Video review: '2001: A Space Odyssey' on 4K Ultra HD offers sophisticated sci-fi

October 27, 2018 at 5:37AM
"2001: A Space Odyssey"
“2001: A Space Odyssey” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Across the universe

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, "2001: A Space Odyssey" (⋆⋆⋆⋆) is being released in 4K Ultra HD. Stanley Kubrick's philosophical film raised the juvenile sci-fi genre to a level of sophistication it has not surpassed since. It is one of a kind, not only in its groundbreaking special effects and visually stunning psychedelic climax, but in its sense of cosmic mysteries that presumptuous earthly consciousness can barely comprehend. The word "masterpiece" is overused, so let's call it transcendent.

COLIN COVERT

Also coming Tuesday

"Teen Titans Go! To the Movies"

"The Spy Who Dumped Me"

"Murdoch Mysteries: The Christmas Cases"

about the writer

about the writer

More from No Section

See More
FILE -- A rent deposit slot at an apartment complex in Tucker, Ga., on July 21, 2020. As an eviction crisis has seemed increasingly likely this summer, everyone in the housing market has made the same plea to Washington: Send money — lots of it — that would keep renters in their homes and landlords afloat. (Melissa Golden/The New York Times) ORG XMIT: XNYT58
Melissa Golden/The New York Times

It’s too soon to tell how much the immigration crackdown is to blame.