The Making of Stanley Kubrick´s ´2001: A Space Odyssey´

2001: A Space Odyssey combines meticulous science, limitless imagination, and pure visual majesty. This compendium contains photographs, pre-production paintings, and conceptual designs that explore the genius behind the sci-fi classic that remains the benchmark for all cinematic space epics. Hello, HAL On the set of 2001: A Space Odyssey Get closer than ever to the movie that changed the movies. This behind-the-scenes spectacular of 2001: A Space Odyssey sheds light on the lead actors, senior production designers, special-effects experts and masterminds of Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, who together revolutionized science fiction and the art of cinema. This comprehensive visual record includes on and off set photographs, pre-production paintings, and conceptual designs from the Kubrick archives. These dazzling images offer insight both into Kubrick's meticulous directorial methods, and into the mysteries and magnetism of a film at once vast in scope and intricate in its exploration of our relationship to technology. Written and researched over several years by the outer space, special effects, and technology journalist Piers Bizony, this compendium is both an exhaustive labour of love and a monument to a masterpiece of 20th century culture. The authorPiers Bizony is a science and technology writer. His publications include Atom, The Man Who Ran the Moon, Starman, and The Making of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.The Making of Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey'. 45th Ed.Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.15 kg, 512 pages ISBN 978-3-7544-0659-5 Edition: English