Comfort Films 64: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Comfort Films Podcast

For the last episode of our first sci-fi series, we decided to go straight back to the source and tackle the grandfather of all modern science fiction films, Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. We discuss the zeitgeist of the 60s that gave birth to the space race, 2001, and Star Trek, the ways that 2001 changed the way we view sci-fi, the production design that shaped the way we think about humans in space (even more than actual footage of humans in space), the perils of artificial intelligence, amazingly engineered trippy practical special effects, savior space babies, and what the heck a bunch of monkeys are doing standing around a big black rectangle. Jump in the repair pod and give us a listen, but grab your helmet just in case!