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From: edr@teklabs.UUCP (Ed Reuss)
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Subject: Re: 2001: what it all means
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Date: Wed, 12-Oct-83 13:14:44 EDT
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	2001's theme is existential.  That's why the original seemed so
long and boring to those who couldn't appreciate it.  Recognize that the
version most often shown in the theatres is a cut down version released
after the first run.
	The ape who figures out how to use the bone as a weapon is an image
of the Nietzsche-an "Super-man" as in his book "Also Sprach Zaratustra", as is
the rebirth of Dave at the end of the film.  Note, the 2001 theme music
used during these scenes is the opening bars of Richard Strauss's 
"Also Sprach Zarathustra".  All this relates back to the old 19th century
Byronian, Nietzsche-an, Wagnerian Romantic conquering hero.  No doubt
Siegfried (from Wagner's "Ring of the Nibelung") would be proud.
	I liked the idea about man using tools to develop technology
eventually leading to man becoming a tool of technology.  Nice touch.
It is a credit that the most dated aspects of the movie are the hair styles
the clothes, and some of that is starting to come back in style.  I still get
a chuckle out of the photographer's plaid suit.

					Ed Reuss	teklabs!edr