The Making of 2001: A Space Odyssey (Modern Library Movies)

"If 2001 has stirred your emotions, your subconscious, your mythological yearnings, then it has succeeded."--Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick's extraordinary movie 2001: A Space Odyssey was released in 1969. The critics initially disliked it, but the public loved it. And eventually, the film took its rightful place as one of the most innovative, brilliant, and pivotal works of modern cinema. The Making of 2001: A Space Odyssey consists of testimony from Kubrick's collaborators and commentary from critics and historians. This is the most complete book on the film to date--from Stanley Kubrick's first meeting with screenwriter Arthur C. Clarke to Kubrick's exhaustive research to the actual shooting and release of the movie. From the Trade Paperback edition.

A Modern Library original, with a new introduction by screenwriter Jay Cocks, The Making of 2001: A Space Odyssey is the most complete book on the film's creation and a must-read for Kubrick fans. The book traces the film from its inception in 1965 with a meeting between Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke to its controversial opening three years and ten million dollars later. This recreation of the film's history features new behind-the-scenes information, anecdotes and essays about one of the most important films ever made. Contributors include Alexander Walker, Jeremy Bernstein, Pauline Kael, and Jerome Agel.

a compilation of articles, reviews, and commentaries that touch on the genesis of the project and its groundbreaking special effects, while devoting a few too many pages to the initial reviews