (70 millimeters vs. 35 millimeters), and a camera (called Super Panavision) to record scenes.
Renn__ E__ 35mm can still look this good (you can actually photograph it to 2160p before it starts looking fuzzy), but Kubrick was just an amazing director. If I remember correctly, this opening was actually done by using two cardboard circles for the Earth and Moon, moving them in front of the camera (which was inside a box covered in fabric) and then the hole at the end was the sun, and the stars are little pinpricks in the fabric. And yet it looks this amazing.
My father (RIP Dad) took me to the opening as an 11 year old at the Loews Capital Theatre in down town Chicago, when that low C from the pipe organ started before the start of the movie the theatre went silent and the awe and wonder started. The greatest opening of any film EVER. There have been a million "space films" since then but none come close to the cinematic brilliance of Kubric.
It's meant to be played with the screen curtains closed and the theatre lights still partially on, like an opera overture. Then the MGM logo comes on as the curtains open. It's hard to get it right, you have to rehearse this with the projectionist first. I know because I've been in this situation once and it took some explaining NOT to fast forward the first reel past the "blank film", the guy was a bit annoyed when I told him to reload the projector from the beginning of the reel.
When this film came out, I was just a regular teenager into rock music and the Beatles. This film's score encouraged me to discover other treasures in classical music.
It will always be the film I love the most. I once showed this opening to a class of undergraduates and they burst into spontaneous applause. I was so proud of them. It is my dream to attend a performance of it in a cinema and to give a standing ovation for this opening, and then again at the end.
The lowest C on the orchestra organ, according to the liner notes of the 1967 recording of this piece by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, the single best performance of this piece ever made.
In my mind, this opening scene encapsulates how incredible the universe is and utterly amazing that our planet and solar system exist in such a format that we are able to ponder them.
I’ve always loved the chord progression at 1:06-1:11, to me it embodies the triumphant anticipation just before the actual victory, but when you know you have won.
Every hair in my body simply stood up, made a wave to the Lord, and then peacefully rested over my skin again... What an iconic movie opening of a soundtrack this was!!!
My best friend and I saw this in theatres last year. It was his first time seeing the film. We were both just utterly speechless after it ended. Seeing such a film in theatres cannot be described as "watching a movie", but rather it is an experience.
The version of Also Sprach Zarathustra they used in this movie was actually an orchestration of the song in 1959 by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Just a fun fact.
Kubrick was so amazing, everything means something in his films. This piece was not only chosen because it is dramatic, but it has implications throughout the film. This part of 'Zarathustra' is called 'Sunrise.' And the connection is that humans were being 'enlightened.'
I'm sitting here trying to think of another SF movie that comes close. A lot of great titles are flitting through my mind, but yeah - even they have to concede to 2001.
It is the greatest simply because everything else was inspired by it. All other space media after had some effect, visualization, cliche, direct reference, or specialization from 2001. Even the biggest titles like Star Wars, future Star Trek’s, any space movie, game, or show took something from Kubricks ideas. Hell many media productions just outright use this song in space scenes. It was groundbreaking and earth shattering to the core and absolutely revolutionary changing the film industry forever. Many other stories are great, but this one is the greatest for inventing the the reason other things exist for it to be called the greatest lol
Interstellar almost had it. In terms of technological achievement, composition... It was so promising throughout most of its film. That ending was so unsatisfactory, though. 2001 still has it
And by God, this scene sets the whole generation on fire whenever they hear this. The most grand, bombastic, deep and impressive opening scene for any film, which was only cultivated in the talents of Mr. Stanley Kubrick and Mr. Richard Strauss Huge respect for their craft.
so right you are:-)) and finally if i am not mistaken, you are the first one on here, who also mentioned the most famous composer of the 20 th. century: : Richard Strauss -)) thx for that....
I saw it when I was 12 years old in Cinerama in New York. Still the greatest movie I have ever seen. Kubrick was so far ahead of his time in terms of space travel.
Yeah, I'd seen it a few times on video, an thought, 'Meh...' I WANTED to love it.. So, 2001, when in Australia it was re-released in a remastered version, i got ripped on bongs in the carpark and inni went...... Holy FUCK!!!!!! Different film on a big screen. SOOOO much more detail. And that goddamn opening!!!! They had the volume screwed up to 11..... It was wonderful!!! I struggle with this, but I'd nominate, consistently, my best film I've seen. And I've seen LOTS over 59yrs
I was 10 when this came out at the cinema....I saw it with my older brother....it blew my 10 year old mind !!! I didn't understand much of it , but it still blew my mind . The most amazing movie I have ever seen , hundreds of times. A masterpiece !!
