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Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick , 1928-99, American film director, writer, and producer, b. New York City. His visually stunning, thematically daring, boldly idiosyncratic, and darkly compelling films generally portray a deeply flawed humanity. Kubrick made several documentary shorts in the 1950s, turning to film... Read more |
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The Odyssey
Odyssey, The One of the great epics of ancient Greece, the Odyssey tells the story of the struggles and triumphs of the hero Odysseus as he made his way home after the Trojan War*. Pursued by the sea god Poseidon*, but aided both by his own cunning and by the goddess Athena*, Odysseus overcame... Read more |
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Tools
Tools BIBLIOGRAPHY Stanley Kubrick’s science-fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) opens with a scene of early hominids hammering with bones, depicting primitive tool use. While we might consider human tool use as beginning with stones shaped by man for specific tasks, it is likely... Read more |
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Odyssey
Odyssey, The One of the great epics of ancient Greece, the Odyssey tells the story of the struggles and triumphs of the hero Odysseus as he made his way home after the Trojan War*. Pursued by the sea god Poseidon*, but aided both by his own cunning and by the goddess Athena*, Odysseus overcame... Read more |
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Arthur C Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke (Sir Arthur Charles Clarke), 1917-2008, British science fiction writer. During World War II he served as a radar instructor and aviator in the Royal Air Force. After the war he obtained a degree in physics and mathematics from King's College, London (1948) and in 1956 he settled... Read more |
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Polyphemus
Polyphemus , in Greek mythology, a Cyclops. He was a shepherd and the son of Poseidon. In the Odyssey, Polyphemus imprisoned Odysseus and his men in his cave. They gave him wine and then, when he was drunk, they blinded him and escaped, hiding under Polyphemus' sheep as they left the cave. A later... Read more |
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lotus-eaters
lotus-eaters or Lotophagi , a fabulous people who occupied the north coast of Africa and lived on the lotus, which brought forgetfulness and happy indolence. They appear in the Odyssey. When Odysseus landed among them, some of his men ate the food. They forgot their friends and home and had to... Read more |
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Menelaus
Menelaus , in Greek mythology, king of Sparta, son of Atreus . He was the husband of Helen , father of Hermione , and younger brother of Agamemnon . When Paris, prince of Troy, abducted Helen, Menelaus asked the other Greek kings to join him in an expedition against Troy, beginning the Trojan... Read more |
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Nestor
Nestor , in Greek mythology, wise king of Pylos; son of Neleus and father of Antilochus. In the Iliad, Nestor went with the Greeks to the Trojan War, and although he had lived three generations he was still a vigorous warrior and a respected adviser. In the Odyssey, because of his piety and... Read more |
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Circe
Circe , in Greek mythology, enchantress; daughter of Helios. She lived on an island, where she decoyed sailors and treacherously changed them into beasts. According to the Odyssey, she changed the companions of Odysseus into swine, but with the aid of Hermes, Odysseus forced her to break the... Read more |
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North, Alex
...During war service comp. scores of over 25 documentary films...Oscar in 1986. Among his film scores were: A Streetcar Named Desire...1971). His commissioned score for Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey was not used and ... |
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...Copland also wrote effective film scores. Walton's Henry V and Vaughan...Mention should also be made of the scores by Michel Legrand, Maurice Jarre, John...s Also sprach Zarathustra in 2001—a Space Odyssey, and the Adagietto from Mahler... |
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`2001: A Space Odyssey' 1968 FILM WASN'T ALL PIE IN THE SKY
...floating through space, you'll know filmmaker...of course, is "2001: A Space Odyssey," the unofficial...1984" before it, "2001" has long served...reality of today. "2001" is a deeply philosophical...mail, checking ball ... |
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Arthur C. Clarke, author of '2001: A Space Odyssey,' making plans for...
...writing `The Final Odyssey' _ the absolute...brought the world ``2001: A Space Odyssey,'' two...With the real year 2001 less than five years...but has appeared in scores of TV shows; helped...moon station of ... |
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CD REVIEW: Swinghammer's 'Vostok 6' like '2001: A Space Odyssey' on No-Doz
...sonic journey through outer space. In other words, it's "2001: A Space Odyssey" on No-Doz.Ambient Kraftwerk...traveling through infinite space. "White Russians" and the...various film and television scores and is an expert ... |
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Film: Double Bill - William Nicholson, Director of 'Firelight'(released 21...
...is majestically filmed, has one of the best music scores in film history and is an absolutely superb story...then have a nice meal to recover and settle down to 2001: A Space Odyssey (above). Once again this is a movie that makes no... |
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2008: A score odyssey
...it as the theme to 2001: A Space Odyssey), Mozart's "Overture...Shostakovich's original score. That event was held...makes the best film scores? "An effective film score is one whose presence...Clockwork Orange, ... |
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`SOLARIS' REMAKE IS A SPACE ODYSSEY INTO THE HUMAN HEART
...heady metaphysics of "2001," even as it ventures...videophones - but the space this film travels is that...come to the rescue of a space station orbiting the distant...intensely beautiful electronic score over the couple's lovemaking...dive into full-blown ... |
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FILM REVIEW: Soderbergh takes off with space odyssey
...by the didactic streak in "Traffic" in 2001, and the veritable vanity fair that was...Kelvin, a psychologist beckoned to a remote space station outside of the titular planet Solaris...and Cliff Martinez's gorgeously ambient score. Soderbergh's New Wave proclivities... |
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2001: An Olympia odyssey
...masterpiece "2001: A Space Odyssey," those four numbers...on Earth, at the 2001 Joe Weider's Olympia...Burke, winner, 2001 Night of Champions...Cormier, winner, 2001 Australian Grand...the judges really ... |
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2001: A Sports Odyssey
...TRIBUNE, The 01-31-2001 2001: A Sports OdysseyAs we...of them, and not enough space here in this column to...standing with the higher score. I pay particular homage...Artists Awards for January, 2001.For their relentless... |
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2001 - A Blockbuster Year in Space; A Feature Article by Elliot G. Pulham,...
...Nov. 26. The U.S. Space Shuttle flew five times...there were 54 significant space launch missions in 2001...astronauts some time in 2002. Space Revolutionizes Radio...over the U.S. With scores of channels available...industry revenues for ... |
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