And theonolith's like "Hey. Hey, fuckhead. Pick up th-don't you look away from me, motherfucker-pick up the fucking bone. God, you're stupid. Are you some sort of fucking monkey or som... Oh yeah. Carry on."
The proportions of the rectangular monolith are 2.2:1, the same as the proportions of the film on which this was shot. The film itself is the monolith.
its interesting that in kubrick's depiction the apes' way towards achieving freedom is violence. what really defines this section of the movie is how the apes are able to use tools to gain domination of the world around them which intimidated them. because they depend so much on the tool to gain dominance that inadvertently the tool takes control over the ape, probably even shaping their desires to dominate even more. Its the same arc that continues throughout that movie where at the end the ape/human reaches true emancipation. in some ways this movie is a critique on violence as a means towards achieving freedom.
There's a scene in one of the 40k books that I really like. It's describing a private museum on Earth, full of artifacts that are important to humanity. The first faster-than-light navigation drive, the first cloning formula, the first Titan rover, etc. But the centrepiece is a case containing 8 shards of pottery from a badly made bowl. Presumably the oldest ever found. And a character explains that without this bowl, and without the mind that made it, all the other cases would be empty. That one day, one of our ancestors noticed that a certain type of clay hardened in the sun and decided that he was going to make something. That every great journey has that first tentative step!
1:34-1:49 the 2 tapirs “Relatives of both the Horse & Rhinoceros” are acting like they’re being stuck down due to the bone of one of their dead companions are being whacked & smashed.
"What started as a routine flyover suddenly took a turn after Utah officers stumbled upon a shiny, mysterious monolith in the middle of the desert" - CNN November 24, 2020 twitter.com/CNN/status/1331329598915825666
@@the98themperoroftheholybri33 Boo-boo, just look at this self-confident kiddo. I bet you've never read "Capital" or anything connected with socialism theory. Nonetheless, you are allowing yourself to make such stupid statements. Get lost, liberal pussy.
@@Skooffy i guarantee I'm older than you, and i guarantee you haven't lived in a country that was first fascist and then socialist and both times were indistinguishable, i have, i don't need to read to know about something "in-theory" because i have lived it
@@the98themperoroftheholybri33 1) I don't know what country you lived in, but I bet there was only a name from socialism, if it brought up a person like you. I think you mean Germany, but DDR was one of the most rich and developed countries in Europe, so you are liar or just some stupid kid (or a kid in adult body), who is trying to look smart. 2) You can report me for 10 times, I don't care. It's not "my method" or "communist method". It is *your* *method* of offended capitalist slave, who just lost the conversation and trying to silence everybody around. It is pointless, because there is no cursing or insulting in my comments. Your helpless denunciation reminds me of American denunciation hysteria against socialists and CIA crimes when they terrorized socialists around the world. You are the same. 3) You have no education, no knowledge, you haven't read the basic literature, so I don't see a reason to argue with person who is weaker than me in all aspects.
Kubrick was too good. Notice how the monolith flashes before before the ape picks up the bone? But he doesn't just pick it up right away, he tilts his head, he gets a new perspective on it, and its value completely changes. The monolith might seem impossible to understand, but just tilt your head, get a new perspective, and realize it's a screen. The apes gained self awareness, we all do too when we realize this. Just look at Dave at the end, old, in his death bed, realizing the monolith isn't upright, 3 feet away from his bed, it's inches away from him, from his perspective, and he need only reach out and touch it. Which he does. And what happens when he touches it? The monolith makes us self aware, it gives us life. For Dave it was somewhat too late being as how he was already old, but nevertheless he gained that knowledge. The apes gained it too. When presented with the monolith, you might remember they coward and examined it, trying to find a meaning, much like viewers watching the movie, until finally they reached out and touched it and realized it was nothing. By doing that they gained the ability of self awareness, shortly after echoed in this scene. Sitting near these bones one might think they're just things lying around, but by tilting your head you might realize one of the bones fits nicely in the palm of your hand, and when you pick it up you notice its weight drives it in one direction so you swing it and notice how it breaks other things lying around. This is no longer a bone, it is a weapon, and you realized it. Look at the Tapir being killed, symbolizing humans' new domination over nature. But what new perspective do the astronauts in the movie have to gain? They've mastered self awareness by this point, right? They've built cities, ships, traveled the stars, what could the monolith offer them? The same thing as always, the reminder that they are alive.
The first time the tapir is shown, the head falls to left side, but the second time it is shown, it ends up laying like the corpse - I saw the scene like the tapir was once alive and its remains are either dissolving (smashed by some ape or some hoofs or the wind over time) or it becomes a tool - like we are always standing on shoulders of those before us. Tapirs can't go to space, but without them: nobody could have.
The first time I watched 2001, I almost gave up. This scene got me so mesmerized though, and I became glued to Kubrick ever since. What a guy. Such a genius.
I made the right decision in reading the book before watching the film. Obviously the film is still a classic and ground-breaking in cinema but there's so much that can't be portrayed in film that you can get from literature.
It always really annoys me when they just give you the ape bit and miss out the space bit. Infuriating! It doesn't come together until you hear the waltz music.
Its not he just found a tool which will become a weapon,its he realised his destruction can be perfectly manifested trough this tool/weapon and that he will use it 1 day on hes fella humanoid-apes and enjoy his power, enjoying all other apes are undearneath. Later on (god damn i watch this like 15 years ago cant remember) he may manipualte with other apes trough "religious-astronomical" note probably with sun/moon/stars appareances or if i remember monolith in order to maintain his power.