Some people think it's boring. I think it's amazing. The first time I watched the last 20 minutes made me feel something akin to an out-of-body experience. You know a film is doing something spectacularly right when it can do that. My favourite film by far.
I watched this not to long ago and I did feel a little confused at some points but I would still want to watch it again and again to try and better understand it. It is defiantly a movie worth watching.
What's interesting is that my high school class thought it was an acid trip when Dave was going through the inter-dimensional warp! X3 They weren't bored for a second! That, of course, didn't excuse their ignorance of refined cinema, though...
Upon my first viewing of this film in 1968 the only thing I can recall about the introduction was my thinking "This is going to be like no other movie." Here we are over 50 years later still in awe over it.
You really do never know what you’re gonna get with Kubrick. Historical epic, comedic satire, psychological drama, horror, Science Fiction, man did it all.
il con You are correct. Clarke the novelization of 2001: A Space Odyssey, while writing the screenplay, then published it shortly after the movie was released.
Fun fact: This movie came out before the first photograph of Earth “The Blue Marble” which makes this movie way ahead of its time. In addition, the movie’s commentary on sentience and AI is more relevant today than it was back then. Kubrick is truly a genius!
I remember sitting in the theater and being mesmerized and utterly astonished as to the extreme volume of this film’s opening. Easily the loudest I’ve ever endured in any cinema.
The best movie opening to ever exist. Watched this movie live in concert a few days ago and it was one of the most breathtaking experiences in my entire life.
Only the greatest film EVER. I first saw it back in 68. In 2001, a 70MM print was travelling the US and was in Manhattan in December. Consider how NYC felt that fall, after 9/11. I went to a screening of that print that December and for the next 142 minutes, after the film started, I was in that world and not ours. It was glorious.
I just saw this masterpiece re-released in it's original format complete with intermission and no digital components added - 2001 needs to be seen this way as Kuberick intended. Once in a life time does something like this opening come into being.
Can't believe this film was in 1968 (2 years b4 I was born April 1970) but has foretold technologies of the future: Artificial Intelligence, the iPAD, Space Shuttle, video teleconferencing, handheld camera, International Space Station, Commercial Space Flights 🚀📱📹🌌🎥
The thing is many of those things were envisioned in 1968 and even back in the 1950's. The comic books were full of that stuff. But Kubrick did make it seemingly real.
Actually he didn't predict because those things were bound to happen, for example, the space shuttle, people planned it long before it was made, same goes to other things
My dad dropped us of in front of the theater, told us to meet him right there when the movie was over, and left us with these profound words: "AND DON'T MAKE ME COME LOOKIN' FOR YA' !"
Imagine the opportunity, experience, challenge and perfection of working/being with Kubrick during this filming, something you would remember for the rest of your days...
The opening low frequency rumble has something extremely ethereal about it. Like a distorted digital harmonic. In ‘68 I sat there in the theater completely hypnotized by that sound at 7 y.o. I will never forget the tension of those opening chords. Not too shabby for some mischievous troublemaker from the Bronx.
My best friend in High School was thrilled with the actor, the entire film and sound track. Definitely one of the best films out of Hollywood, California, the entertainment, motion picture and music capital of the universe... You can quote me
Anderson Fernandes it’s not overrated at all this is the movie that made movie be shot and created like they are today. Look at Star Wars and interstellar, some of the shots are taken directly from this movie
Imagine the chills these people had in the cinema back then, watching this intro for the first time.. Wauw.. I get chills myself everytime I wacth this now 🙂
Chills, indeed, sir! I was at the premiere showing of 2001 in 1968 at the Cinerama in Toronto. My girlfriend and I had chosen middle center seats. There was a palpable anticipation in the packed audience. A hush fell upon the appearance of the MGM logo and a vibration could be felt as the low C note sounded. ( I later discovered this was played on the 32 foot organ pipe. ) Although it is ubiquitous today, no one had ever heard " Thus spake Zarathustra " until that moment. After the main title faded, somebody in the silence quietly said, " Here we go. " An amusing and true sentiment!
James Drynan Niiice.. To bad I was born to late for that experience (1972) 😁 But still the best movies for me today is from 1965 to 1995.. today’s movies are all about CGI and remakes.. I rather watch older movies again and again instead of the new ones.. In fact I’m watching ‘2001 ASO’ right now.. and after that ‘The Duel’ 🙂
For everyone who says that 2001:ASO is overrated, no. Just no. It's an incredibly awesome movie, my favorite movie and one of the best movies ever made, but that's a personal opinion. But objectly speaking, this movie is not overrated
This movie is grossly overrated with a disjointed structure and terrible acting. It is redeemed only by the soundtrack and some of the visuals. Regardless, I stll love the movie.
