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Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece

Michael Benson

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The definitive story of the making of 2001: A Space Odyssey, acclaimed today as one of the greatest films ever made, and of director Stanley Kubrick and writer Arthur C. Clarke--"a tremendous explication of a tremendous film....Breathtaking" (The Washington Post).Fifty years ago a strikingly original film had its premiere. Still acclaimed as one of the most remarkable and important motion pictures ever made, 2001: A Space Odyssey depicted the first contacts between humanity and extraterrestrial intelligence. The movie was the product of a singular collaboration between Stanley Kubrick and science fiction visionary Arthur C. Clarke. Fresh off the success of his cold war satire Dr. Strangelove, Kubrick wanted to make the first truly first-rate science fiction film. Drawing from Clarke's ideas and with one of the author's short stories as the initial inspiration, their bold vision benefited from pioneering special effects that still look extraordinary today, even in an age of computer-generated images. In Space Odyssey, author, artist, and award-winning filmmaker Michael Benson "delivers expert inside stuff" (San Francisco Chronicle) from his extensive research of Kubrick's and Clarke's archives. He has had the cooperation of Kubrick's widow, Christiane, and interviewed most of the key people still alive who worked on the film. Drawing also from other previously unpublished interviews, Space Odyssey provides a 360-degree view of the film from its genesis to its legacy, including many previously untold stories. And it features dozens of photos from the making of the film, most never previously published. "At last! The dense, intense, detailed, and authoritative saga of the making of the greatest motion picture I've ever seen...Michael Benson has done the Cosmos a great service" (Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks).

Book Details

  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Publish Date: Apr 23rd, 2019
  • Pages: 512
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.80in - 6.00in - 1.50in - 1.26lb
  • EAN: 9781501163944
  • Categories: • Film - General• Entertainment & Performing Arts• Space Science - General

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About the Author

Benson, Michael: - Michael Benson works at the intersection of art and science. An artist, writer, and filmmaker, he's a Fellow of the NY Institute of the Humanities and a past Visiting Scholar at the MIT Media Lab's Center for Bits and Atoms. In addition to Space Odyssey he has written such books as Cosmigraphics: Picturing Space Through Time, a finalist for the Science and Technology award at the 2015 Los Angeles Times "Festival of Books." Benson's planetary landscape photography exhibitions have been shown internationally. He has contributed to many publications including The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Smithsonian, and Rolling Stone. Visit Michael-Benson.com.

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Alex Segura is a novelist and comic book writer.

Michael Benson’s book on the making of Space Odyssey is fascinating. https://t.co/Ie6TWdABfs

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Celebrating my favorite film of all time: SPACE ODYSSEY – KUBRICK, CLARKE, AND THE MAKING OF A MASTERPIECE by Michael Benson. Sponsored Amazon link: https://t.co/XcNKqJ5Y0R

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New Books in #Film is an author-interview #podcast channel in the @NewBooksNetwork. 🎧 on Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/XsaQqD4k94

Tune in as @ExplorationBlog talks to writer, artist and filmmaker Michael Benson about SPACE ODYSSEY (@simonschuster), his new 📕 about the making of Stanley Kubrick's 2001, a movie inspired by Kubrick's collaboration w/British futurist Arthur C. Clarke. https://newbooksnetwork.com/michael-benson-space-odyssey-stanley-kubrick-arthur-c-clark-and-the-making-of-a-masterpiece-simon-and-schuster-2018/ https://t.co/g0RXp935Mj

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"At last! The dense, intense, detailed, and authoritative saga of the making of the greatest motion picture I've ever seen, 2001: A Space Odyssey. I now have reason to see Kubrick's 'proverbial "really good" science fiction movie' another 200 times. Michael Benson has done the Cosmos a great service."

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