One for Nicholas

[carllooper]

This is awesome. A doco from the 60s on Kubrick. It's great to see how the sixties was being sold the future, which, from our advantage point today we can see what the sixties then went on to actually develop. It's hilariously precognitive in parts: the first sequence following the intro is great. Check out the gear in the guy's briefcase. His "laptop" is familiar in a very surreal way.

The cameo by Clarke is great. Inside a NASA mockup of the Lunar module.

My favourite scene is where Kubrick is inside what looks like a TV studio control room (although slightly more open plan than that) complete with microphone and video screens. On one screen you can see the cinemascope frame being identified by two strips of masking tape (top and bottom) across the screen, ie. they're using a video assist. The control room setup seems quite bizarre (remote control direction?) but all makes sense when you realise the scene for the film cameras is taking place inside a giant rotating centrifuge.

http://www.openculture.com/2013/11/the- ... yssey.html

[Nicholas Kovats]

This is absolutely amazing! I was not even remotely aware of a "making-of" documentary of one of my favorite film creations on earth. I have fantasized about being transported back to this period to film such a doc! In UP8.

Are you aware of the incredible beam splitter setup for the projection of 8x10 Ektachrome "slides" for the Dawn of Man sequences? The extreme high resolution "composite" was only visible in the taking 65mm camera viewfinder attached at 90 degrees to the gigantic 8x10 slide projector. They applied torn strips of 3M reflective tape on a giant front projection screen with the front lit apes. The effect was not visible on stage only the viewfinder. Perfect mattes. No fringing I believe due to the 90 degree reflective quality of the 3M Scotchlite (used in road signs). Exemplified Kubrick's obsession with originating the highest 1st generation "composite" print in the field. No generational loss due to bi-packing and/or composite prints. Most fans are under the impression this sequence was shot on location!

[carllooper]

Most fans are under the impression this sequence was shot on location!

And that the apes were real.

Which is why (apparently) Planet of the Apes won the award for makeup that year. Ha ha.

Carl

[Will2]

Reminds me of that series Disney did in the late 50's or early 60's about what life would be like in the future. It's really funny to see what the expectations were back then. Some ideas were really close and some were way off. I think the iPhone would have blown them away.