There aren't "many" hidden meanings in the movie, there are a few, at least that are worthwhile. Believe me, I understand the movie far better than you do! Essentially it says mankind must bite off the head of the snake if we want to reach our potential. Do you know what that means? In the end 2001 would have been a huge failure without the musical selections which complimented its general weirdness.
Matt D There's a lot more than that to the movie. Also, never start a conversation or an argument by saying you "understand the movie far better than..." without knowing who you're talking to, it comes off like a condescending and extremely arrogant person, unless you're one the many film experts that have being studying and dissecting this movie since the 60's, but I don't believe you were even born by that time. If you're going to disagree with someone just start by acknowledging that you, just like any other person, is limited by your own knowledge and can't judge someone over the internet, being humble always helps. And now as my argument, I understand that there's a lot of anti-2001 people out there, saying that there isn't a lot to it outside the visuals, but you gotta admit that this movie wouldn't have people arguing and analyzing for over 50 years if it was "just" a feast for the eyes.
The choice of music for this film was really an inspired move. It made Richard Strauss' composition suddenly well known in the mainstream and cemented the film's reputation too.
The most iconic combination of image and sound in human history.
You can't separate one from the other.
Kubrick IS a genius.
is not
Relax, bro
WAS
Is@@quazar912
“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
Arthur C Clarke
Somehow I find the latter more comforting.
We are not and there's no "we".
The Fermi Paradox
"Vaguely related thing" - A famous person *gimme likes*
It won't be very comfortable if the alien that exist are Zergs and Xenomorphs :)
Ladies and Gentlemen please stand for the anthem of the Solar System.
Also sprach Zarathustra
O K
Apparently I was not the first person to say something like this.
The anthem of humanity
Anthem of evolution
Single handedly the greatest movie intro ever made
@Capri I'm going to have to go ahead and disagree with you there, pardner. It's definitely 2001. Although Star Wars does have a great opening too.
lame
You? Agree.
YES!!
Understatement of the century
When a movie begins like this you know you are about to witness a masterpiece
yeah, this is kubrik putting his ballsack on your forehead and saying "you gonna watch the best movie of your life"
Mace Koshmot lol right
Star Wars did it almost a decade later
Ruben Garcia well, star wars opening scene has became iconic but it’s quite different from this one
@@rubeng370 after repeating it 9 times over, it loses the flare
I can't help but wonder what was it like to see this movie 46 years ago. This still looks more realistic and stunning than CGI movies of today. Kubrick was way, WAY ahead of his time.
I completely agree, way ahead of its time, and one of the greatest movies ever made
pensé lo mismo hace una semana, increíble no?
What are you talking about this was made in 2001 that is 13 years ago
They show it in movies all the time
azrur afellay
No, this film was released in 1968.
Hearing this in a movie theater must’ve been top notch
It was.
C’est du bonheur à l’état pur
I saw it during first week run at the Hollywood Pacific Theatre. Waiting for the movie to start, I realized some music (György Ligeti's "Atmospheres") was playing softly in the auditorium and growing in volume. As it grew louder I knew that the movie was starting. After what seemed like a really long time, the house lights dimmed and the curtains opened and eventually the MGM logo came up (I think), the Strauss theme started and away we went!
I watched this movie for the first time in a cinema in 1978...and it was!
MEONLYBRO I got goosebumps just reading your comment.
The organ at the very end never fails to give me goosebumps and make me smile like a doofus
You’re not alone
Thank Strauss for that
Does anybody else get the chills when listening to this? I’ve heard it at least 100+ times and it always gets me excited...
Yes, absolutely!
Wooooooo
Yes... I grew up with it. Saw the premiere opening in the sixties....awesome when cave man swung the bone hammer !
It lasts about 1:30 mins, yet I can’t think of any short piece of music that has such an emotional effect on me.
you should listen to the whole piece
I saw the premiere of 2001 in Cinerama, Toronto; 1968. I'll always remember the hushed anticipation of the audience as the lights dimmed down to black. Then came this introduction. We knew we were in for an incredible experience. It must be remembered that hardly anyone had ever heard Strauss' " Also Sprach Zarathustra " before this film. I later learned that the opening theme, titled ' Sunrise ' by the composer, had used an organ with a 32 foot pipe playing a sustained C note. Humans feel this note more than hear it. From the first frame, Kubrick was playing us! In retrospect, using the music choices of Kubrick was glorious.
16 Hertz.
I'd watched it many times on many screens in my life, but seeing it at the Cineramadome in Hollywood was like viewing 2001 for the first time. The sound editing and overwhelmingly huge screen really brought out the details. It really needs a big theater screen to properly be appreciated.
