Illustrator Brian Sanders spent time on the 2001 set and made a number of sketches. Here, Stanley Kubrick looks through the viewfinder (center) while cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth sips coffee (right).

An interview with Kubrick appeared in the September '68 issue of PLAYBOY magazine.

"You're free to speculate as you wish about the philosophy and allegorical meaning of the film – and such speculation is indication that it has succeeded in gripping the audience at a deep level – but I don't want to spell out a verbal road map for 2001 that every viewer will feel obligated to pursue or else fear he's missed the point."

It's a very interesting interview. And, yes, I read it for the articles.

I snatched this from the site for the the Stanley Kubrick Exhibition. http://www.stanleykubrick.de

The caption underneath it said: "Stanley Kubrick and Geoffrey Unsworth developed a system for calculating from the grey tones of b/w Polaroids the right lighting for filming 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY."

In the bottom image, that appears to be Kubrick talking to Keir Dullea (or his stand-in).

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY was announced with ads like this one, which ran in Motion Picture Exhibitor in January of 1966 -- more than two years before the film's premiere in April of '68.

This ad's pretty generic and pedestrian compared to the beautiful ads and posters that followed. Looks like they gave the art director about 15 minutes to crank this thing out.

A frame from the HD or Blue Ray (can't remember which) DVD of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Pretty nice, huh?

Call your travel agent. Gas up the Buick. Log on and head over to Travelocity. com. Whatever, just make your plans for the Seattle CINERAMA Theatre's 70mm Film Series.

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
January 27 and 29
February 3 and 5

The Seattle CINERAMA Theatre
2100 4th Avenue
(at Lenora St)
www.cinerama.com

They describe the print as being in "B" condition. Who cares? It's 2001. It's on film. It's 70mm. It's a real Cinerama theatre. This is as close as we're gonna get to seeing 2001: A SPACE ODYSEEY the way it was seen back in April of 1968.

And most importantly, it's a huge step up from whatever kinda swanky plasma high-def LCD THX DTS home theater surround sound rig you watched it on last.

And did I mention this is FILM?

By the way, that image at the top is a frame from a 70mm print of 2001. The brown is the magnetic stereo soundtrack. Click on it and it grows!

The instructions to the Aurora Moonbus model. These days, one of these things will set you back something like 300 bones.