Oxford University Press, USA, 2006. — 216 Pages.
Language: English.The essays in this collection, commissioned from a wide variety of scholars, examine in detail various possible readings of the film and its historical context. They also examine the film as a genre piece — as the summa of science fiction that simultaneously looks back on the science fiction conventions of the past (Kubrick began thinking of making a science fiction film during the genre's heyday in the fifties), rethinks the convention in light of the time of the film's creation, and in turn changes the look and meaning of the genre that it revived — which now remains as prominent as it was almost four decades ago.Contents:Introduction. Robert KolkerR. Barton Palmer. 2001: The Critical Reception and the Generation Gap
James Gilbert. Auteur with a Capital A
J. P. Telotte. The Gravity of 2001: A Space Odyssey
Stephen Mamber. Kubrick in Space
Barry Keith Grant. Of Men and Monoliths: Science Fiction, Gender, and 2001: A Space Odyssey
Marcia Landy. The Cinematographic Brain in 2001: A Space Odyssey
Michael Mateas. Reading HAL: Representation and Artificial Intelligence
Susan White. Kubrick’s Obscene Shadows
George Toles. Double Minds and Double Binds in Stanley Kubrick’s Fairy TaleNotes on Contributors
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