We saw it at the Cinerama - 3 screens around! God said, Let there be Light! The Strong Anthropic Observers saw that it was Good, therefore, there will be No such thing as Star Wars. Amen. "Our God IS a consuming Fire!"
How old you now sr
@@gottieamine4541 70, Amine. I've seen the movie in many formats 201 times.
Strange how masterpieces are never fully appreciated when they first are released
Not by the critics, maybe, but in the day, I was blown away. I kept going back to see it again and again.
@@lesbsocal9107 you’ve got a good brain on you!
So very true.
It's one of those movies that you have to see more than once to appreciate. (Another example: Hitchcock's VERTIGO!)
@@Blaqjaqshellaq PSYCHO wasn't all that well received when it first hit the silver screen either. Movie critics at the time must have been so snobby.
I think the most epic part of this intro is when the title comes up. There’s just something so well orchestrated with the music, the font they used for the title and EVEN the small text below the title. Everything lined up so perfectly I wouldn’t be surprised if Kubrick spent days figuring out how to present it all.
If the then Kubrick is the Kubrick we know, he'd have thought of it for days really
they should have planted a tree. they dont evemn care about global warming. smh #savethe earth
@@xxxxkcxxxx I wonder how in the world is that connected to the genius of Stanley Kubrick.
@@xxxxkcxxxx How does planting a tree save the Earth?
If you're curious, Kubrick chose Gill Sans for the typography of the opening credits, only he used the uppercase 'O' in place of the numerical zero.
Oscar : Kubrick,you never got me
Kubrick: You don't deserve me,Mr.Oscars
He actually got an Oscar for best visual effects; the academy is still utter rubbish, but there you go.
@@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747 A patronizing token. Oscar wiener.
That serves to Hitchcock as well.
@@ianchristopher9422 And Peckinpah. At least Polanski and Scorsese finally got theirs for directing.
@@tylsimys67 lol even Roberto Benigni won Oscars before them.
This music makes me feel like I can walk on legos
Outstanding comment ...
😭😭😭
Outstanding move for a great hero like you , Kevin
Accurate statement
nice profile pic, ND gotta stick together
The greatest film opening of the greatest film ever made.
It was certainly great at the time to make us all think of what our world would look like from space.
Playing this during this year's Solar Eclipse was exactly what I'd hoped it would be. Perfection.
actually the video shows a lunar eclipse ☝🤓
@@SamTheApe24 Hours of Le Mans 🇫🇷
This opening alone, this ultimate fusion of audio and video, is more magnificent than all the other movies I've ever seen put together.
lol that bar is pretty low looking at your profile picture
Salacious Crumb Haha, well, if I only watched crappy movies like BvS, you'd be right, but of course that's not the case ;) I also watch more intelligent and artistic movies.. like Pineapple Express or The Room^^
Steve1306 omg well said. That song...
I don’t get it. What’s so low bar about Daft Punk?
The opening wasn't a day, it was an entire age
This masterpiece *STILL* surpasses today's sci-fi....
@@protion_2312 Why are you booing him he's right
@@jugram1751 Can confirm.
Yeah. Unfortunately year by year sci fi has less and less to offer..
Yeah no it doesn't.
@@piotrsegal6475 BLADE RUNNER 2049, EX MACHINA
One of the most beautiful movie intros that ever existed ....
reminds me of my mother dying 😂
This movie makes you feel so small. At the same time it shows how far our potential can reach. Never has hope and despair been captured so perfectly. Stanley knew he had a masterpiece, hence the epic intro.
sending this trialer to my boyfreind just so his ego takes a hit and he feels smallers
@@xxxxkcxxxx LOL
I refuse to think this was made in 1968
+Sam the Snivy ‘Grass Snek’
mind blowing isnt it
++++ i was shocked after 1st watching
It looks so HD because MGM recorded 2001: A Space Odyssey using film larger than usual (70 millimeters vs. 35 millimeters), and a camera (called Super Panavision) to record scenes.
Renn__ E__ 35mm can still look this good (you can actually photograph it to 2160p before it starts looking fuzzy), but Kubrick was just an amazing director. If I remember correctly, this opening was actually done by using two cardboard circles for the Earth and Moon, moving them in front of the camera (which was inside a box covered in fabric) and then the hole at the end was the sun, and the stars are little pinpricks in the fabric. And yet it looks this amazing.
The title of the theme was Also Sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra in English).
The best movie of 2001 in my opinion
+Phantom Driver i feel like this is a joke but im not sure
😂😂
better be joking
No! It was Gladiator :D
The Room > 2001 A Space Odyssey
One of the best motion pictures ever made. Just look at this opening.
idk i didn't like it. was beautiful but real boring tbh
@@CFKane-gf2jf It's only as boring as you want it to be. There's always a deeper message. Eeriness evokes fear more than anything else.
