The Inkling Volume 1

asterclass in filmmaking
Hollywood?’ you would expect them to say Star Wars, with its ground-breaking visual effects
r or pilot of the Millennium Falcon. But I believe that the most inspirational film is not one that
run-time. A film that only did well at the box office because young adults wanted to take
no merchandise whatsoever.
but I imagine hardly any of you have seen it. I advise strongly that you watch it - and I mean
ead writer on the production, Arthur C. Clarke said, “If you understand 2001 completely, we
nd myself are the only people willing to enjoy it. If you have a passion for films, and aspire to
nough. The movie is a masterclass in filmmaking - every single aspect has a little part of
.
ronaut that we follow to the very end of the story. His crewmates include Frank Poole (played
tional and make you believe that you are really on-board an inter-galactic rocketship with a
9000. Most people would recognise it if they saw a picture - a small rectangular panel with a
larke were not anticipating when they wrote the villain.
idea what the story is. All I know for sure is that it’s revolutionary in some way. It seems alien
n evolution. First, an obelisk appears to a pack of apes in prehistoric times; then there is one
nd of the film, when Bowman is in some peculiar space bedroom (told you the story was hard
dy to move onto the next stage of evolution, but I don’t think even Kubrick and Clarke know
f the film - are mind-blowing for their time. Do you know what else came out in 1968? Oliver.
as visuals that make even the modern day viewer truly believe that the scenes were filmed in
s film was made nearly 50 years ago.
s, they were certainly there for something. Perhaps it was the dream / travel / I-have-no-clueor
nearly five minutes, the screen looks like an infinite colour powder fight multiplied by ten. I
s must have been having.
tors to have ever worked in cinema. He pioneered some of the most commonly used tropes in