Re: 2001: A Space Odyssey

Alan Browne wrote:
> invalid@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>> On 5 Apr 2008 13:07:26 GMT, rlewart@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Cass Lewart)
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Alan Browne (alan.browne@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
>>>
>>> : I saw a BD v. of this classic at the store yesterday and resisted 
>>> the : urge to buy it.
>>>
>>> : At home last night I played the standard DVD version on my BluRay 
>>> player : (Panasonic) to my plasma tv.  The player upconverts very 
>>> nicely to 1080p.
>>>
>>> : Fantastic.  And also discovered that the "ape" scene at the 
>>> beginning : was filmed indoors.  On the old television screen I would 
>>> swear it was : filmed outdoors.
>>>
>>> : With the DVD (non-HD mind you) you could actually see errors in the 
>>> : studio backdrop where painting (or cleaning) had been badly done!  
>>> (Not : in all backgrounds but in one or two of them).
>>>
>>> : Great movie, needless to say.
> 
>>>
>>> If you really want to understand the 2001 movie read the book. It 
>>> also exists in audio version. Many scenes which did not make much 
>>> sense in the movie are given in more detail in the 2001 book.
>>>
>>> Cass
>>
>> I disagree. The book was Clarke's idea of the story the movie "should"
>> have told. Still, it's very interesting to compare the two.... but the
>> book doesn't help one understand the movie. Besides, the book was
>> written AFTER the movie was made.
> 
> It was released after the movie, but the book was written more or less 
> in parallel with the screenplay.
> 
> The "origin" of the screenplay idea was from Clark's short "The
Sentinel".
> 
> Cheers,
> Alan


This is the way I remember it.  A google turns up may references to this.

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