@@stephenwitwick3926 The biggest thing the audience needs while watching this movie is patience.
@@CFKane-gf2jf its supposed to be slow.
@@CFKane-gf2jf i think it should be more looked at like art then a movie
My father (RIP Dad) took me to the opening as an 11 year old at the Loews Capital Theatre in down town Chicago, when that low C from the pipe organ started before the start of the movie the theatre went silent and the awe and wonder started. The greatest opening of any film EVER. There have been a million "space films" since then but none come close to the cinematic brilliance of Kubric.
Wow, I saw it at the Valencia in Evanston. I was 10 years old. It profoundly affected me, and still does to this day.
You skipped the 3 min blank screen. That's my favorite part!!!
MeroDN I'm scared of it tho.
il con I was watching the Dawn Of Man scene and my big brother came to me and asked " Are you watching a horror movie ? " He loves horror movies .
For some reason, I wonder why it would be your favorite, but also understand why it would be.
Yup, blank screen for blank minds.
It's meant to be played with the screen curtains closed and the theatre lights still partially on, like an opera overture. Then the MGM logo comes on as the curtains open. It's hard to get it right, you have to rehearse this with the projectionist first. I know because I've been in this situation once and it took some explaining NOT to fast forward the first reel past the "blank film", the guy was a bit annoyed when I told him to reload the projector from the beginning of the reel.
When this film came out, I was just a regular teenager into rock music and the Beatles. This film's score encouraged me to discover other treasures in classical music.
This was kind of me but with A Clockwork Orange
Just saw this IMAX for the 50th anniversary... Never going to forget it.
It will always be the film I love the most. I once showed this opening to a class of undergraduates and they burst into spontaneous applause. I was so proud of them. It is my dream to attend a performance of it in a cinema and to give a standing ovation for this opening, and then again at the end.
Dat bass rumble
The lowest C on the orchestra organ, according to the liner notes of the 1967 recording of this piece by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, the single best performance of this piece ever made.
The Timpani?
Strauss originally devised the lowest string of the double bass tuned far lower to C for the composition.
It goes down, hides for a moment, then rise to finish the job.
On le sait déjà ma chère.
“WOOOOOOO!!!! WITH A TEAR IN MY EYE,THIS is the greatest moment in my life!”-Ric Flair,1992
50 years later and this film is still phenomenal. What an achievement in cinematic history.
Quite unfathomable how this scene can overwhelm you with feelings and emotions you never felt before.
In my mind, this opening scene encapsulates how incredible the universe is and utterly amazing that our planet and solar system exist in such a format that we are able to ponder them.
1:11
One of the great openings in cinematic history...gives me chills every time!
I’ve always loved the chord progression at 1:06-1:11, to me it embodies the triumphant anticipation just before the actual victory, but when you know you have won.
Right, mkae me feel like im in the pre launch sequence before taking off at 1,000,000 mph
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The first time you see this movie you know it is special. As the years go by and you watch it again, you realize how great it is.
Every hair in my body simply stood up, made a wave to the Lord, and then peacefully rested over my skin again... What an iconic movie opening of a soundtrack this was!!!
My best friend and I saw this in theatres last year. It was his first time seeing the film. We were both just utterly speechless after it ended. Seeing such a film in theatres cannot be described as "watching a movie", but rather it is an experience.
The version of Also Sprach Zarathustra they used in this movie was actually an orchestration of the song in 1959 by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Just a fun fact.
Not REEL Productions - fun fact - no, it wasn't.
I always listen for that final organ note
Nerd
@@Itsshaunbewarned hes not even a nerd because this is completely wrong lmao
Actually it wasnt
Stanley Kubrick left us 23 years ago today. The greatest director of all time.
Kubrick was so amazing, everything means something in his films. This piece was not only chosen because it is dramatic, but it has implications throughout the film. This part of 'Zarathustra' is called 'Sunrise.' And the connection is that humans were being 'enlightened.'
"And on the Eighth Day, the Lord saw all that He had done and said one word: 'WOOOOOOOOO!'"
THE NATURE BOY!!!!!
@@TheAwesome853 Stylin' 'n Profilin' ...... WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !
best film ever made
This is and forever will be the greatest sci-fi movie ever.
I'm sitting here trying to think of another SF movie that comes close. A lot of great titles are flitting through my mind, but yeah - even they have to concede to 2001.
It is the greatest simply because everything else was inspired by it. All other space media after had some effect, visualization, cliche, direct reference, or specialization from 2001.
