Synopsis:

An epic voyage from the primitive life-forms on Earth, to the birth of a god-like being.

Intentions:

Restore as far as I could what Stanley Kubrick originally envisioned when he started the project in collaboration with Arthur C. Clark.

Change List:

The idea was in paper some time ago, after watching WALL-E, but one day I was kinda bored, so I edited it with Corel VideoStudio X3 to make it as fast as I could.

Additional Notes:

* The most prominent change is the fact that most of the classical music has been replaced for the original Alex North Soundtrack, which Kubrick initially ordered but ultimately didn’t use. No more Zaratustra here! Man, at the time, that was great, but after a very long list of parodies (WALL-E included), I can’t control my laugh every time I listen it… that’s the main reason this whole proyect started in the first place. * Added Interview with Carl Sagan on Search of Alien Intelligence, somehow rebuilding the 10 minutes long interview segment Kubrick shot but ultimately discarted due studio pressures. * The Initial Credits run while “Main Theme” sounds instead of “Thus Spoke Zaratustra”. * The planetary alineation has been overhauled by the use of a post-production lensflare to get a brighter sun. * Title of the film changed to “2001: A Space Odyssey according to Theophaneia”. * Longer black pause before “The Dawn of Man” Segment. * Edited to synchonize with “The Foraging” track until humanoids appear. Some aditional / alternative shots from Koyaanisqatsi were used. It’s a bit shorter. Also, the music track seems to foretell an observer, looking for something or someone… * Longer black pause between the first fight for water and “Night Terrors” segment. * Added “Night Terrors” track in the intented scene. Almost no cuts and it synchonized itself! * The First Monolith is far more active this time thanks to the new fx’s. * Moonwatcher learns how to use the bone with “The Dawn of Man” track as soundtrack. * The First Monolyth stays with Moonwatcher’s tribe for more than one day. Or does it reappear? * After the legendary flying-bone-that-becomes-spaceship shot, some outer space shots were cut down to accelerate the pacing, with new parallel montage between the space nuclear arsenal and Dr Floyd’s levitating pen. Also, the Pan-Am spaceship is really flying towards the Space Station. The whole scene was edited to fit “Space Station Docking” track. Some small fx improvement. * When Dr Floyd is apologizing to his daughter for not been present for her birthday, there’s a new insert of the Space Station contemplating the Earth, almost foreshadowing the Starchild… * Cutted down the exhaustive instructions to use the zero gravity bathroom. It has a meaning I’m aware of, but only delays the fast pacing I’ve intended. * The trip to the moon has been re-edited to synchronize… “Trip to the Moon” (duh!), cutting out a lot to make the scene more active and faster in pacing. Color correction was exercised on some shots, as well as a discrete lensflare to denote depth. The moonbus is travelling in the same optical direction for the first time! Some of the aereal shots have been flipped, in order to avoid innecesary and awful axis jumps. * When Dr Floyd’s ship is arriving to Tycho Crater, some dialogs are heard while the ship is traveling instead of while the crew is eating. Most of the eating part of the scene is gone for good. The semiotic message is still there, in this scene as well as in the one before this one, so it was trimmed down. * The Second Monolyth is more frightening now… * In the “18 Months Later” secuence, the BBC Interview begins to be heard in the second shot of the Discovery I, while in a general shot. Now the scene feels more claustrophobic, so the astronauts are techonolical prisioners. * The jogging scene has been postponed and cutted down for faster pacing. Honestly, I think this part is far too long for enjoy. Ironically, Kubrick wanted it to be even longer but I chose not to do it his way. * Poole’s parents message comes later, just before HAL’s and Bowman’s chat on the sketches. * The Mission Control Message audio is edited in a modern way, trimming down a little of dead time. The rest of the scene is just perfect and I didn’t touch it. * The intermission is just the same. What else? * Shorter HAL attack. It’s trilling now! * Parallel montage with Poole’s dead body rescue against HAL hesitating whether or not to kill hibernized crew members… * Once Bowman gets Poole’s body, HAL proceeds to kill the scientists… or letting them die? Overhauled biodata with vital organs termograph and a neuroscan, depicting the main organs failture due HAL’s intervention… or was that an accident HAL let happen? [This fx are courtesy of Benishe, who gave me the idea while in a long conversation on this film] * When HAL stops “this conversation”, we can hear Bowman’s voice when the EVA is in front of the Discovery, almost giving the impression of a begging astronaut, like if Poole’s body was an offering before HAL. * A small cut to show continuity when Bowman discards Poole’s body. Also, a little remorse by Bowman when discarding it by using Kuleshov exercise. * When Bowman enters the Discovery again, the scene runs the same, acompanied by a fragment of “Moon Rocket Bus” cue. It synchronized itself! * Fade out to the prerecorded message to indicate there’s more in the message onward. Bowman’s reaction now feels eerie. *

Other Sources:

2001 the original Alex North Soundtrack

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