It happened. The episode is here. It's Kubrick's foundational science fiction epic, and we tried our darnedest to contend with it in (nearly 3 hour) podcast form. Even though sorting through the abyss of this movie is kind of like staring at the sun. Or, scraping an alien(?) monolith capable of bestowing knowledge to an entire civilization. To quote Hal, "[We're] afraid, Dave."

References:

• Special Features:
• 2001: The Making of a Myth
• Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick
• 2001: A Space Odyssey: A Look Behind the Future
• The Making of Kubrick’s 2001 by Jerome Agel
• Projecting Tomorrow: Science Fiction & Popular Cinema
• Stanley Kubrick
• The Film Director as Superstar
• What did Kubrick have to say about what 2001 "means"?
• How Stanley Kubrick Upset Arthur Clarke
• Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece
• Carl Sagan's cosmic connection: an extraterrestrial perspective
• "Stanley Kubrick Explains The '2001: A Space Odyssey' Ending in Rediscovered Interview"
• Bill Weston Stanley Kubrick
• Leon Vitali Interview
• Martin Scorsese 12 Films
• Far Out Magazine Making Of
• 2001 IndieWire
• Keir Dullea Irish News Interview

Credits:

Eye of the Duck is created, hosted, and produced, by Dom Nero and Adam Volerich.

This episode was edited by Erik Gunnarsson.

This episode was researched by Parth Marathe.

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