Even the biggest titles like Star Wars, future Star Trek’s, any space movie, game, or show took something from Kubricks ideas. Hell many media productions just outright use this song in space scenes.
It was groundbreaking and earth shattering to the core and absolutely revolutionary changing the film industry forever. Many other stories are great, but this one is the greatest for inventing the the reason other things exist for it to be called the greatest lol
@@randomamerican5065literally every kids movie whenever an astronaut is on screen has this song
Interstellar almost had it. In terms of technological achievement, composition... It was so promising throughout most of its film. That ending was so unsatisfactory, though. 2001 still has it
Interstellar runs it close, in parts, it reminds me of 2001.@@stewmott3763
Saw this at the age of nine in a Cinerama theatre in 1968. I am quite happy to report that I've never gotten over the experience...
i envy you
One of the greatest movie openings ever, superb, movie masterpiece from one of the greatest Director's! RIP Stanley
And by God, this scene sets the whole generation on fire whenever they hear this. The most grand, bombastic, deep and impressive opening scene for any film, which was only cultivated in the talents of Mr. Stanley Kubrick and Mr. Richard Strauss
Huge respect for their craft.
so right you are:-)) and finally if i am not mistaken, you are the first one on here, who also mentioned the most famous composer of the 20 th. century: : Richard Strauss -)) thx for that....
I saw it when I was 12 years old in Cinerama in New York. Still the greatest movie I have ever seen. Kubrick was so far ahead of his time in terms of space travel.
Yeah, I'd seen it a few times on video, an thought, 'Meh...'
I WANTED to love it..
So, 2001, when in Australia it was re-released in a remastered version, i got ripped on bongs in the carpark and inni went......
Holy FUCK!!!!!!
Different film on a big screen. SOOOO much more detail.
And that goddamn opening!!!! They had the volume screwed up to 11.....
It was wonderful!!!
I struggle with this, but I'd nominate, consistently, my best film I've seen. And I've seen LOTS over 59yrs
I was 10 when this came out at the cinema....I saw it with my older brother....it blew my 10 year old mind !!! I didn't understand much of it , but it still blew my mind . The most amazing movie I have ever seen , hundreds of times. A masterpiece !!
Some people think it's boring. I think it's amazing. The first time I watched the last 20 minutes made me feel something akin to an out-of-body experience. You know a film is doing something spectacularly right when it can do that. My favourite film by far.
I watched this not to long ago and I did feel a little confused at some points but I would still want to watch it again and again to try and better understand it. It is defiantly a movie worth watching.
"You know a film is doing something spectacular when it has the same effect on you as quality heroine."
What's interesting is that my high school class thought it was an acid trip when Dave was going through the inter-dimensional warp! X3 They weren't bored for a second! That, of course, didn't excuse their ignorance of refined cinema, though...
eclipsesonic Even more of one with a big screen and space cakes!
Not that I do the former but am seeing the latter in a few days.
Quality heroine? I think you mean Morphine
This makes me feel I can get out of bed
Imagine the thresholds Kubrick had to direct to motivate you to get through the rest of the day
You just gave me an idea. That would make a great alarm clock. Thanks for the inspiration man
@@operation1968 you’re welcome 😎
Upon my first viewing of this film in 1968 the only thing I can recall about the introduction was my thinking "This is going to be like no other movie."
Here we are over 50 years later still in awe over it.
This music always makes my hair stand up on end
You really do never know what you’re gonna get with Kubrick. Historical epic, comedic satire, psychological drama, horror, Science Fiction, man did it all.
The best movie intro ever.
0:24
The moment when the entire cinema history starts changing forever
Also this change the history of classical music as well.
Planet 51 Chuck's landing
@@greicyhernandez2859 they took that from 2001 a space odyssey
im reading the book right now and the first twenty pages had me in an existential panic attack. a pride of how far we've come and where we'll go.
il con also thank you for 1M+ views. im glad you, minus the 98 philistines, have enjoyed.
il con I've read the book at least five times. i dig the shit out of it.
***** yep. Arthur C. Clarke
I believe he was writing it along side Kubrick just before if not during the writing of the screenplay.
il con You are correct. Clarke the novelization of 2001: A Space Odyssey, while writing the screenplay, then published it shortly after the movie was released.
il con 2010 will turn your world upside down.
Damn, that blue opening MGM shot and low humming gives me butterflies.
Cinema at its finest !!!
Lol corey
Music at it's finest too, Kevin.
Fun fact: This movie came out before the first photograph of Earth “The Blue Marble” which makes this movie way ahead of its time.
In addition, the movie’s commentary on sentience and AI is more relevant today than it was back then. Kubrick is truly a genius!
