200 1 what does the director want to express?

Humans have invented all kinds of sciences and made advanced robots with thinking ability, and one day they will suffer the consequences.

Stanley kubrick, the director, made this film in a compassionate way, in which the way out for mankind and the possible sources of future destruction are all included.

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Brief introduction of film

200 1, humans have been able to travel in space. Dr Freud is one of the directors of the Crevis Research Base on the Moon in the United States. This time, he secretly returned to the base to investigate a mysterious incident. It turned out that the base researcher found a mysterious strong magnetic column somewhere on the moon, which was obviously deliberately buried there four million years ago. Just as Dr. Freud led six scientists to investigate and study it, something strange happened.

16 months later, the United States sent five scientists to Jupiter in a giant spaceship for investigation. The purpose of this trip is to study the "horseshoe hook incident" that happened on the moon 16 months ago. The daily management of the spacecraft is carried out by HAL9000, a supercomputer that never makes mistakes and has a human logical thinking mode. On the spaceship, except for two astronauts who are pilots, they have been awake for daily monitoring and maintenance, and the other three experts in measurement have been hibernating. But neither human astronauts nor supercomputers know that there are fatal dangers and ulterior motives hidden in this seemingly dull journey.

short review

The film received five Oscar nominations, including the nomination for best director. But the fate of director stanley kubrick always seems to be like this, winning numerous nominations but never winning an Oscar. The importance of this film in the field of science fiction movies is irreplaceable by any other film. After watching this movie, you will understand why the spaceships in later sci-fi movies are all like that, and why the surface of aliens is always full of gravel. This movie is definitely not pure science fiction. It brings us deep thinking about the whole human civilization and tells us the eternal despair of mankind. It is precisely because of this profound ideological significance that this sci-fi film will not be as popular as Star Wars in the future. However, it is definitely a milestone.

Kubrick was born in new york. /kloc-When he was 0/3 years old, he got a gift from his father, which was a camera. Since then, he has developed a keen interest in photography. He is American, but his artistic spirit is more European. He lived in London for the rest of his life and seldom traveled because he was afraid of flying. From the glorious road of 1957, he began to make films for Hollywood, which is famous for its slow progress and high film loss. Less than 1% of his films can be used in the end, which is ten to twenty times higher than the guild regulations, but almost all his works are masterpieces. The detailed information he left contributed to artificial intelligence, which was finally completed by Spielberg. Kubrick belongs to "shoot a gun for a place" and tried a completely different type and style. But his works have some characteristics, such as slow pace, exquisite composition and meticulous attention to every detail. A common theme in Kubrick's works is the dehumanization of human beings. He likes seclusion himself.

Kubrick is famous for his slow work and fine work. After he became famous, he didn't make many films, but each one was a masterpiece. He made two science fiction films, but both of them are among the top ten of most people's science fiction films. "200 1 A Space Odyssey" was filmed for four years, and the director of Warner Company couldn't bear it. He telegraphed Kubrick, "Is this' 20065438+0' the title of this film or the release date?" The film was released on April 1968, which attracted a lot of criticism. Pauline kael, the Empress Dowager Cixi in film criticism, called it "a landmark film lacking imagination". Asimov protested angrily that the film violated his first law, that is, robots will not hurt people; Rock hudson, a popular young man, left the premiere angrily: "Who can tell me what this movie is about?" Faced with the incomprehension and disdain of film experts, a 17 middle school student blurted out: "This is for you to experience, not for you to understand." Kubrick finally found a bosom friend among the least sensible people.

200 1 A Space Odyssey is like a pyramid, magnificent, mysterious, even boring and inexplicable. It violates the sacred principles of almost all film academies. Traditional elements such as plot, characters and lines become insignificant here, while special effects, pictures and music dominate. The famous science fiction writer arthur clarke (the author of the novel of the same name) put it well: "If you understand the whole movie at once, it can only prove that we failed."

200 1 year has passed. So, did the phenomenon described in the film happen? Star trek, space hotels, computers that kill people out of jealousy ... these have not been realized, but this does not affect the value of the film at all. When we watch this movie now, we will definitely notice which ideas are ahead and which are behind, but we will be even more shocked by its immortality. This work, called "Creating a New Era of Future Films" by Paris Express, is not a "weather forecast" for the development of science and technology, but a fable, a meditation and reverie about human evolution, humanity and the universe.

