"I tried to create a visual experience, one that bypasses verbalized pigeonholding and directly penetrates the subconscious with an emotional and philosophical content...I intended the film to be an intensely subjective experience that reaches the viewer at an inner level of consciousness, just as music does." Kubrick, "Playboy Interview"(1968) "The novel 2001: A Space Odyseey was written during the years 1964-1968 and was published in July 1968, shortly after the release of the movie...both projects proceeded simultaneously, with feedback in each direction" Arthur C. Clarke |