FUN FACT: YOUR MOM CAME BEFORE THIS MOVIE
""*CAme twice
So maybe I'm wrong but it says on the internet that the first photo of the earth dates back to 1948
The most Mind-Blowing Epic film opening & ending ever!!! It's still a Masterpiece and always will be, Kubrick is The Cinemas Master Craftsman.
I remember sitting in the theater and being mesmerized and utterly astonished as to the extreme volume of this film’s opening. Easily the loudest I’ve ever endured in any cinema.
The best movie opening to ever exist. Watched this movie live in concert a few days ago and it was one of the most breathtaking experiences in my entire life.
After all these years, I still can't listen to this without hearing "WOOOOOOOO" in my mind.
........ is that you Rick ?
Nobody:
Ric Flair: WOOOOOO!
Take a ride on space mountain
Jet Flying, Limousine Riding..
Wooooo!!!
WHAT'S CAUSIN ALL THIS?!! WOOOOO!!!
@@dgray9020 Kiss stealing Wheeling & Dealing Son Of A Gun Woooooo!!!!
+50 years later and still being the best movie intro ever made
To be the man, you gotta beat the man. WOOOOOOOOO!!!
#WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
StabbingPrivateMellish WOOOOOOOO
WHOOOOOOOO!!!
Woooooooooooooooo !!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
I love how the beat drops not when we see the sun or even the movie’s title, but when it is revealed that this movie was made by Stanley Kubrick
The greatest film ever made, in 1968
what a vision of the future. Stanley Kubrick was the greatest genius of film making.
actually it was made in 2001
@@mariafe7050No stupid it was 1968 ... Can you count?? 😂😂😂
Such a great opening to one of the greatest films EVER. Certainly one of my favorites. I have watched 2001 many many times!
I lost count. First in 1968, then a dozen times over the next few years, then at least once every year to date. 75 times maybe
Only the greatest film EVER. I first saw it back in 68. In 2001, a 70MM print was travelling the US and was in Manhattan in December. Consider how NYC felt that fall, after 9/11. I went to a screening of that print that December and for the next 142 minutes, after the film started, I was in that world and not ours. It was glorious.
Assolutissimo! I saw it in London in 1968, also in 70mm and the full 6 track magnetic soundtrack. Utterly brilliant, to that 14-yr old, anyway!
I just saw this masterpiece re-released in it's original format complete with intermission and no digital components added - 2001 needs to be seen this way as Kuberick intended. Once in a life time does something like this opening come into being.
Happy 50th Anniversary, "2001"!
There is no music that talks about the universe more than this masterpiece.
This is the cradle's melody gently cradled by God
The blue MGM frame lighting up the room after the initial darkness, with the bass rumbling in the background. Absolute chills every time
Man, everytime I see this, i shed a tear. The fact that the universe exist is so beautiful to me.
One of the greatest opening scenes of all time; no doubt.
i got a noise complaint of my neighbour after playing this too loud
i got a noise complaint from my neighbour after not playing it loud enough
you sir/ madam are a legend
You shoulda turned it up even LOUDER.
i wish i was your neighbour
Nature Boy Ric Flair's entrance to the wrestling ring.
Can't believe this film was in 1968 (2 years b4 I was born April 1970) but has foretold technologies of the future: Artificial Intelligence, the iPAD, Space Shuttle, video teleconferencing, handheld camera, International Space Station, Commercial Space Flights 🚀📱📹🌌🎥
The thing is many of those things were envisioned in 1968 and even back in the 1950's. The comic books were full of that stuff. But Kubrick did make it seemingly real.
You can also thank Kubrick for the moon landing.
@Karl M You can also thank Arthur C. Clarke! (Another prophecy: phone cards.)
I wonder if they made the ISS partially because they liked this movie
Actually he didn't predict because those things were bound to happen, for example, the space shuttle, people planned it long before it was made, same goes to other things
My Dad took me aged 10 to see this in 1968.
I've never forgotten the opening music.
My dad dropped us of in front of the theater, told us to meet him right there when the movie was over, and left us with these profound words: "AND DON'T MAKE ME COME LOOKIN' FOR YA' !"
1:11 always gives me goosebumps. Kubrick is the greatest director we have have seen, or arguably will see.
Still sends shivers down my spine after 50 years!
THX: *exists*
2001: A Space Odyssey: Hold my beer
don´t forget ric flair
Who is thx
@@heenasingh5751 thx 1138, a george lucas film before star wars
@@agentzsro6522 lol, great answer 😃😂
@@agentzsro6522I thought the original commenter meant the THX logo
Imagine the opportunity, experience, challenge and perfection of working/being with Kubrick during this filming, something you would remember for the rest of your days...