The film began with a group of orangutans in the African wilderness three or four million years ago. The music with pictures is Zarathustra by Richard strauss, a symphonic poem based on the philosopher Nietzsche. The most concrete film art is so seamlessly integrated with the most abstract music and philosophy that it shocked the senses and hearts. The plot of the film revolves around a mysterious black stone, which appeared in ancient Africa and taught humans how to use bones as tools. The moon appeared in 2000, guiding mankind to explore Jupiter; Eventually, it also appeared around Jupiter. Kubrick used a large number of visual and auditory images to hint at human evolution. For example, the first movement (like a classical symphony, the whole film is divided into four movements) turns to the second movement, and the gorilla throws the bones used as tools and weapons into the sky, and the bones turn over in the sky, and the slow motion is superimposed into a moving spaceship. The most jaw-dropping and time-span connection in film history is symbolic, because robot Hal later used the spaceship as a killing tool.

There are a lot of metaphors of mating and reproduction in the film, from the beginning of the spaceship to the end of the birth of a space baby ... There are not many characters in the film, and there are no distinctive features. In contrast, Kubrick set up a robot Hal with no body and only fixed "eyes". This character, which is completely shaped by sound, is not only the most "flesh and blood" in the film, but also considered by many experts to be all. Hal represents the possible consequence of human beings creating machines, that is, machines become human competitors. This theme is discussed in more depth in Spielberg's Artificial Intelligence, but this hostility in this film has more original influence. From a religious point of view, the film is also self-contained, consisting of the origin, depravity and atonement of human beings, and aliens (through Blackstone) play the role of God.

Kubrick joked that MGM somehow invested in a religious film; A strange thing happened during the film screening: a young man rushed to the screen involuntarily, bumped into the black stone picture on the screen and shouted, "This is God!" " "Some people think that the film shows a pessimistic view that human beings can't surpass themselves, and human beings must rely on more advanced things from outer space to progress and evolve. Clark retorted: Many people don't like this work because they see their disgusting side, but those are based on reality. Clockwork orange released by 197 1 is much lighter in science fiction than A Space Odyssey released by 200 1. Its story takes place about 10 years later, and does not involve the theme elements such as aliens and robots. Therefore, its sci-fi color is only reflected in the superficial futuristic nihilistic landscape. However, the story of clockwork orange still has a certain sci-fi nature, such as "transforming" or "correcting" a certain psychological tendency through surgery, just like curing physical diseases. This is a scientific and technological attempt that many societies expect and revile. For example, China "treated" homosexuality in this way a few years ago, which has aroused widespread concern. Clockwork orange is a moral drama, which greatly exaggerates immoral behavior. The protagonist is Alex, a young British man who has two hobbies, violence (including rape) and listening to Beethoven. The "clockwork" in the title refers to "mechanical" and "artificial", while "orange" is born out of the word "orangutan". Of course, the film also echoes it through the orange background. The film begins with a milk bar full of abused images. Then, Alex and his friends beat homeless beggars, raped women, broke into houses and did all kinds of bad things. Their behavior is extremely irrational, but the violence they show is unrealistic, but there is an exaggerated, dancing beauty that makes the audience feel sick and stare. Even better, Kubrick matched their immoral violence with the most beautiful classical music and traditional songs (such as Singing in the Rain), which was as harmonious as the ballet score. After two years in prison, Alex received shock therapy and developed a conditional aversion to his first two hobbies. Can this kind of "treatment" turn bad people into good people? Kubrick expressed his point of view through the words of a character in the film: "Kindness comes from the heart and is a free choice of people. When a person is not free to choose, he is no longer a person. "So when Alex re-entered the society, he was already a A Clockwork Orange deprived of free will, which not only eliminated bad habits, but also annihilated personality and humanity. Interestingly, the future government in the film is a freak between autocracy and democracy. On the one hand, it advocates curing criminals and releasing prisons for political prisoners. On the other hand, the media remains independent for fear of losing the election. This may be the director's fear of the Conservative Party from a radical perspective. " Clockwork orange is like the music in the movie. The perfect artistic form sets off the chilling phenomenon of violence and evil. It raises many difficult questions: Can a civilized society eliminate violence? If the government can deprive a person of his free will, but this kind of behavior therapy can really bring benefits to the public, is it not worth the loss or worth adopting? If we lose the right to choose good and evil, will it improve the whole society or make it worse?

Comparing the two sci-fi films, 200 1 A Space Odyssey has a strong scientific component, and clockwork orange is more like a political fantasy film (such as 1984), but the real value of the two works lies in its philosophical proposition, Kubrick's concern for human destiny and his unparalleled artistic innovation.