“I saw it 18 times in the cinema”: James Cameron and Steven Spielberg will never tire of this masterpiece

Both Steven Spielberg and James Cameron are experts when it comes to science fiction films. And there’s one they didn’t realize they especially love…

2001: Stanley Kubrick’s A Space Odyssey is considered by many to be a science fiction film. Its cinematography, direction, design and story were so innovative that the film continues to delight generations – including master directors. Steven Spielberg and James Cameron.

In the 2018 documentary series James Cameron’s History of Science Fiction, the two filmmakers met with other famous directors and actors to tackle the genre in question. So the first topic discussed was a science fiction feature film directed by him Stanley Kubrick And Cameron and Spielberg both expressed enthusiasm for the 1968 project. As MoviePilot reports, the Jaws creator said, among other things:

The year 2001 had a great impact on my life and daily life. I was in the cinema for the first time and I felt like I was having a religious experience.

as for James CameronHe admits:I saw the film 18 times in the first two years of its release, always in theaters. And I remember at one point a guy ran down the hall screaming, “Oh my God! It’s God!’ And he meant it then.“

“And I had a guy in my theater who walked up to the screen with his arms outstretched and walked over to the screen– said Spielberg. “People were stunned that the man disappeared from the screen, for Matt.“

remind you 2001: A Space Odyssey It features astronauts, scientists and the sentient supercomputer HAL traveling to Jupiter to investigate an alien monolith.

similarly, James Cameron He also spoke to Christopher Nolan on the subject and said:I remember its greatness as a work of art in every sense of the word. Everyone sees it as a space drama, but the main part of it is about artificial intelligence. I mean, HAL will probably be around in our lifetime.“And given the current boom in artificial intelligence, he was certainly right in his prediction.

The Avatar director added that he recalled the sense of anticipation with which he watched each of Kubrick’s films, wondering if the latest one could surprise him: “He always has. The lesson I learned from him was to never do the same thing twice. All that can be said about Kubrick is that he was always expanding into new genres and new styles.“

Still James Cameron “didn’t like” the movie

It is interesting to note that James Cameron Has mixed feelings about the film, despite genuinely admiring it as a piece of work. In another interview with The Star (via Far Out magazine), he said:

“It’s not a movie I like; This is a movie I love. When I say I don’t like it, it’s because I don’t like the atmosphere of the movie. I don’t like her infertility. I like movies with a little more emotion, like a movie that you have to get into. But as a piece of art, I love 2001. He had a great influence on me at one time.“

From the point of view of the two directors or the public, 2001: A Space Odyssey No one was left indifferent. A forerunner, he paved the way for directors such as Steven Spielberg, James Cameron or Christopher Nolan and will remain an undisputed classic of the genre.

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