Who the hell can dislike this. An amazing opening sequence in history
Taju. Fans of "Avengers" and others shit movies.
Greatest....movie.....opening....EVER!!!
Kinda hard press to find one as great as this ...
The opening low frequency rumble has something extremely ethereal about it. Like a distorted digital harmonic.
In ‘68 I sat there in the theater completely hypnotized by that sound at 7 y.o. I will never forget the tension of those opening chords. Not too shabby for some mischievous troublemaker from the Bronx.
My best friend in High School was thrilled with the actor, the entire film and sound track. Definitely one of the best films out of Hollywood, California, the entertainment, motion picture and music capital of the universe... You can quote me
Well I only have to say one thing: this is the best film ever
Overrated.
Anderson Fernandes this can’t be overrated, it’s like saying life itself is overrated
Anderson Fernandes it’s not overrated at all this is the movie that made movie be shot and created like they are today. Look at Star Wars and interstellar, some of the shots are taken directly from this movie
0:25 Who
0:43 Whom
1:02 Whomst
1:12 Whomst'd
1:25 *WHOMST'D'VE*
Elvis has left more than just the building =)
UNDERRATED COMMENT.
I still hear it more knowledge
I've seen this meme th-cam.com/video/QoCcDi8zH8M/w-d-xo.html
That’s the reason I finally learned what this song is.
I love you. BagelBoy.
Edit: just realised I cannot unhear any of those words. Fuck.
One of the most important piece of art in the human history
this is the best opening movie scene of all time
I agree.
50 years ahead of its time
I admit when I was wat hinh the movie, the intro the scene where the ape smashes the skull and the ending all made me go..
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Funny
We played this in our orchestra and every time our we played it i had goosebumbs all over my body! Its so epic!
Imagine the chills these people had in the cinema back then, watching this intro for the first time.. Wauw.. I get chills myself everytime I wacth this now 🙂
Chills, indeed, sir! I was at the premiere showing of 2001 in 1968 at the Cinerama in Toronto. My girlfriend and I had chosen middle center seats. There was a palpable anticipation in the packed audience. A hush fell upon the appearance of the MGM logo and a vibration could be felt as the low C note sounded. ( I later discovered this was played on the 32 foot organ pipe. ) Although it is ubiquitous today, no one had ever heard " Thus spake Zarathustra " until that moment. After the main title faded, somebody in the silence quietly said, " Here we go. " An amusing and true sentiment!
James Drynan Niiice.. To bad I was born to late for that experience (1972) 😁 But still the best movies for me today is from 1965 to 1995.. today’s movies are all about CGI and remakes.. I rather watch older movies again and again instead of the new ones.. In fact I’m watching ‘2001 ASO’ right now.. and after that ‘The Duel’ 🙂
...you have no idea...
The overwhelming comfort to the ears and mind is off the charts.
This melody is the humanity's lullaby
From
Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵
For everyone who says that 2001:ASO is overrated, no. Just no. It's an incredibly awesome movie, my favorite movie and one of the best movies ever made, but that's a personal opinion.
But objectly speaking, this movie is not overrated
This movie is grossly overrated with a disjointed structure and terrible acting. It is redeemed only by the soundtrack and some of the visuals. Regardless, I stll love the movie.
Matt D The "Disjointed structure" and the "Terrible Acting" proves you missed many of its hidden meanings.
There aren't "many" hidden meanings in the movie, there are a few, at least that are worthwhile. Believe me, I understand the movie far better than you do! Essentially it says mankind must bite off the head of the snake if we want to reach our potential. Do you know what that means? In the end 2001 would have been a huge failure without the musical selections which complimented its general weirdness.
Matt D There's a lot more than that to the movie. Also, never start a conversation or an argument by saying you "understand the movie far better than..." without knowing who you're talking to, it comes off like a condescending and extremely arrogant person, unless you're one the many film experts that have being studying and dissecting this movie since the 60's, but I don't believe you were even born by that time. If you're going to disagree with someone just start by acknowledging that you, just like any other person, is limited by your own knowledge and can't judge someone over the internet, being humble always helps. And now as my argument, I understand that there's a lot of anti-2001 people out there, saying that there isn't a lot to it outside the visuals, but you gotta admit that this movie wouldn't have people arguing and analyzing for over 50 years if it was "just" a feast for the eyes.
Matt D It's only weird to plebs... are you creative or artistic?
The most iconic musical score in all of cinema...Brilliant!
The choice of music for this film was really an inspired move. It made Richard Strauss' composition suddenly well known in the mainstream and cemented the film's reputation too.
Such a great opening scene. Now I see the spotlight they used to do the sun in background. So simple and brilliant.